park staff may use brushes and spray bottles, or grinders and sledge hammers to remove it.
Providing insight into how difficult graffiti can be to remove. This inclusion gives the reader perspective on how detrimental it is.
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- Feb 2022
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Make memories, take photos, and leave no trace.
It is the visitor's responsibility to help in maintaining the beauty of National Parks. This saying helps depict the rules all visitors must follow in order for optimal preservation.
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Even if the graffiti is removed, the rock is still discolored. It will never be the same.
Emphasizes the magnitude of the issue. Once graffiti is placed, the action can never be reversed or fixed.
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Yet graffiti keeps appearing throughout the park: under arches, on boulders, atop fins—even across ancient petroglyphs.
The issue with petroglyphs is a historical issue. Not only are people damaging nature and the preservation of the land, but they are also destroying historical evidence.
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“gigantic arches, natural bridges, ‘windows,’ spires, balanced rocks and other … sandstone formations,” Arches National Park
Description of Arches national park.
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Your eyes stare in wonder, your breath catches, and you can’t stop taking pictures.
Engages readers by giving a description of sensations. Helps the reader understand the magnitude of issue by giving them perspective.
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