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Artist residencies engage visitors and communities with fresh perspectives on Nevada’s only national park. Great Basin National Park, in partnership with the Great Basin National Park Foundation, is excited to […]
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Great Basin National Park offers internship opportunity
Interested in working outside and preserving nature? Great Basin National Park is actively looking for scientist-in-park (SIP) positions. The park will be hiring two astronomy assistants to partake in a […]
How a Stargazing-Themed Train Ride is Boosting Tourism in Rural Nevada
By Jackie Valley The Nevada Independent On a chilly fall evening, a train conductor clad in a flat-topped hat and gold-buttoned suit jacket inhaled deeply and delivered his customary greeting. […]
137-year-old Winchester rifle found in Nevada has new home
Associated Press BAKER — A 137-year-old rifle found five years ago leaning against a juniper tree in Great Basin National Park in Nevada is now part of an exhibit dedicated […]
Great Basin National Park displays 133-year-old rifle
On Saturday, Dec. 5, at the Lehman Caves Visitor Center of the Great Basin National Park, the National Park Service displayed a 133-year-old Winchester rifle discovered in the park over […]
Health and safety of Nevada community in limbo, awaiting BLM approval
The residents of the tiny community of Baker at the entrance to Great Basin National Park are concerned that their health and safety may be jeopardized for the sake of […]
Century old rifle found in national park
Eva Jensen had no idea as she walked around an innocuous tree in Great Basin National Park that she was about to discover something that would capture the world’s attention […]
Bureaucrats Playing a Befuddled, Futile Game of Species Preservation with Our Money
“Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.” — Proverbs 26:12 Economist F.A. Hayek called the efforts of central […]
Nevada leaders react to end of shutdown
As the federal government reached a deal last week to end the partial government shutdown and avoid a default on the country’s bills, Nevada’s senators and representatives were split on […]