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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
National
Alexandra E. Petri

Have you seen these giant piles of rocks at Yosemite? Rangers say knock 'em down

If you've been feeling like you want to knock over giant piles of rocks, then Yosemite National Park might be your playground.

The park posted a video on Facebook earlier this month instructing visitors to stop building large rock towers, called cairns, and dismantle any they find. In the video, a wilderness restoration ranger gently shoves over a cairn, which appears to be several feet high.

"This dramatically oversized cairn is a mark of human impact and is distracting in a wilderness setting," the post read. "Building rock cairns also disturbs small insects, reptiles, and microorganisms that call the underside home!"

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