The oldest tree species is the Great Basin bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva). The oldest tree of the species is named Methuselah and is more than 4,800 years old. The longevity of the Great Basin ...
Remote and less-traveled Great Basin National Park will be without one of its top attractions - a marble and limestone wonder known as the Lehman Caves - until at least late spring of next year, the ...
The long drive between Salt Lake City, Utah and Reno, Nevada on Interstate 80 feels endless, the landscape timeless. But these basins and ranges of the Great Basin Desert are changing dramatically.
I sped across a golden basin full of sagebrush and edged by hillsides spotted with pinyon and juniper trees. We were at mile 135 of a 400-mile drive across Nevada’s high desert to Great Basin National ...
Some of Nevada’s recently fired federal employees who manage the country’s biggest reservoir and the state’s only national park may soon be heading back to work. The news comes after a federal judge ...
The long drive between Salt Lake City, Utah and Reno, Nevada on Interstate 80 feels endless, the landscape timeless. But these basins and ranges of the Great Basin Desert are changing dramatically.