Damage to Joshua Tree
These photos were taken this week in Joshua Tree National Park, California. These were live Joshua Trees, but people visiting the park killed them. Due to a lapse in funding associated with the partial government shutdown, park staff has been at a minimum, but unlike the previous government shutdown where closed park gates were some of the most commonly shared images of the shutdown, the US Federal Government chose to keep the parks open with minimal staff.
This breaks my heart. If anyone is wondering WHY those assholes cut down the trees is because people were illegal off-roading and cut them to create new roads .











