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Preventing the Petrified Forest from Disappearing

Preventing the Petrified Forest from Disappearing. Preventing the Petrified Forest from Disappearing. Problem: depreciative behavior Management Strategies: reducing the impact of use; increase the supply Management Practices: information/ education ; rules and regulations; law enforcement.

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Preventing the Petrified Forest from Disappearing

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  1. Preventing the Petrified Forest from Disappearing

  2. Preventing the Petrified Forest from Disappearing • Problem: depreciative behavior • Management Strategies: reducing the impact of use; increase the supply • Management Practices: information/ education; rules and regulations; law enforcement

  3. Preventing the Petrified Forest from Disappearing • Petrified Forest National Monument - 1906 • Antiquities Act (Theordore Roosevelt) • Designated Petrified Forest National Park (1962) • Greatly expanded in 2004 • More than 200,000 acres • 50,000 acres of designated wilderness • Hundreds of species of shortgrass prairie plants and wildlife • Trees that grew 200 million years ago

  4. Preventing the Petrified Forest from Disappearing • Approximately 600,000 visits annually • Small percentage of visitors (perhaps 1%) elect to take petrified wood from the park • Tons of petrified wood disappears each year • Loss of scientific knowledge • Aggressive information/education program • Minimum fine of $325 • Visitors are reminded at the entrance gate not to remove petrified wood • Visitor center displays, website

  5. Preventing the Petrified Forest from Disappearing • Petrified wood from outside the park is offered for sale at gift shops in the park (Xanterra) • Legend of bad luck • Trail and road signs • Monitoring program (including cameras) • Check station

  6. Petrified Forest National Park

  7. Close-up of Petrified Wood

  8. Preventing the Petrified Forest from Disappearing • The Tourist, the Ranger, and the Petrified Forest (5:53) • Petrification 101 video (13:09) • Park struggles to keep petrified wood from sticky-fingered visitors (Cronkite News)

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