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This is the Black Rock Desert "Playa Wiki", a freely-editable encyclopaedia of anything related to the Black Rock Desert region and of Northwest Nevada in general. | [[File:Gerlach Geothermal Exploration Map 508 0.png|thumb|150px|left|Ormat Gerlach Geothermal Exploration Map from December 2021. See [[Gerlach Geothermal Development Project]].]] | ||
This is the Black Rock Desert "Playa Wiki", a freely-editable encyclopaedia of anything related to the Black Rock Desert region and of Northwest Nevada in general. | |||
It uses the same software that wikipedia.org uses, and the same intention - please contribute information and help to organize it. | It uses the same software that wikipedia.org uses, and the same intention - please contribute information and help to organize it. | ||
To get a wiki account, please email [mailto:cxbrooks@gmail.com Christopher Brooks]. | |||
<strong>For more information, visit http://blackrockdesert.org/ - The Friends of Black Rock High Rock, and please consider becoming a member.</strong> | <strong>For more information, visit http://blackrockdesert.org/ - The Friends of Black Rock High Rock, and please consider becoming a member.</strong> | ||
== Active pages== | |||
* [[Mountain View Exploration Project]] | |||
* [[Gerlach Geothermal Development Project]] | |||
* [[Jackalope Bay]] | |||
* [[Renaming offensive placenames]] | |||
* [[Satellite]] - get recent satellite images | |||
* [[Water Rights]] | |||
== Index == | == Index == | ||
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{{col-break}} | {{col-break}} | ||
* [[:Category:Artists | Artists]] | |||
* [[Astronomy]] | * [[Astronomy]] | ||
* [[Authors]] | * [[:Category:Authors | Authors]] | ||
* [[Aviation]] / [[Airports]] | * [[:Category:Aviation | Aviation]] / [[Airports]] | ||
* [[Ballooning]] | * [[Ballooning]] | ||
* [[Bibliography]] | * [[Bibliography]] | ||
* [[Climate and Weather]] | * [[Climate and Weather]] | ||
* [[Fauna]] | * [[Fauna]] | ||
* [[Flora]] | * [[Flora]] | ||
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* [[Hydrography]] | * [[Hydrography]] | ||
* [[Insects]] | * [[Insects]] | ||
* [[Links]] | * [[Links]] | ||
* [[Lodging]] | * [[Lodging]] | ||
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* [[NCA]] | * [[NCA]] | ||
* [[Paleontology]] | * [[Paleontology]] | ||
* [[Photography]] | * [[Photography]] | ||
* [[Playas]] | * [[Playas]] | ||
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* [[Satellite]] | * [[Satellite]] | ||
* [[Soaring]] | * [[Soaring]] | ||
* [[Video]] | * [[Video]] | ||
* [[Wild Horses]] | * [[Wild Horses]] | ||
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** [[Joe's Gerlach Club]] | ** [[Joe's Gerlach Club]] | ||
** [[Planet X Pottery]] | ** [[Planet X Pottery]] | ||
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* Events | * Events | ||
** [http://blackrockdesert.org/friends/event /friends/calendar] | ** [http://blackrockdesert.org/friends/event /friends/calendar] | ||
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** [[Other Events]] | ** [[Other Events]] | ||
** [[Past Events]] | ** [[Past Events]] | ||
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* Organizations | * Organizations | ||
** [[Aeropac]] | ** [[Aeropac]] | ||
** [[Black Rock City Department of Public Works]] | ** [[Black Rock City Department of Public Works]] | ||
** [[ | ** [[Bureau of Land Management]] | ||
** [[Desert Research Insitute]] | ** [[Desert Research Insitute]] | ||
** [[Desert Survivors]] | ** [[Desert Survivors]] | ||
** [[Earth Guardians]] | ** [[Earth Guardians]] | ||
** [[Friends of Black Rock High Rock]] | ** [[Friends of Black Rock-High Rock]] | ||
** [[Friends of Nevada Wilderness]] | ** [[Friends of Nevada Wilderness]] | ||
** [[Gerlach/Empire Citizen Advisory Board]] | ** [[Gerlach/Empire Citizen Advisory Board]] | ||
** [[Gerlach General Improvement District | Gerlach General Improvement District (GGID)]] | |||
** [[Gerlach Senior Citizens Center]] | |||
** [[Gerlach Volunteer Fire Department]] | ** [[Gerlach Volunteer Fire Department]] | ||
** [[Great Basin Institute]] | ** [[Great Basin Institute]] | ||
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** [[Charles Carter]] | ** [[Charles Carter]] | ||
