BLM land in Wyoming, 82,550 acres, managed by the Bureau of Land Management.
The defenders
3 groups are on the record for Adobe Town WSA, in the order they carry the weight. The range says how strongly our editors, the court dockets and their own filings tie each one here. Give directly; nothing routes through us.
On the ground
Legal · Hailey, ID
Co-plaintiff in the federal appeal challenging BLM’s plan to cut the Adobe Town herd management area roughly in half as part of the largest wild horse removal ever attempted in the Wyoming checkerboard.
1 live federal case over this place
18 staff85¢ of every dollar to the workFounded 1993
Coalition · Sheridan, WY
Organized citizen outings at Skull Rim to build opposition to BLM lease parcels around Adobe Town Rim and has pressed the agency to shrink lease sales touching the WSA and surrounding lands with wilderness characteristics.
8 staff + 103 volunteers77¢ of every dollar to the workFounded 1979
Also in the fight
Coalition · Lander, WY
Its Rock Springs RMP campaign lists Adobe Town among the landscapes whose management the contested plan will set for the next two decades.
22 staff56¢ of every dollar to the workFounded 1967
On the ground in Wyoming
More ways in
The situation
A labyrinth of eroded badlands and hoodoos in Wyoming’s Red Desert. Adobe Town has waited decades for the wilderness designation its landscape demands. Instead, it gets oil and gas lease proposals. A wilderness study area studied forever and protected never.
Source: BLM · February 1, 2025
Source: Department of Interior · January 20, 2025
No public comment window is open on Adobe Town WSA right now. A call script is ready on the Public Lands Action Network, and the groups above are how the fight gets funded and argued in the meantime.
In the courts
The dockets we track that name Adobe Town WSA directly. Active first.
Your move
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Their donation page ↗SpeakCall your representativesA ready call script on Adobe Town WSA, plus any comment window as it opens.
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Threatened Lands Map3 groups on the record, Western Watersheds Project with 18 staff, 1 live case in federal court. That is who is holding it. Find your way in.
