Navajo residents close Grand Falls to visitors

[chumley]

https://www.abc15.com/news/state/grand- ... gh-tourism

GRAND FALLS, AZ — Adah’iilini, also known as Grand Falls, is closed to the public until further notice due to trash, damage, and other issues.

Grand Falls is northeast of Flagstaff, on the Navajo Nation.

Due to the increased popularity of Grand Falls, the site has seen more and more visitors resulting in the following:

Accumulation of overflowing trash.
Littering of alcohol containers (alcohol is prohibited by the Navajo Nation)
ATV groups off-roading into residential areas and non-designated roads.
High tourism.
Deterioration of road maintenance.
Disturbance of the natural ecosystem, its inhabitants and cultural sites.

[PatrickL]

Can we blame Instagram for this or nah?

[chumley]

@PatrickL I typically conclude that people are the ones responsible for their actions.

[RowdyandMe]

@chumley
It only takes a few people to screw it up for the rest of us.

[Alston_Neal]

@chumley
It only takes a few people to screw it up for the rest of us.

Only since the dawn of human history

[PatrickL]

@chumley Gonna take that as a yes

[big_load]

@chumley
It only takes a few people to screw it up for the rest of us.

Only since the dawn of human history

It's probably been the same few people this whole time. They keep getting recycled and never learn.

[xsproutx]

It's probably been the same few people this whole time.

Lizard people. It's always the lizard people.