Friends of Petrified Forest National Park
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Jeannine McElveen, Petrified Forest Superintendent | NPS Photo We are happy to welcome Jeannine McElveen as the new superintendent at Petrified Forest National Park. McElveen has worked for the National Park Service for over 20 …
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A Triassic frog clings to the snout of a phytosaur, used with permission by Andrey Atuchin. Petrified Forest, AZ – In a research article published today in Biology Letters, a collaborative group of paleontologists from Virginia Tech, the Florida …
Petrified Forest National Park was authorized to more than double in size through the Petrified Forest Expansion Act of 2004. Since that time, the park has acquired over 53,000 acres (41% of authorized expansion acreage) through transfer from BLM …
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On August 25, Petrified Forest hosted groups of citizen scientists led by subject matter experts to tally all the various living things they could encounter during a 24-hour period, much like the park did in 2014 and 2016. This was our biggest …
On September 22, 2018, Public Lands Day was celebrated at Petrified Forest with a well-organized volunteer project. Led by park staff, five stretches of remnant barbed wire were removed from the park by teams of park volunteers and Friends …
The Park Service is working hard to create a much-needed campground inside Petrified Forest National Park, using entrance fee revenue during the next few years in hopes of it opening in 2021. You may have seen the construction near Painted Desert …
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