Help protect nature by not stacking rocks!
I would like to take a moment to call out all those people out there who are blindly following the latest social media fad rock stacking. This is a world wide problem as rock stacks have started to appear on beaches, riverbeds and mountain areas right around the globe.
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| Please stop the madness...no more rock stacks!!!! |
Some people see this as a form of art...this is not art! It is simply an act of eco-vandalism of the most heinous type.
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| Track marker cairns are o.k....... |
In their natural location and in their natural state rocks provide a complex eco-system for a multitude of species. When you disturb them, move them around and try to reorder them to your will you destroy this fragile system. Rock stacks are also a very intrusive form of visual pollution..they look unnatural as you will rarely see perfect stacks of rocks in nature.
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| Eco-horror...one rock stack begets many rock stacks... |
I would like to ask everyone to stop building rock stacks and ask you to encourage other outdoor users in a polite way to cease this pointless activity. If you encounter a field of rock stacks I would ask you to dismantle them and place the materials back into their original location. Try to make it look natural...spread them out over a wide area.
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| Pororairi River bed...no stacks of rocks in nature... |
Leave No Trace means just that...leaving no trace of your presence. I think you will agree with me that leaving a huge stack of rocks does not follow the LNT precepts. Suppress your desire to leave your mark on nature and just enjoy it on its own terms.
Thank You
