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Are you a senior graduating from Gerlach Schools this year? Do you have strong opinions about the future of public lands? Could you use a little pocket money to ease your transition into adult life? Stewards of Black Rock Desert has launched an essay contest open to graduating seniors of Gerlach K-12 School. The topic…
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The National Park Service published this very useful guide: National Historic Trails – Auto Tour Route Interpretive Guide – Across Nevada. This guide shows how to travel the Emigrant Trails in Nevada, including the Applegate – Lassen Trail and Nobles Route in the Black Rock Desert, beginning on Page 77. Although printed guide books are…
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YOU can become an OHV Preservation Ambassador! Once you have registered, you can take a toodle to your favorite desert places and provide photos and feedback about road quality, damage, or other notable disturbances to Nevada cultural sites. To find out more, please visit the Nevadans for Cultural Preservation OHV Preservation Ambassador website, or watch…
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Stewards of the Black Rock Desert participates in this program to inventory and document historic places in and near the Black Rock Desert. To learn more, please visit The Nevada Site Stewardship Program website.

Stewards of the Black Rock Desert will be out in the Black Rock Desert 17 miles north of Gerlach for this event on the playa over Memorial Day Weekend! Join us and other active groups for a series of talks and tours of the region. Stewards will conduct as tour of Guru Road on Saturday,…
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We will have an accounting for all of the volunteer effort forthcoming.

On October 20, 2024, Stewards of the Black Rock Desert launched our first direct service project — the Guru Road Restoration Project. This effort is supported in part by a grant from Travel Nevada administered through the Friends of Black Rock High Rock. A total of 12 volunteers worked to remove painted rocks, recover original…
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In December 2032, Erin & I went on a trip to find the path John C. Fremont took through the San Emdio desert to get to Pyramid Lake. I created a form to fill out to gather data along the way. Although this form does not conform to BLM data collection standards, it can serve…
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Come join Stewards of the Black Rock Desert, Friends of Black Rock / High Rock, and other interested people as we launch a long-term project to restore and maintain Guru Road, aka Dooby Lane. We will meet at Ground Zero (mile marker 2, Rte. 34, north of Gerlach). The focus of this initial effort will…
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