Check out the upcoming Red Desert outings coming soon. Visit Boar’s Tusk, Wild Cow Creek, Adobe Town and the Jack Morrow Hills! You can attend the bird watching tour, go on an overnight car camping trip, or take an auto tour with moderate to light day hikes. 
Friends of the Red Desert is a coalition of citizens, businesses and conservation organizations united to protect Wyoming's magnificent Red Desert.
The FRD coalition would like to update you on our recent structural change. As of May 2007 Red Desert project responsibilities will be performed by three coalition members: Wyoming Wildlife Federation (WWF), Wyoming Outdoor Council (WOC), and Biodiversity Conservation Alliance (BCA). Joy Owen, who worked for FRD until May 2007, will continue working on Red Desert protections in her new role as Field Director for the Wyoming Wildlife Federation.
The contact information for FRD is: joy@reddesert.org, P.O. Box 1611, Lander, Wyoming 82520, or please contact one of the following coalition members to assist you.
Wyoming Wildlife Federation: Joy Owen, office – 307.335.8633, cell – 307.287.0129, joyowen@wyomingwildlife.org, fax – 307.335.8690, P.O. Box 1312, 309 Main Suite A, Lander, Wyoming 82520. WWF Website.
Wyoming Outdoor Council: Bruce Pendery, office – 435.752.2111, fax – 307.332.6899, bpendery@pcu.net, 262 Lincoln Street, Lander, Wyoming 82520. WOC Website.
Biodiversity Conservation Alliance: Erik Molvar, office – 307.742.7978, fax – 307.742.7989, erik@voiceforthewild.org, P.O. Box 1512, Laramie, Wyoming 82073. BCA Website.
The Red Desert, hidden away in southwestern Wyoming, consists of approximately six million acres of stunning rainbow colored hoodoos, towering buttes, swirling sand dunes, vast open spaces and prehistoric rock art which Native peoples have left in the form of petroglyphs and tipi rings that outline ancient campsites.
Its emptiness and incessant wind can overwhelm visitors at first, but as you explore and look more closely, the desert has a way of drawing you in. The Red Desert has captivated hundreds of thousands of people over the years. But now this area faces threats—in the form of oil and gas development—that may change it forever. Learn more about the Red Desert
Jack Morrow Hills/Northern Red Desert
FRD continues to promote and advocate for a National Conservation Area (NCA) designation for the Northern Red Desert. This type of designation is not a one size fits all solution, but is tailored to meet the specific needs of an area and the concerns of local citizens. This is a compelling way to permanently protect this high desert landscape from oil and gas development while keeping access, recreation, cultural and historic resources, OHV use, grazing, and healthy wildlife habitat. Learn more about National Conservation Area designation. 
You can help this campaign by writing to U.S. Senator Craig Thomas, and let him know you want the Jack Morrow Hills protected as a NCA. Send letters via email or mail to 2632 Foothill Boulevard, Suite 101, Rock Springs, WY 82901. For other ways to help, please check out How You Can Help. We need your support!
Adobe Town
The Rawlins Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will release the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Great Divide Resource Management Plan this summer 2007. Once the Final EIS has been published the public will have 30 days to provide comments on the plan. Writing comments is a way to inform the BLM what uses and areas are important to you. Learn more about Adobe Town.
