Wyoming Wilderness
Faith and God’s Lands in Wyoming
The contemporary ideal of wilderness in America encompasses more than the deserts, remote places, and uninhabited lands reflected in biblical words for wilderness. More than being an uninhabited borderland for refuge, escape, and cattle-grazing, American wilderness signifies our attempt to celebrate and preserve God’s creation, and observe Sabbath wisdom by restraining productive human enterprise. In Wyoming, we see the juxtaposition of lands protection and energy development on public lands as a prominent and ongoing part of life. In an effort to balance energy development and lands protection for future generations, faith communities are working to protect rare ecosystems in Wyoming while supporting low impact energy development in certain areas.
About out Work
The Eco-Justice Program has partnered with the Wyoming Association of Churches and their On Sacred Ground program to help to protect public lands around the state particularly in the Red Desert and in Western Wyoming for the use and benefit of individual communities and future generations. By lifting the faith voice on land protection through local and state efforts, the partnership aims to educate both the faith and secular communities about the importance of wilderness and land stewardship from a faith-based perspective.
Get involved
Click here to learn how to get more involved in our campaign to protect public lands from excessive energy development in the Wyoming and partner with the Eco-Justice Program and the Wyoming Association of Churches.
Learn More
- Wyoming Association of Churches
- Public Lands in Wyoming and the Red Desert
- Energy Development in the Red Desert– Fact Sheet
- The Red Desert: Wyoming’s Endangered Country (From High Country News)
For More Information:
Wyoming Association of Churches
Public Lands and Wilderness Home
Eco-Justice Home