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Into the Big Empty: Wyoming’s Red Desert

6 Million acres, 50,000 pronghorn, 100 years of struggle to protect it all.

Journey into Wyoming’s Red Desert, a little known wilderness the size of Denali National Park that brings the steppes of Mongolia to America’s backyard. Here, energy companies vie for the desert’s riches in a world of 50,000 pronghorn, herds of wild horses and some of the most unforgiving landscapes of the West. There are 15,000 natural gas wells planned for the Red Desert in addition to the 5,000 that already exist. Left unchecked, these changes will make the Big Empty one of the most densely drilled regions of the country. Come learn of a place shaped by man, yet still undeniably wild as you travel into the Big Empty.

Morgan Heim is a member of the iLCP emerging league, and a guest blogger for Talking WILD.

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