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“In letter after letter, misfortunes great and small are blamed on the wood. "I don't know how much I buy that," Matt [Smith] said.."If you're the kinda person who would take something from a national park, maybe you just have poor judgement skills.”

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Book:Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-to-Zion Journey Through Every National Park

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