St. Johns seeks strength after slayings, 8-year-old's arrest Nov 16, 2008
Area attractions: White Mountains, Painted Desert, Petrified Forest National Park. Motto: "Town of friendly neighbors.". (AZCentral -- News)
Petrified Forest park expansion stalled Apr 1, 2008
Visitors walk through the Crystal Forest in the Petrified Forest National Park in 1999 ... By Dennis Wagner, USA TODAY PHOENIX Government plans to more than double the size of Petrified Forest National Park appear to be in jeopardy because Congress has failed to come up with the cash to buy surrounding properties it approved for expansion in 2004 ... Larry Baldwin, a Holbrook private investigator stands at the site of petrified wood theft on state land near the Petrified Forest National Park in... (USA Today -- News)
Money foiling plans to double size of Petrified Forest park Mar 31, 2008
Government plans to more than double the size of Petrified Forest National Park appear to be in jeopardy because Congress has failed to come up with the cash to buy surrounding properties ... Paleontologist Bill Parker and park supervisor Lee Baiza stand on the Blue Mesa overlook at Petrified Forest National Park in November 2004. (AZCentral -- News)
Proposals being lost amid cloud of doubt over lawmaker Mar 18, 2008
Renzi's political upheaval stymied a pair of huge federal land exchanges: One deal would have added 15,000 acres of dinosaur bones and archaeological ruins to Petrified Forest National Park, an expansion already approved by Congress ... Four years ago, Congress authorized a huge expansion of Petrified Forest National Park that would more than double the size of America's largest outdoor museum ... A land deal would have added thousands of acres to Petrified Forest National Park, acres rich in... (AZCentral -- News)
Fossil reptiles mired in controversy Jan 31, 2008
In one instance, Lucas, Hunt and Justin Spielmann, the museum's geoscience collections manager, are accused of rushing to publish a new name for an aetosaur (Rioarribasuchus) when they allegedly knew that palaeontologist William Parker of the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona was soon to publish an article naming the species (as Heliocanthus). Interlocking bony plates covered the aetosaur's body, shown one-third of actual size. (Nature News Service)
Parks looted Jan 24, 2008
At both entrances to Arizona's Petrified Forest National Park, employees "talk to everybody that comes in" about the ban on removing anything, chief ranger Greg Caffey says. Some landowners on the park's periphery have hired security guards to prevent looting on their property, he says. (USA Today -- News)
White Sands superintendent takes Petrified Forest post Jan 12, 2008
ALAMOGORDO, N.M. - The superintendent of White Sands National Monument is taking a new job as superintendent of the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona. Cliff Spencer is leaving White Sands on Jan. 28. (AZCentral -- News)
Boost Recycling? Try a Little Persuasion Nov 16, 2007
In another example, officials erected notices at the Arizona Petrified Forest National Park to try to stop visitors from stealing fossilised wood. Researchers found that signs explaining that visitors stole 14 tons of wood each year encouraged others to also take wood. (Planet Ark, United States)
Petrified Forest moves toward recognition as world treasure Nov 1, 2007
Petrified Forest National Park and Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West have taken a first step toward being recognized among the world's most significant cultural and natural treasures ... Brad Traver, acting superintendent at Petrified Forest National Park, said getting on the worldwide list would give the park the recognition it deserves. (AZCentral -- News)
Ariz. national parks doing more to appeal to Hispanics Sep 7, 2007
At Petrified Forest National Park, rangers are learning Spanish. Were really working towards communicating with people because that is usually the biggest hurdle, said Lyn Carranza, chief of interpretation at Petrified Forest National Park. (AZCentral -- News)
Historic Route 66 in Arizona Aug 3, 2007
About 45 miles from the New Mexico border, exit I-40 for the Petrified Forest National Park. Millions of years ago this desert region was a swamp. (Suite101.com)
Holbrook dinosaurs nearing extinction Jul 13, 2007
Dinosaur Park, located adjacent to Petrified Forest National Park, opened in the 1990s and featured about a dozen life-size dinosaur statues crafted by local artisans. The park is now closed and some of the dinosaurs have been sold. (AZCentral -- Business)
Visionary duo dreams up city of the future Apr 30, 2007
SkyMall's Bob Worsley of Phoenix and Scottsdale architect Vernon Swaback, both known for their innovation, are exploring designs for a future community next to the Petrified Forest National Park. Worsley bought the 150-square-mile property east of Holbrook in late March. (Phoenix Business Journal, AZ)
In praise of peer pressure Apr 29, 2007
In a paper from 2003, he identified a problem with signs in the Petrified Forest National Park, in Arizona, intended to discourage the theft of ancient, irreplaceable wood. The signs sternly warned that America's "heritage" was being "vandalized" by "theft losses of petrified wood of 14 tons a year.". (Boston Globe)
