Vandals Pay Over $6K For Site Restoration

[Iceaxe]

NPS Morning Report
Friday, February 03, 2012

Capitol Reef National Park (UT)
Vandals Pay Over $6 Thousand For Site Restoration

In August, 2010, rangers discovered that vandalism had occurred at an archeological site in the park where historic signatures had been inscribed by famous western personalities Butch Cassidy, Matt Warner, and Silvertip. The recently inscribed names of at least eight individuals, along with the year 2010, were etched into the walls of the alcove near the historic inscriptions. By investigating Facebook postings, rangers were able to identify the responsible individuals as a result of information that they had posted about their recent family reunion in the park. Once identified, members of the group took full responsibility. They paid a total of $6,045 for site restoration under the authority provided by the Park System Resource Protection Act (16USC 19jj). Professional restoration of the site will commence this year. Ranger Brenda Zirwas was the case ranger.

[Submitted by Scott Brown, Chief Ranger]
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[Mooseman70]

Good to hear.

[Scott P]

[Kokopelli]

Interesting.

[cchoc]

[BruteForce]

What a bunch of ass-hats. Start off great with a family reunion, then ruin it for everybody by doing something so stupid and worthless!

I think they should publish their full names and then ban them from Parks for the rest of their lives!

[trackrunner]

nice job Ranger Brenda Zirwas