7 public places under threat in Wyoming
5 groups have them in their care
The defenders
5 groups are on the record for Wyoming, each tied to it by a source our editors read, in the order they carry the weight. The other 7 are likely to care: a guess from mission and footprint, with no source tying them to this fight. Give directly; nothing routes through us.
Leading the fight
Advocacy · Lander, WY
Leading opposition to BLM’s 2025 reopening of the just-finalized Rock Springs RMP, with program director Alec Underwood arguing the Golden Triangle and Big Sandy Foothills are too special to lease and develop.
Fighting for Adobe Town WSA and Red Desert
22 staff56¢ to the workFounded 1967
On the ground
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.
Fighting for Adobe Town WSA and Red Desert
8 staff + 103 volunteers77¢ to the workFounded 1979
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.
Fighting for Adobe Town WSA and Red Desert·5 live federal cases across all their work
18 staff85¢ to the workFounded 1993
Also in the fight
Advocacy · Oakland, CA
Its Wyoming Chapter mobilized public comments ahead of the December 18, 2025 deadline against the administration’s rollback of Red Desert ACEC protections in the Rock Springs RMP amendment.
Fighting for Red Desert·5 live federal cases across all their work
10,895 volunteers81¢ to the workFounded 1892
Advocacy · Washington, DC
Led the May 2025 comment letter with Wyoming Outdoor Council, NRDC, Rocky Mountain Wild and the Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks on BLM Wyoming’s third quarter 2025 lease sale, backing the sage grouse deferrals BLM had proposed and urging it to defer the rest.
Fighting for Red Desert·3 live federal cases across all their work
178 staff + 32 volunteers75¢ to the workFounded 1935
Likely to care: a guess from mission and footprint, no source ties them to this fight
Friends Group · Jackson, WY
They work only in Wyoming
13 staff + 65 volunteers92¢ to the workFounded 2019
Friends Group · Moose, WY
They work only in Wyoming
31 staff + 53 volunteers95¢ to the workFounded 1997
Land Trust · Cheyenne, WY
They work only in Wyoming
9 staff + 11 volunteers44¢ to the workFounded 2001
Coalition · Jackson, WY
They work only in Wyoming
12 staff + 45 volunteers65¢ to the workFounded 1979
Stewardship · Jackson, WY
They work only in Wyoming
239 staff76¢ to the workFounded 1967
Legal · Santa Fe, NM
4 live federal cases across all their work
4 live federal cases
41 staff + 20 volunteers78¢ to the workFounded 1996
On the ground in Wyoming
The national muscle
The places
Each has its own page with the groups on the record for it. The most urgent first.
On watchGreater Yellowstone EcosystemGold mining proposals near park boundaryYour move
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Their donation page ↗SpeakComment and callOpen comment windows and call scripts for fights like this one, ready to send.
Public Lands Action NetworkFollowWatch the mapEvery threatened place in the country, tracked, with who stands for each.
Threatened Lands Map5 groups on the record, 7 more likely to care, Wyoming Outdoor Council with 22 staff. That is who is holding it. Find your way in.
