Friends of Petrified Forest National Park
Working Together We Can Make a Difference
Hi all - We hope your winter was tolerable and that you were not where the bad weather was. We are working on a newsletter for the spring and it's time to start thinking about our spring volunteer day. April 20-24 is National Park Week and we …
Continue Reading about Petrified Forest Spring Volunteer Day
I started this Blog with a piece about how we are thinking and talking about the park differently, how we are creating new opportunities for visitors to enjoy the park and trying to be more welcoming. One way to measure whether we are having an …
At the end of November, Petrified Forest National Park will lose two icon employees to retirement – Bobby and Johnnie Morris. These brothers started working at Petrified Forest in 1962 – the same year it changed from a National Monument to a National …
Friends of Petrified Forest - In order for us to get to know you better and for you to see some of the things we've been working on over the past year, we propose to hold a Friends Day on Friday, September 26th. Public Lands Day is Saturday the …
Continue Reading about Friends Day and Public Lands Day at Petrified Forest
The fact that Petrified Forest National Monument was created in 1906 and converted to Petrified Forest National Park in 1962 is ample evidence that the resources there to protect have long been considered a national treasure. But it’s a newer …
Petrified Forest National Park has been around since 1962 and Petrified Forest National Monument the 56 years before that. Throughout that history, challenges for park managers have exhibited some similarities – build and maintain infrastructure to …
