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Results for keyword: Red Desert

  • We keep annoying Sheila, our GPS navigator

    We keep annoying Sheila, our GPS navigator

    A GPS navigator works fine in the city, but tends to get muddled in Wyoming's rough country, with its growing network of oil and gas roads.

    by Sharon O'Toole, Mar 31, 2011
  • The call of the semi-wild

    The call of the semi-wild

    Semi-wild rural landscapes, where humans mingle with wildlife, are a richer source of biodiversity than many Westerners realize.

    by Paul Larmer , Aug 31, 2010
  • Invading the silence

    Invading the silence

    Annie Proulx talks about Wyoming's Red Desert along with photographs by Martin Stupich.

    by Emma Brown and Martin Stupich, Apr 06, 2009
  • The desert that breaks Annie Proulx's heart

    The desert that breaks Annie Proulx's heart

    Writer Annie Proulx takes an unsentimental view of Wyoming’s little-known and somewhat scarred Red Desert.

    by Emma Brown, Apr 06, 2009

  • Wounded

    Wounded by Percival Everett is a modern-day Western novel with a twist

    by Staff, Sep 19, 2005

  • The beauty of the ugly West

    Towns like Wamsutter, Wyo., may never be quaint and charming, but they can lay claim to their own rough beauty once a real community takes root

    by Paul Larmer, Sep 13, 2004

  • When a Boom is a Bust

    Wamsutter, Wyo., is a boomtown these days, but the town is struggling to be a real community, instead of just a barracks for the natural gas industry

    by Ray Ring, Sep 13, 2004

  • The Red Desert braces for a gas boom

    The Red Desert and Jack Morrow Hills of Wyoming are at the center of industry’s ambitious plans to extract natural gas and coalbed methane

    by Ray Ring, Aug 18, 2003
 

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