This is Yell Parks Pod, a podcast where your hosts yell about the parks, nature, and beauty of the world that surrounds us. This episode we’re discussing the Petrified Forest National Park. Our topics include how the park's eponymous petrified wood forms, different types of petroglyphs within the park and how they were used, and fossils found within the park.
Land Acknowledgement:
Petrified Forest National Park is on land that belongs to the Diné Bikéyah (Navajo), Pueblo, Hopi, and Zuni peoples. You can find more information by visiting native-land.ca
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This Episode’s Hosts:
Ellory (they/them)
Nic (they/them)
Ole (e/em or they/them)
Credits:
Our intro and outro music is the song Elsewhere... courtesy of Furgat. Ey can be found at twitter.com/furgat
Research assistance provided by Hawk
Editing by Ellory
Transcript by Adam
Episode description by Ellory
Transcripts and sources for each episode are hosted on our Google Drive. You can find links and the transcript for this episode here
More Information:
Petrified Wood (05:50)
What is Petrified Wood?
Cursed Wood?
Petroglyphs (25:38)
What are Petroglyphs?
Types of Petroglyphs in the Park
Newspaper Rock
Archaeoastronomy
Fossils (38:00)
Shout Outs
Navajo Water Project: https://www.navajowaterproject.org/
Christmas Bird Count: https://www.audubon.org/conservation/science/christmas-bird-count
Feederwatch: https://feederwatch.org/
Lunar New Year livestream: In late January a few of us are planning to participate in a Lunar New Year livestream hosted by some very cool members of the Blaseball community to raise money for Youth Advocates for Climate Action Philippines! Specifics info on the event will be coming in January so keep your eyes peeled!
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