Is social media to blame for rise in vandalism in national parks?
Photo Credit: Stephen Allen removes graffiti from Arches National Park near Moab, Utah. Flickr / Arches National Park
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Social media gives vandals an immediate audience for their work, but it’s also helped discerning park officials find the perpetrators and inflict fines that ease the unsustainable cost of clean up.
It was the latest example of a trend that has been unnerving park officials from Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado to Arches in Utah and Joshua Tree in California.
