How Stone Stacking Wreaks Havoc on National Parks

Carefully balanced rock towers make a pretty picture, but the proliferation of cairns, fuelled by social media, has negative consequences for the environment.
Sophie Haigney considers #RockStacking, an Instagram trend that’s littering Zion and Acadia national parks with cairns and damaging ecosystems.

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