• View of mountains in the Snake Range

    Great Basin

    National Park Nevada

News Releases

This page contains all 2013 year official press releases issued by Great Basin National Park. Click on the titles below to read the entire release. For previous years press releases please see our archive at left.

 

March 15, 2013
Environmental Assessment Available for Public Review for Proposed Fish Barrier in Great Basin National Park
Great Basin National Park Superintendent Tod Williams announced today that the Fish Barrier Environmental Assessment (EA) is now available for public review. This EA will be open to review for 30 days, from March 20 through April 20, 2013.

February 28, 2103
Steve Mietz Named Superintendent at Great Basin National Park
Steve Mietz has been named superintendent at Great Basin National Park, located in east-central Nevada near the Utah border. Mietz is currently serving on a detail as Associate Regional Director for Natural Resources at the Midwest Region.

February 28, 2013
Great Basin National Park Tourism Creates $4,528,000 in Local Economic Benefit Part of $30 Billion Impact That Supports 252,000 Jobs Nationwide.
A new National Park Service (NPS) report for 2011 shows that the 91,451 visitors to Great Basin National Park spent $4.528 million in communities surrounding the park. This spending supported 58 jobs in the area.

Did You Know?

Golden Eagle

Migrating raptors, traveling south from breeding grounds north of the Great Basin Desert, concentrate along the Goshute Range in Nevada. Favorable migration conditions attract one of the largest known concentrations of migrant raptors in western North America.