Preventing the Petrified Forest from Disappearing

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Preventing the Petrified Forest from Disappearing Managing Outdoor Recreation: Case Studies in the National Parks, 2nd Edition

Petrified Forest National Park National Monument in 1906 National Park in 1962 Expanded in 2004 to > 200,000 acres Northeastern Arizona Includes 50,000 acres of Wilderness ≈ 800 archeological and historic sites ≈ 800,000 visitors per year

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Petrified Forest National Park https://www.nps.gov/pefo/index.htm

Problems Impacts to resources: Historical/cultural Depreciative behavior: Theft of petrified wood

Strategies and Practices Management strategies: Reduce impact of use, increase supply Management practices: Rules/regulations, information/education, law enforcement, facility development/site design/maintenance

Rules/Regulations, Law Enforcement, and Information/Education Visitors who take, move, or damage petrified wood face minimum fine of $325 Aggressive information/education program including reminder at entrance gate to not remove petrified wood Visitor center displays and online info

Facility Development/Site Design/Maintenance Signs posted ½ mile from each exit alert visitors to check stations ahead Park rangers have collected many pieces of petrified wood along these stretches of road where visitors have pitched their cache out the window

Video The Tourist, the Park Ranger, and the Petrified Forest (5:53) Archeology in the Expansion Lands at Petrified Forest National Park (4:42) https://www.nps.gov/media/video/view.htm?id=24B3E9AE-155D-451F-67AEC8BFE917E47D https://www.nps.gov/media/video/view.htm?id=A181A1AF-DE13-6DAA-9FFAE7CA71A83752