I don't think all teenagers in STG are bad. I had two when I lived down there and neither of them would ever think of doing this. They have been taught to be good stewards of our natural resources. Besides I would kick their asses and disown them if they ever did anything like this.
Yeah i was making broad based claim. There are good and bad... idk i just feel with my experience its a gerneal "eh what you gonna do about it" mentality that prevails through many cliques. Hopefully they can track these people down, shouldn't be too hard.
I didn't feel hijacked! It applies. I saw that one too and it made me sad. Been fortunate to take both my teens out there. It pisses me off that people have to leave their idiot stamp.
It's not too difficult to get off. I have cleaned up tags like this in rock art areas (luckily it wasn't on the rock art itself). Mark off plus spray, which is biodegradable able, a pump sprayer, and brushes. Volunteers or the BLMers can do it right quick.Total Bullshit! What is wrong with these idiots? Hopefully some of the names can be traced and found.
We just visited White Pocket Friday Sep 29. Busy up there..... but all was well.... and a great visit. 3 days later (on Monday) while at the Upper Buckskin TH, we ran into a BLM lady who told us about this crap that happened sometime during the weekend up at WP around Oct 1:
Apparently a smoke bomb of some type to get a video or photo effect. At first they thought it was spray paint. Amazing the selfish mentality of all these stupid people. Maybe they'll post some pictures and get caught. We can only hope.
Yes there is a lot ugly to clean up there but what alternative is there? Better, more efficient, ways to clean up tags need to be developed. In the mean time, good will and training will do the job. Miscreants will always be created. You have to have a quick and efficient countervailing force to their misdeeds.
