Great Basin National Park

Great Basin National Park Is Facing Threats to its Clear Air and Water Resources

Not even its remote location in eastern Nevada can protect Great Basin National Park from the pressures, demands, and impacts of urban areas. Proposed power plants threaten its air, and growing Las Vegas could impact the park's water resources.

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By Kurt Repanshek - April 9th, 2009 4:33pm

Great Basin National Park: It's More Than Simply A Cave

What in the world was Jim Hansen thinking back in the 1990s when, as a U.S. representative from Utah and chair of the House Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Lands, he said Great Basin National Park should be removed from the National Park System?

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By Chance Finegan - January 23rd, 2009 1:50pm

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Coal-Fired Plants Obscuring National Park Vistas

On a clear day, you often can see for miles and miles. But as a report from the National Parks Conservation Association points out, clear days are harder and harder to find in our national parks under the Bush administration's relatively laissez-faire approach to coal-fired power plants.

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By Kurt Repanshek - July 12th, 2011 9:34am

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Great Basin National Park's Air Could Be Compromised By Proposed Power Plant

Great Basin National Park, which boasts the cleanest air of any park in the Lower 48, could lose that distinction if a coal-fired power plant is allowed to go on-line as proposed just 38 miles northwest of the park.

GRBA-Power Plant Letter.pdf

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By Kurt Repanshek - January 11th, 2008 5:42pm

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Great Basin National Park Holiday Ornament

A clear, starry sky is depicted on Great Basin National Park's holiday ornament.

Mathew Brady

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By Kurt Repanshek - December 4th, 2007 6:52pm

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