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A man has made it a mission to stop bad behavior from Social Media stars in National Parks and other public spaces. But not everyone is happy with his methods.

"There is a picture of me, only a few months old and in a backpack, with my parents, the forest and me for a hike in the national, where I grew up," Says Steve . "And as I have grown, My Love for nature grew. "

But also grow, is Steve 's frustration with experts, trampling on his beloved open spaces that perfect photo.

"I drew the conclusion between The Rise of the disrespect and The Rise of Instagram and Social Media ," he Says in an interview with The Bbc from a predominantly rural area in the West of the USA. "So I decided to start an Instagram account, to fight fire with fire. "

Steve - we have agreed not to use his real name because of the threat he received, she began to be called an account, in the Year 2018. It didn't take long, and it went viral.

super bloom

In the early 2019, heavy rain in California came from southern, including the Walker Canyon, a piece of public land, an hour's drive East of Los Angeles .

"It was a wet Year for us," recalls Brian Tisdale, mayor of the nearby town of Lake Elsinore . "And if you are upset, it creates the perfect conditions. "

Perfect conditions, that is to say, for an explosion of wild flowers.

"It was a sea of orange. Only every hill was covered with flowers. It was really impressive," said mayor Tisdale. "People began to pull off The Road to come and The Flowers to consider.

"It started in this Social Media rush," he Says .

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The hashtag. Of Social Media and old-school-Media - Walker Canyon, a Tourist Attraction was attracted to, which snakes on the nearby highway and the traffic collapse in Lake Elsinore self wait.

influencers - and some unfamous Social Media users, as Well as photos while trampling The Flowers , you go off the track and picking the flowering of the poppy, all of which are The Rules of The Park .

At one point, the authorities were compelled to close temporarily in Walker Canyon. The crowds came until The Flowers fade in the summer.

flourishing backlash

The super bloom sent Steve 's account viral.

sent His fans in the dozens of photos of people in Walker Canyon in The Rules to break. He now has More Than 75,000 followers - ironically, makes him something of an expert yourself.

He is not alone. Other accounts have similar Work - They have names like,, and.

Steve stresses that he always tries to Work with people rather than against them. He Says that he first tries to approach Instagrammers private to you labels to add education to your photos or take serious shots.

He won some converts. an instagrammer who flocked to a California super bloom this Year in Antelope Valley , North of LA.

"I was like, 'This is amazing. It is as beautiful as it was the Best Time ever," he Says .

He posted a couple of pictures on Instagram, including this:

The game was immediately. Steve came in contact in the comments, calling him up on the picking and walking over to The Flowers . Jae thought and written, an apology.

"Every Year , hundreds of people and destroy The Flowers ," he wrote. "I'm posting this in the hope that the education of The Next person who is going to take photos in the vicinity of you and not trample on The Flowers , as I do. "

Name and shame

Not everyone is so accommodating. When Steve blocked or ignored, he reposts the photo, and contacts to the company, the sponsor of the offending Instagrammers.

"The Most efficient Instrument, in our face, the fast-paced and ever-evolving Social Media culture calls the illegal and harmful behavior," he argues.

And, not surprisingly, that earned him a few enemies.

Work with your husband to post stunning images from around the world. It has over 100,000 Instagram followers.

"A lot of our Work revolves around travel and photography in beautiful places," she explains. Walker Canyon 2019 super bloom was, she Says , is a "must see". She visited and this:

she told the three contributions, including to the attention of Steve got's fans. While Ania Says she never Says a message from him, Steve , he tried to get In Touch . Ania's photo went up on Public Land, They Hate you.

"as soon as They are written," Ania recalls: "we got a flood of incoming hate. "

she is stubborn, she wanted nothing to go wrong, and They filed a copyright complaint to Instagram, your photo, Hate the bottom of the Public lands you.

"as much As I don't agree with the undertone, I believe that They are effective," she claimed. "I think that you are crazy division of opinions. "

Undaunted

Steve Says he discourages harassment and told his followers to remain respectful. But when It Comes to his core tasks, he does not back down. His latest project is a "bad influencer List " - an appeal of the repeat offenders.

"The idea is to be a resource to companies, as Well as a chilling effect on the factors of influence that our public Land in illegal and harmful ways," he Says .

"word is always in expert that it's this grassroots group... Fed Up with your behavior," he Says . "The flood is still the top in the wrong direction, but it starts to rotate. "

Additional reporting by Mike Wendling

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