Rock Cairns (U.S. National Park Service)
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The secret life of rock cairns - Wilderness Magazine
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I Didn't Know That!: Rock Cairns (U.S. National Park Service)
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Yosemite asks visitors to stop building, knock over rock cairns – NBC Bay Area
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Don't Move Rocks! Friends of the Smokies
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Message in the rocks: Acadia's Bates cairns get new focus
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Hiking in the Desert: 11 Things to Know Before You Go - We're in the Rockies
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Resist the urge to build or topple rock cairns - Upworthy
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Making Mountains Out Of Trail Markers? Cairns Spark Debate In Southwest : NPR
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The cairns of Acadia: Objects of wonder, subjects of vandals
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Experts warn tourists to avoid 'rock stacking' especially in national parks - Mirror Online
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Leave No Trace Means Don't Build The Cairn - Why You Shouldn't Build Rock Cairns in Parks — Know The Place Magazine
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Yosemite says rock cairns are bad — and you should knock them down - Los Angeles Times
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Yosemite says rock cairns are bad — and you should knock them down - Los Angeles Times
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Should you push over these stacks of rocks? Here's what NPS says you should do
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Please don't stack rocks on your next hike. Here's why. - Lonely Planet