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| National Park Service  | Great Basin      |   | 100 Great Basin      |
|                        | National Park    |   | National Park        |
| U.S. Department of the |                  |   |                      |
| Interior               | Use the complete |   | Baker, Nevada 89311  |
|                        | site name here   |   |                      |
|                        | (e.g. Palo Alto  |   | 775-234-7331 phone   |
|                        | Battlefield      |   |                      |
|                        | Historic Site).  |   | 775-234-7269 fax     |
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**Great Basin National Park** News Release

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Release Date: Immediate

Contact: Curt Dimmick, Chief Ranger

Phone Number: (775) 234-7331 extension 216

Date: August 26, 2008

LOCAL VOLUNTEERS SOUGHT TO PITCH IN

AT GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK

ON NATIONAL PUBLIC LANDS DAY, SATURDAY, SEPT. 27

WHITE PINE COUNTY IS PART OF THE NATIONWIDE EFFORT TO IMPROVE NATIONAL
LANDS IN HONOR OF THE 75^th^ ANNIVERSARY OF THE CIVILIAN CONSERVATION
CORPS

**Great Basin National Park, Baker, NV, August 22, 2008 -- Great Basin
National Park will be the site of this year's White Pine County National
Public Lands Day event as area residents join the largest annual
coast-to-coast, single-day volunteer restoration effort for America's
public lands. This year's local theme is "Our Public Lands, An American
Legacy."**

**Local volunteers will roll up their sleeves and devote their day to
stacking firewood, repairing trails, conducting fish and
macroinvertebrate surveys and participating in educational programs at
Great Basin National Park as part of the 15th annual National Public
Lands Day (NPLD) on Saturday, September 27. Sponsored for the ninth
consecutive year by Toyota Motor Sales, USA, these national cleanups
give Americans an annual chance to make public lands in local
communities safer, prettier, and more desirable.**

**"Last year we reached a monumental participation of 110,000 volunteers
in National Public Lands Day, and we are expecting to increase this by
an additional 10,000 this year," said Robb Hampton, director of National
Public Lands Day.**

**LOCAL VOLUNTEERS SOUGHT TO PITCH IN AT**

**GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK**

**ON NATIONAL PUBLIC LANDS DAY, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2008**

**WHITE PINE COUNTY IS PART OF THE NATIONWIDE EFFORT TO IMPROVE NATIONAL
LANDS IN HONOR OF THE 75^th^ ANNIVERSARY OF**

**THE CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS**

Great Basin National Park, Baker, NV, August 26, 2008 -- Great Basin
National Park will be the site of this year's White Pine County National
Public Lands Day event as area residents join the largest annual
coast-to-coast, single-day volunteer restoration effort for America's
public lands. This year's local theme is "Our Public Lands, An American
Legacy."

Local volunteers will roll up their sleeves and devote their day to
stacking firewood, repairing trails, conducting fish and
macroinvertebrate surveys and participating in educational programs at
Great Basin National Park as part of the 15th annual National Public
Lands Day (NPLD) on Saturday, September 27. Sponsored for the ninth
consecutive year by Toyota Motor Sales, USA, these national cleanups
give Americans an annual chance to make public lands in local
communities safer, prettier, and more desirable.

"Last year we reached a monumental participation of 110,000 volunteers
in National Public Lands Day, and we are expecting to increase this by
an additional 10,000 this year," said Robb Hampton, director of National
Public Lands Day.

Local volunteers will roll up their sleeves and devote their day to
stacking firewood, repairing trails, conducting fish and
macroinvertebrate surveys and participating in educational programs at
Great Basin National Park as part of the 15th annual National Public
Lands Day (NPLD) on Saturday, September 27. Sponsored for the ninth
consecutive year by Toyota Motor Sales, USA, these national cleanups
give Americans an annual chance to make public lands in local
communities safer, prettier, and more desirable.

"Last year we reached a monumental participation of 110,000 volunteers
in National Public Lands Day, and we are expecting to increase this by
an additional 10,000 this year," said Robb Hampton, director of National
Public Lands Day.

Local volunteers will roll up their sleeves and devote their day to
stacking firewood, repairing trails, conducting fish and
macroinvertebrate surveys and participating in educational programs at
Great Basin National Park as part of the 15th annual National Public
Lands Day (NPLD) on Saturday, September 27. Sponsored for the ninth
consecutive year by Toyota Motor Sales, USA, these national cleanups
give Americans an annual chance to make public lands in local
communities safer, prettier, and more desirable.

"Last year we reached a monumental participation of 110,000 volunteers
in National Public Lands Day and we are expecting to increase this by an
additional 10,000 this year, said Robb Hampton, director of National
Public Lands Day.

This year, National Public Lands Day will commemorate the 75^th^
anniversary of the Civilian Conservation Corps. By educating volunteers
at sites across the country, NPLD maintains the legacy of the Civilian
Conservation Corps, an army of 3 million Americans who in the 1930's
countered the devastation of the Dust Bowl and the American chestnut
blight by planting more than 3 billion trees, building 800 state parks,
and fighting forest fires.

Local activities will begin with registration at the Lehman Caves Picnic
Area in Great Basin National Park at 8:00 AM on Saturday, September 27.
Groups over 15 are encouraged to contact Curt Dimmick at (775) 234-7331
extension 216 prior to this date and time. Volunteers are invited to
participate in the various work projects. Outdoor education activities
are scheduled for children of elementary school age. Lunch will be
provided by Mt. Wheeler Power at 12:00 noon for all participants
accompanied by local entertainment. All participants will also receive a
free Public Lands Day t-shirt and a voucher good for one year for a free
60-minute cave tour of Lehman Caves.

Local participants in this event include: Great Basin Trails Alliance,
Mt. Wheeler Power, Ruth Volunteer Ambulance and EMT Service, White Pine
Chamber of Commerce, White Pine County, White Pine School District,
Nevada Department of Wildlife, Nevada Division of Forestry, Nevada
Division of State Parks, BLM Ely Field Office, Great Basin National Park
and Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest Ely Ranger District.

For more information, contact Curt Dimmick at (775) 234-7331 extension
216, Joshua Simpson at (775) 289-5129 or see a list of NPLD sites,
activities, contacts, and downloadable photos from past events in the
Media Center section of www.publiclandsday.org.

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