Defacing National Parks

That was Casey Nocket and it was in 2014

n7bsn wrote:
That was Casey Nocket and it was in 2014

Sorry, I do lose track of time. Have you heard if NPS ever filed any charges against her?

Nov 1,2015 seems to be the most recent info.

May end up not being pursed :S


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"A quick glimpse at the handiwork by Nocket, the goblin topplers or the hundreds of tourist names inscribed on the rockface below will demonstrate that some people just don't get the idea of leaving a place better than when you found it."

I was thinking it was generational too...how many of us here were taught this lesson? Or better yet: "It's not my property, I will not deface it."

If the "taggers" were forced to remove the graffiti with a tooth brush or face jail time, the word would get out. Those are "our" parks.

Actress Vanessa Hudgens is now in trouble for defacing Sedona red rocks. She and her bf carved their initials inside a heart on a rock. I am totally mind-boggled that ANYONE feels they have a right to destroy nature.

.......And when the Indians did it, I believe it was called something different. :)

korbe wrote:
.......And when the Indians did it, I believe it was called something different. :)

Different times. Different standards. Nothing to compare.

In August 2013, we went out to New Mexico for a visit, and made a day trip over to Petrified Forest National Park. I had been there in November 1982.

My wife (it was her first visit to the park) asked me why I was crying as we made our way around one of the popular loop trails. Because I was absolutely shocked at how much petrified wood had been removed from the area. I could see the ghost of what it had looked like in my mind, and what my wife though was amazing and beautiful was only a hollow shell of what was there 30 years ago.

MNGeeks61 wrote:
"A quick glimpse at the handiwork by Nocket, the goblin topplers or the hundreds of tourist names inscribed on the rockface below will demonstrate that some people just don't get the idea of leaving a place better than when you found it."

I was thinking it was generational too...how many of us here were taught this lesson? Or better yet: "It's not my property, I will not deface it."

It's not generational. People have been marking trees, rocks, etc., forever. Regardless of whose property it's on. People have been taking home "souvenirs" of rocks, petrified wood, etc., forever.

Laws about it have been made because it's been a problem for a long time and has been shown to destroy the value of the parks - not because this generation has no respect.