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LET US SPRAY: At Barker Dam in Joshua Tree National Park, graffiti was painted over by conservators, and the site was declared off-limits. +
KURT MILLER/THE PRESS-ENTERPRISE/AP
THE DEBATE OVER urban graffiti is a complex one, frequently pitting commercial interests against artistic ones. Graffiti in the wilderness is a much simpler matter: It is a despicable crime, never more so than when the tags mar national parks. That is the takeaway from the case of 23-year-old Casey Nocket, also known as “Creepytings,” who in June pleaded guilty to defacing government property by applying her images, and tag, to seven public parks in the West during what might be deemed a rather productive 2014 trip. So prolific was Nocket during her 26-day sojourn that her masterpieces have not been fully erased in at least two parks.