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Show PETRIFIED FOREST DISAPPEARING One thing most people think is sure to stay put. The Petrified Forest that huge tract where mineral seepage has changed trees to stone. But this wonderspot of Arizona is disappearing. Interior Department Depart-ment reports. Cause of this minor disaster is none other than the much - courted tourist trade, according ac-cording to Pathfinder news magazine. maga-zine. It seems the Park Service lacks sufficient help to keep a sharp enough eye on the entire 92 000-acre 000-acre National Park established to nreserve the forest. Souvenir hunters aren't just taking chips these days. They're taking away whole trunks in trucks. |