Petrified Forest National Park’s (PEFO) internship program provides aspiring scientists and park rangers opportunities to assist the park while immersing themselves in the day-to-day work of their chosen professions. Every year park scientists go …
PEFO Paleontologists Using 3D Scanner to Update “Triassic Bible”
Through the support of the Friends of Petrified Forest and the Petrified Forest Museum Association, the park’s Department of Science and Resource Management at Petrified Forest was able to acquire a high-tech laser scanner and fast gaming laptop at …
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Petrified Forest National Park needs you!
There are many ways to get involved at Petrified Forest National Park (PEFO). Let me tell you my story. My name is Matt Walters, a new board member for the Friends of Petrified Forest National Park. This story begins many years ago. My wife, …
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Guided Backcountry Hikes Offered at Petrified Forest
Petrified Forest National Park (PEFO), long the haunt of archaeologists, geologists, and paleontologists, is more recently the destination of increasing numbers of hikers. Many factors draw energetic foot-travelers to the park, and one of the most …
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Petrified Forest 2022 Fund Raising Campaign
Building on its successful 2021 campaign to purchase the Park a 3-D scanner, Friends of Petrified Forest National Park (Friends) this year has set its sights on upgrading PEFO’s popular Museum Demonstration Lab. Per requests from Park personnel, …
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Understanding Past Worlds Through Micro-Fossils
Ben Kligman is a seasonal paleontologist at Petrified Forest National Park working May through August at the park. He is a Ph.D. candidate in paleontology in the Department of Geosciences at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg Virginia. He and a …
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