• Lehman Caves

    Great Basin

    National Park Nevada

For Teachers

Recent Scientific Publications

Follow the most current research related to the Great Basin. Here you will find a sampling of the most up-to-date scholarly articles pertaining to this park.

EPA Announces NEW Climate Change Emission Calculator Kit (Climate CHECK) is now available for High-School Students!

Climate CHECK is a free, user-friendly, Excel-based kit that teaches high school students about the science, drivers, and impacts of climate change and provides them with the knowledge, tools, and resources to increase climate-change awareness and to help them reduce greenhouse gas emissions at their school.

Global Climate Change Research Toolkit

Explore global climate change through this federal, inter agency website.

Did You Know?

Century + year old orchard; Photographed by Bryan Petrytyl

The apricot trees in front of the Lehman Caves Visitor Center in Great Basin National Park are over 100 years old! The trees are thought to have been planted by Absalom Lehman, discoverer of Lehman Caves. These historic fruit trees continue to produce today.