from the perspective of nature preservation the ones who put the monoliths there are the vandals. Now, the guys who put down these monoliths put a *lot* of care into it, but I'm willing to bet their imitators won't. Also stuff like this tends to attract the kinds of tourists who make a mess of things. Like amateurs who don't take care of mountain bike trails. So I can understand removing them.
I don't know if I'd call them vandals (Score:2)