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Should you leave cairns alone or destroy them? Now, as it turns out, even the National Park Service doesn't have an easy answer. Last week, staff at Yosemite National Park brought the debate over ...

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Rock cairns, “human-made stacks, mounds or piles of rocks,” are considered vandalism since they disrupt the natural landscape, a National Park Service release says.

The properties totalling 22.73ha are in Forest Creek, Cow Bay, and Diwan. “All of the properties have a boundary that connects them to land in the Daintree National Park,” Mr Davies said.

"The rock cairns at national parks like El Malpais, Hawai'i Volcanoes, and Acadia are carefully maintained by park staff to keep hikers like you on the correct path," it states. "The cairns at ...