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petrified forest nationalpark - 2.Version - Referat
Petrified Forest National Park
1.state/landscape:
- is located in north-eastern of Arizona
- size of area: 884 km2
- Petrified Forest means “Versteinerter Wald“
- has been a National Park since 1962
- the next city by the National Park is Flagstaff
2.sights/attractions:
- Rainbow Forest Museum
- The Tepees
- Blue Mesa
- Crystal Forest
- Newspaper Rock (you can see rock engravings there)
- many trails (for example the Long Logs Trail and the Giant Logs Trail)
- archaeological sites from 225 million year old fossils
3.tourism/activities:
- backcountry camping (in Painted Desert)
- several hikes in the Painted Desert Wilderness
- non-stop trips through the park
- you can see the colorful hills and the petrified wood
- in the Visitor Center you can learn something about the park
- Rock Shops (outside of the Park)
4.history:
- a part of the sites was explained to a National Monument in 1906
- 1932 was a part of the Painted Desert added
- was 1962 explained to a National Park
- was enlarged in February this year on 884 km2
5.problems/solutions:
- theft of parts of the petrified trees ~> monthly loss is more than 1000 kilogramme of petrified wood
- solutions:- rangers check the visitors;
- hard penalties, even prison for
thieves
vocab list:
rock engravings = Felsritzzeichnungen
backcountry = Hinterland
several hikes = mehrtägige Wanderungen
sites = Fundstätten
penalties = Strafen
sources:
http://www.meinamerika.de/np/pefo/pefo.htm
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrified-Forest-Nationalpark
http://www.arizonasworld.de/html/petrifiedforest_nationalpark.html
http://www.beepworld.de/members18/usa-west/petrifiedforest.htm
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