MOAB, Utah (ABC4) — Rocks near Landscape Arch were recently found graffitied with paint, and one former parks employee told ABC4 that this shows the impact of the government shutdown on the National Parks.

ABC4 spoke to Allyson Mathis, a retired National Park Service employee who found the graffiti. She was a Park Ranger for about 20 years, working at Canyonlands, Capitol Reef, and the Grand Canyon. She was hiking in Devil's Garden with a friend from out of state, and they were hiking the trail to Landscape Arch when they noticed the graffiti.

"I know the parks well. I never worked at Arches, but I worked in nearby Canyonlands, and I've been on the Colorado Plateau for more than the last 30 years," Mathis explained, "And so I know the landscape well, and when something's out of place, I

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