Public Lands Hate You

Fireworks are not allowed on any lands managed by the National Park Service, Forest Service, or BLM, and are often restricted or banned in S

The Environmental Cost of Stone Stacking / Cairns

***Originally posted to @publiclandshateyou on 5/15/2019*** Instagram has been called “The friendliest social network ever”, and I think that accounts on this platform are accustomed to being able to post whatever they want without any critical feedback. The prettier the picture the better, no matter what laws and rules had to be broken to get it. The few people who are willing to voice their critical feedback are usually ignored, told they are just being negative, or that th

***Originally posted 3/26/19 on @publiclandshateyou*** Just when you think it can't get any more insane... IT DOES! Can't get to the poppies? #gettothechoppa instead! Who the hell are these people? I have a vision in my head of them scampering back into their little helicopter bubble and laughing their asses off all the way back to LA. And if anyone happens to have a picture with the helicopter tail number, or can identify it let me know. I'm sure the FAA would be interes

***Originally posted 3/16/19 on @publiclandshateyou*** NATURE BITES BACK!!!! I hope whoever gotten bitten recovers quickly, learns an important lesson, and shares it with people so it doesn't happen again. Seriously though. Who ever got bitten was probably wayyyy off trail. If they were on trail, the snake would have been visible and easily avoided. Signs telling you to stay on the trail are for YOUR PROTECTION, as well as the protection of the plants. Read the signs. Follo

***Originally posted 3/16/19 on @publiclandshateyou*** Many people that I try to politely educate about proper wildflower ethics claim that their pictures were taken on paths. So let's talk about paths. What you see in the first two pictures, which were "provided" by @caseykaui, is not an official path or trail.  This "path" was likely beaten through virgin wildflower habit within a day or two of this picture being taken.  Continued use of this "path" will result in compacti

***Originally posted 3/14/19 on @publiclandshateyou*** 1,000 followers in under 72 hours? Clearly this account is hitting a nerve with people like us who care about the environment and treating it with the type of respect that will allow our children to enjoy it. Share this with everyone you know and let's see if we can get 1,000 more in 48 hours. Together we have gotten photos of people trashing our public lands removed from view of over 1,500,000 followers. And if you want

***Originally posted 3/14/19 on @publiclandshateyou*** Here's a new low. Not just trampling. Not just picking flowers. But pulling the entire plant, roots and all, out of the ground! Zoom in. You can still see dirt dangling from the roots. . On top of broadcasting this asinine behavior to 13,000+ followers, this "influencer" was there with children. What do you think those children learned? Ugh. Someone please make this stupidity stop. Edit: this photo has been deleted by th

***Originally posted 3/13/19 on @publiclandshateyou*** Here we have six photos. These photos were posted for a combined 375,000 followers to see. All the "Influencers" in these photos appear to be trampling wild flowers. None of them said anything about proper wildflower behavior in their original posts. These photos shout "it's ok to go off trail and kill wildflowers for cool pics" to 375,000 people. Imagine the impact of just 1% of those people following in these "Influence

***Originally posted 3/13/19 on @publiclandshateyou*** The good news? "Influencers" with a total of 250,000+ followers have decided to remove pictures of them trampling the poppies! Some have even decided to be proactive and provide education to their followers about proper behavior in the wildflower fields. Much of this is due to YOUR help. Thank you! The bad news is that people like those featured in this post are still ruining wildflower habitat while hawking phone ca

***Originally posted 3/12/19 on @publiclandshateyou*** Many people were, and still are, upset that I called out a couple of individual accounts for going off-trail and taking pictures in the wildflower fields. Some people don't seem to understand the impact that one person can have. . This photo from @thesimplehiker is the manifestation of that impact. One person chooses to disregard the rules, goes 10' off the trail and tramples a few flowers. The next person sees that m

***Originally posted 3/11/19 on @publiclandshateyou*** @adeventurousoutdoorbrand is just another company promoting itself at the expense of nature and your public lands. You would think that any company with the word "outdoor" in it would be interested in promoting good outdoor ethics, right? Not these guys! When it was suggested by multiple people that picking and trampling wildflowers wasn't a great thing to broadcast to almost 7,000 followers, what did they do? Apologi

***Originally posted 3/26/19 on @publiclandshateyou*** Just when you think it can't get any more insane... IT DOES! Can't get to the poppies? Just #gettothechoppa! Who the hell are these people? I have a vision in my head of them scampering back into their little helicopter bubble and laughing their asses off all the way back to LA. And if anyone happens to have a picture with the helicopter tail number, or can identify it let me know. I'm sure the FAA would be interested i