Red Desert Conversations

Sponsored by Wyoming Wilderness Association

• Location: Wyoming
• Travel Type: Driving
• Tour Duration: 1 hour
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About this Tour
Embark on a unique audio tour of Wyoming's Red Desert travelling between Lander and Farson on the on the scenic corridor of Highway 28.

Wyoming’s Red Desert is a vast and storied landscape at the heart of the Continental Divide. Some say it encompasses all land south of the Wind River Mountains to Dinosaur National Monument just over the Colorado-Utah-Wyoming Border, from Rawlins, Wyoming in the East to Rock Springs, Wyoming in the West. Others center it on the Great Divide Basin and Jack Morrow Hills north of Interstate 80. Regardless of its elusive boundaries, people have been living with and amongst this land since time immemorial. Its arid nature belies a richness of biological diversity, which has long supported thriving populations of humans and wildlife alike.
 
As you drive the northern edge of the Red Desert, listen in to conversations with two individuals who have spent extensive time adventuring in, and studying, the Red Desert: John Mionczynski and Tom Christiansen. From cooking over horse poop fires to watching sage-grouse mating displays at sunrise, these two have spent decades immersed in the many colors and moods of the Red Desert and will share some of their stories on this tour.
 
No landscape as old and wild can be fully explored in a short driving tour; we offer here just a taste of the robust history, ecology, geology, and ruggedness that make this place so special.

Tour Sponsor
Red Desert Conversations is presented by Wyoming Wilderness Association (WWA). WWA seeks to protect Wyoming’s public wildlands through advocacy, education, and stewardship.

This tour was made possible by financial support from Conservation Lands Foundation, a nonprofit organization that works to protect, restore, and expand National Conservation Lands through education, advocacy, and partnerships.

This tour was also made possible through the generous donation of stunning photographs from renowned photographer Scott Copeland.

And of course, it would not have been possible without the time and knowledge-sharing of our two featured Red Desert enthusiasts John Mionczynski and Tom Christiansen. Thank you.

Find More Tours Near You
If you have a little extra time on your drive in or out of Lander, Wyoming checkout The Nature Conservancy’s Red Canyon Ranch tour or the Eastern Shoshone Tribe and Northern Arapaho Tribe’s Wind River Reservation tour. To find more tours in Wyoming, or wherever your travels may take you, visit TravelStorys.com. Every place has a story.