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Hikers found graffiti spray-painted on red rocks in Arches National Park last week.

Park visitors also reported seeing people walking dogs and toilet paper strewn around the Devils Garden Trail.

Former and current park service workers have expressed concern about parks being open during the government shutdown.

Visitors to Arches National Park found the popular Devils Garden Trail vandalized with white spray-painted images of smiley faces, doodles and several iterations of what appears to be the word “GRUG” on the red rock.

Allyson Mathis, a retired National Park Service employee, found the defaced landscape while hiking with a friend last week. And that’s not all she encountered.

Speaking with a reporter from Outside , she described seeing a dog walking with other visit

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