** [[Mike Daggett]] | ** [[Mike Daggett]] | ||
** [[Clyde Fisk]] | |||
** [[John C. Fremont]] | ** [[John C. Fremont]] | ||
** [[Louis Gerlach]] | ** [[Louis Gerlach]] | ||
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** [[Duck Flat]] | ** [[Duck Flat]] | ||
** [[Garrett Ranch]] | ** [[Garrett Ranch]] | ||
** [[Gerlach | ** [[Gerlach Cemetery]] | ||
** [[Granite Ranch]] | ** [[Granite Ranch]] | ||
** [[Guru Road]] | ** [[Guru Road]] | ||
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** [[Petrified Forest]] | ** [[Petrified Forest]] | ||
** [[Pyramid Lake]] | ** [[Pyramid Lake]] | ||
** [[Sheldon-Hart | ** [[Sheldon - Hart Mountain National Wildlife Refuge]] | ||
** [[Smoke Creek Desert]] | ** [[Smoke Creek Desert]] | ||
** [[Soldier Meadows]] | ** [[Soldier Meadows]] | ||
** [[Summit Lake]] | ** [[Summit Lake]] | ||
** [[Squaw Reservoir]] | ** [[Squaw Reservoir]] | ||
** [[Sulphur]] | ** [[Sulphur]] | ||
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** [[Black Rock Range]] | ** [[Black Rock Range]] | ||
** [[Buffalo Hills]] | ** [[Buffalo Hills]] | ||
** [[Calico | ** [[Calico Hills]] | ||
** [[Division Range]] | ** [[Division Range]] | ||
** [[Fox Range]] | ** [[Fox Range]] | ||
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** [[Little High Rock Mountains]] | ** [[Little High Rock Mountains]] | ||
** [[Massacre Range]] | ** [[Massacre Range]] | ||
** [[Selenite Range]] | |||
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* [[Springs]] | * [[Springs]] | ||
** [[Black Rock Springs]] | |||
** [[Coyote Spring]] | |||
** [[Double Hot Springs]] | |||
** [[Fly Ranch]] | |||
** [[Frog (Garrett Ranch) Springs]] | |||
** [[Gerlach "Great Boiling" Springs]] | ** [[Gerlach "Great Boiling" Springs]] | ||
** [[Rabbit Hole Spring]] | ** [[Rabbit Hole Spring]] | ||
** [[Soldier Meadow Springs]] | ** [[Soldier Meadow Springs]] | ||
** [[ | ** [[Trego]] | ||
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* Emigrant Trails | * Emigrant Trails | ||
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* [http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce MediaWiki release mailing list] | * [http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce MediaWiki release mailing list] | ||
[[File:BlackRockDesert2017-09-01ShowingTohakum2Fire.png|thumb|150px|left|The Tohakum2 fire is shown in this satellite image from https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/ dated September 1, 2017. In this image, the burn scar can be seen running north east from Pyramid Lake, crossing highway 447 and the Selenite Range. See [[Satellite]] for how to get recent images]] |
Revision as of 22:24, 27 March 2022
This is the Black Rock Desert "Playa Wiki", a freely-editable encyclopaedia of anything related to the Black Rock Desert region and of Northwest Nevada in general.
It uses the same software that wikipedia.org uses, and the same intention - please contribute information and help to organize it.
To get a wiki account, please email Christopher Brooks.
For more information, visit http://blackrockdesert.org/ - The Friends of Black Rock High Rock, and please consider becoming a member.
Active pages
- Mountain View Exploration Project
- Gerlach Geothermal Development Project
- Jackalope Bay
- Renaming offensive placenames
- Satellite - get recent satellite images
- Water Rights
Index
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