Story Prompts

Meanings are revealed by stories. So, interpretation is based on storytelling.

Select a subject category and we'll take you to another page with some questions on that topic. Let the questions inspire you to tell your story. Then click on the button "I’ve got a story" and fill out the form to send us your story.

Prehistory: evolution • ice age(s) • early people • paleontology • geology • hydrology • faulting • soils • minerals • geologic time • beauty

History: daily life • colorful characters • native Paiute & Shoshone • frontier • Federal land grants • railroad • ranching• mining • farming • Carson Slough peat mining • 1976 Supreme Court decision on Devil’s Hole • Calvada Estates housing development • BLM days • Refuge establishment • restoration • world renown • recent climate change

Wildlife: conservation • fish • reptile • amphibian • mammal • bird • invertebrate • exotics • human use of • beauty

Plants: conservation • rare • alkali soil adaptations • water adaptations • ethno botany • exotic • agricultural impacts • fire • beauty

Other Connections: Amargosa Valley • Death Valley • Amargosa River • Mojave Desert • Desert Southwest • Nye County • Pahrump • Death Valley Junction • Beatty • Nevada Test Site

Refuge Map: Fairbanks Spring • Rogers Spring • Longstreet Spring • Carson Slough • Peterson Reservoir • School Spring • Devil’s Hole • Crystal Spring • Crystal Reservoir • Horseshoe Marsh • Lower Crystal Marsh • Point of Rocks Springs • King’s Pool • Jack Rabbit Spring • Big Spring