Friends of Petrified Forest National Park
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This June, Petrified Forest National Park was officially designated as an International Dark-Sky Park by the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA). “Petrified Forest National Park is a fantastic place to see the stars at night,” said John …
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On August 25 Petrified Forest plans to hold a bio blitz. It is an opportunity for a limited number of interested citizen scientists to be led by subject matter experts into the park to tally all the various biota they encounter over a 24-hour period. …
If you’ve visited Petrified Forest National Park, you’ll remember it is Arizona’s big sky country. Grasslands, badland hills, and rocky mesas are the predominant landforms in a wide variety of colors. For over 100 years, similar lands outside the …
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It has been known for decades that helium gas is plentiful at some locations underground in the Holbrook Basin, a geologic region that includes a large part of Petrified Forest National Park. Rising prices have generated new interest in mining …
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By Amy Lynn Reifsnyder Where do I begin? How do I tell you that since participating in Petrified Forest Field Institute’s Fossil Dig, I look out my front door differently? What could I tell you that would bring to you the same sense of adventure, …
The National Park Service gets national attention from time to time about its deferred maintenance backlog. Petrified Forest is addressing this issue through a variety of upcoming projects. The park’s deferred maintenance total is approximately $44 …
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