Great Basin National Park News

A pair of meetings this week will detail results so far of well-drilling operations in Snake Valley.

Thursday, October 15,2009 Cave Dwellers Tiny creatures below ground could cause big headaches for Nevada water grab By Jesse Fruhwirth Tucked deep inside sometimes-flooded and frequently undulating caves of Great Basin National Park are several rarely-seen troglobites, or creepy cave creatures that never see daylight.

Two new cave species were discovered near Great Basin Natn'l Park's Lehman Caves, part of the same cave aquifer system that SNWA plans to pump billions of gallons away from with their proposed pipeline.

A Nevada state park will get attention for its trees thanks to a PBS documentary.

Home : Features : Television : America's National Parks Excited About Ken Burns' Documentary America's National Parks Excited About Ken Burns' Documentary 26-Sep-2009 Written by: Pahull Bains 'The National Parks: America's Best Idea,' is a documentary of America's beautiful parks and the people who manage them, and will be aired on PBS in six ...

On Sunday, Ken Burns' and Dayton Duncan's 12-hour documentary: "The National Parks: America's Best Idea," begins.

Politicians know how to publicize their accomplishments. Sometimes they promote achievements they never achieved and smother the mistakes they do make.

The U.S. Mint announced Wednesday that it will produce a series of quarters highlighting America's national parks, one per state and territory, beginning next year.

Great Basin National Park will be on the reverse side of some U.S. quarters released in 2013, the U.S. Mint announced today.

Wilderness advocate Kurt Kuznicki tosses a charred chunk of bristlecone pine Thursday on Griffith Peak in the Mount Charleston Wilderness.

Great Basin National Park in Nevada, which became a park in 1986, is an ancient landscape of glacier-carved peaks.

Koyle is the long-time owner of the Border Inn near Great Basin National Park. * In Sunday's column, John L. Smith incorrectly identified the parents of Sen.

Local officials are worried about a pending deal between Utah and Nevada to pipe water from Snake Valley to Las Vegas.

Local officials are worried about a pending deal between Utah and Nevada to pipe water from Snake Valley to Las Vegas.

Water regulators in Utah and Nevada are close to a deal to split the shared Snake Valley aquifer, potentially allowing water to be piped south to Las Vegas.

Both air quality and visibility would be affected in the Great Basin National Park if one or both of two coal-fired power plants were operated in White Pine County, a Government Accountability Office report said.

Stereotypes about federal employees being lazy paper pushers might fit the agendas of government-hating Neanderthals.

Andy Blunn will walk through a starkly beautiful landscape in September, where twisted and ancient bristlecone pines grow from a dry, rocky land scoured by high winds and blanketed in snow much of the year.

Nevada's Great Basin National Park, which features some of the darkest night skies in the U.S., will hold a special event for stargazers Saturday night.

Senator Harry Reid announced the state's national parks will receive funding for projects.