Re: Rockhounding
Posted by Sagebrush on July 11, 2004 at 14:39:37:
In Reply to: Re: Rockhounding posted by Park Guy on July 03, 2004 at 18:10:51:
Well, I agree that there is no such thing as an endangered rock, but some parks have been virtually strip-mined by visitors. Take a close look at the terrain around the park roads in Petrified Forest National Park. Within 100 yards of the popular pull-outs, roads, and trails, there is a noticeable lack of hand-sized pieces of petrified wood, compared to areas a bit further away. An estimated 16 tons of petrified wood is removed by visitors each year from that park.