A sage grouse emerges from the sagebrush flats of Grand Teton Park recently. While the birds are doing well in some parts of the state, their numbers have declined in areas of energy development. Photo by Jim Laybourn, Star-Tribune correspondent.
Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro cools down after a morning workout in Fair Hill, Md., in this May 18, 2006 photo. Barbaro's condition is "potentially serious," and the Kentucky Derby winner's veterinarian said Wednesday July 12, 2006, the colt is "facing tough odds and his condition is guarded." (AP Photo/Garry Jones)
Workers dig with a backhoe beneath several mammoth wind turbines installed in the Bridger Butte area in eastern Uinta County. Jeff Gearino, Star-Tribune.
A small collection of sage grouse strut and puff during the annual mating ritual. Males blow up a sack on their neck and make a unique sound while trying to attract a mate. (Dan Cepeda, Star-Tribune)
Two sage grouse perform their annual mating display at the Hat Six Lek east of Casper earlier this month. The number of birds in their once-popular mating ground have been decreasing in recent years. (Dan Cepeda, Star-Tribune)
PacifiCorp project manager Laine Anderson approaches the base of a three-tiered wind turbine which will eventually stand in the Glenrock-Rolling Hills Wind Farm northwest of Glenrock. The company is installing 355.5 megawatts of new wind capacity in Wyoming this year. Daniel Craig, Star-Tribune.
A fog bank fills the Hoback River valley as morning light hits the snow-capped peaks of the Wyoming Range. The remote western Wyoming mountain range has become something of a battleground between the energy industry and conservationists. Photo by Mark Gocke, Star-Tribune correspondent.
Workers spread concrete over one of the 158 wind turbine locations northeast of Glenrock that are part of Rocky Mountain Power's planned wind farms. The first phase of the project is scheduled for completion later this year. Tim Kupsick, Star-Tribune.
Two sage grouse perform their annual mating display at the Hat Six Lek east of Casper earlier this month. The number of birds in their once-popular mating ground have been decreasing in recent years. (Dan Cepeda, Star-Tribune)
A group of 260-feet tall wind towers are silhoutted against a bright orange sky at the Elk River Wind farm near Beaumont, Kan. The spinning blades atop 200-foot towers might appear to the naked eye as … well … spinning blades. But to Doppler radar, wind farms appear as a splatter of green, yellow, orange and red _ much like a violent storm or even a tornado. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, file)
Tom Brokaw of NBC addresses the Western Governors' Association on Sunday in Teton Village. Listening to Brokaw are, left to right, Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal, Utah Gov. John Huntsman, U.S. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds and Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano. Photo by Bradly J. Boner, AP.
Jeff Meyer, managing partner of Pathfinder Renewable Energy LLC, and Mark Doelger, an adviser with Barlow & Haun Inc., stand next to a meteorological tower used to measure wind speeds and direction on Monday afternoon at the Pathfinder Ranch. Meyer, who owns the historic ranch, is developing a 'master plan' for wind development in central Wyoming. (Dan Cepeda/Star-Tribune)
FILE - In this March 7, 2009 file photo, jobseekers look for employment at a job fair in Shanghai, China. Recovery in developed economies will accelerate next year due to "substantial improvements" in financial markets and fast-growing Asian countries, but is likely to remain fragile, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009, as it doubled its 2010 growth forecast.(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, file)
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