Where does the petrified wood sold in the rock shops outside the park come from? Petrified Forest National Park protects less than 20% of the petrified wood in northeastern Arizona. Petrified wood is also found on state land, Bureau of Land Management land, the Navajo Nation, and privately owned property. The wood being sold in regional gift shops comes from the private property, from which it can be collected by the owner, or those with permission from the owner, and sold. How can the Fred Harvey Company (Xanterra) sell petrified wood within the park? Xanterra is an independent concessionaire acquiring petrified wood from areas outside the park. The park allows this to give visitors an opportunity to easily find a legal source of petrified wood, possibly making it less likely that people will illegally remove it from within the park.
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