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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: October 8, 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.**

**RAIN DOES NOT DAMPEN ENTHUSIASM**

**ON NATIONAL PUBLIC LANDS DAY**

Great Basin National Park, Baker, NV, October 3, 2008 -- Great Basin
National Park was the site for this year's White Pine County National
Public Lands Day event held on Saturday, September 27. A total of 94
area residents joined with local, state and federal agency employees in
the largest annual coast-to-coast, single-day volunteer restoration
effort for America's public lands.

NPLD is a success nationwide because of the collaboration among federal,
state and local agencies, and private organizations and volunteers. The
annual event is spearheaded by the National Environmental Education and
Training Foundation and was sponsored for the ninth consecutive year by
Toyota Motor Sales, USA.

Work projects completed during this year's county event in Great Basin
National Park included reseeding an area with native plant seeds as part
of an ecological restoration project and restacking of cut wood and
slash as part of a hazard fuel reduction project.

Young people's educational activities included learning about Mountain
Lions, Leave No Trace and Tread Lightly, Wildland Fire Safety which
included meeting Smokey Bear and hands-on time operating a fire engine,
Snakes and Reptiles through hands-on experience, and the Ancient Forest
Detective Agency.

Although a sudden thunderstorm ended the projects early, all the
participants had big smiles on their faces as they found a dry place to
enjoy a delicious lunch provided by Mt. Wheeler Power and the Great
Basin Heritage Area Partnership. School children and their chaperones
enjoyed cowboy poetry and songs on-board their bus provided by Great
Basin National Park Superintendent Andy Ferguson and Rangers Roberta
Moore and Alex Vogt.

On behalf of National Public Lands Day 2008, the Bureau of Land
Management Ely Field Office, Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest Ely Ranger
District and Great Basin National Park wish to thank the Ely Times,
Great Basin Heritage Area Partnership, Great Basin Institute, KDSS and
KELY Radio, Mt. Wheeler Power, White Pine County Board of Commissioners,
White Pine County School District AND, last but not least, the many
enthusiastic volunteers who helped make this year's event a great
success!

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