Series: The Midden - Great Basin National Park: Vol. 18, No. 1, Summer 2018

The Midden is the Resource Management Newsletter of Great Basin National Park, published each summer and winter. Find out the latest going on at Great Basin National Park, Nevada in resource management and research. The Midden - Great Basin National Park: Vol. 18, No. 1, Summer 2018.

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    Article 1: Lehman Caves: Little Understood but World-Class Cave

    Staff member standing in the Gypsum Annex in a passage that is covered in gypsum.

    While preparing to develop new interpretive displays at Great Basin National Park, the Park staff came to realize that the most recent, professional geologists’ reports on the cave were from the early 1960s…..several years before most geologists had even heard of Plate Tectonics! Read more

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    Article 2: 2018 Beetle BioBlitz Results

    Two bioblitz participants looking in a microscope

    Over 40 participants gathered over three days for Great Basin National Park’s tenth annual BioBlitz. Nevada State Entomologist Jeff Knight led the effort, focused on beetles. Read more

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    Article 3: First Season of Great Basin Wildrye Implementation

    Photo of reduced number of trees after the thinning had occurred

    The Forgotten Grasslands: Restoration of Basin Wildrye Ecosystems project was surveyed for archeological clearance during the 2017 fiscal year. Beginning in spring of 2018, we started implementing the restoration. Areas of cheatgrass and crested wheat grass were sprayed, pre-treatment monitoring plots were installed, and restoration by thinning began. Read more

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    Article 4: Walk on the Wilder Side

    Two volunteers cleaning lint off the walls in part of Lehman Caves known as the Giant's Ear

    Looking for your next new adventure!? You will find it at Great Basin National Park. Specifically at Lehman Caves. Just imagine a cave adventure in a place that is dark, cool and quiet, very mysterious, and sparklingly beautiful! It is an adventure that is packed with discoveries. An adventure that you can share with friends and family. Read more

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    Article 5: Lehman Caves’ Shields

    Two of the cave shields, a type of cave formation, found in Lehman Caves

    Lehman Caves is an extraordinary cave with a complex history. One of its more obvious distinctions is hundreds of cave shields. An unusual cave decoration, Lehman may contain more than any other cave in the world. But, why? Read more

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