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Rocky Mountain Power provides regional tree-trimming service near power lines

Last updated Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - 9:57am

LANDER, Wyo. -- Years ago, one of the trees on William Reed's property succumbed to Casper's high winds, tipped into a power line and caught fire.

"It didn't cause a disaster, but it didn't do any good," he said.

Reed's nine acres host up to 300 trees and four power lines. Fortunately for him, the downed-tree incident was a rarity.

Rocky Mountain Power crews visit his property every few years to trim trees near power lines.

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FILE - This August 2006 file photo shows a natural gas drilling site atop the Roan Plateau near Rifle, Colo. A federal judge in Denver is hearing arguments on Tuesday, May 22, 2012, in a lawsuit by environmentalists challenging the federal government's plans for natural gas development on Colorado's Roan Plateau. (AP Photo/Peter M. Fredin, File)

Anti-drilling group seeks to buy Wyo. leases

Kelsey Dayton Casper Star Tribune

Last updated Friday, May 25, 2012 - 10:06am

LANDER, Wyo -- A group opposed to natural gas drilling in the Wyoming Range says it wants to buy leases planned for development by Plains Exploration and Production Co., a move that would halt the company's controversial project in its tracks.

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The great outdoors classroom

Kelsey Dayton Casper Star Tribune

Last updated Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 1:56pm

LANDER -- Jennifer Adams held the rope, leaned back and stepped over the rock ledge

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Wyoming wildlife officials warn against handling baby animals

Kelsey Dayton Casper Star Tribune

Last updated Monday, May 14, 2012 - 2:59pm

GREEN RIVER, Wyo -- They are irresistibly cute. And if the thought they are sad, lonely or abandoned enters a person's mind, the pull on the heartstrings can be too much to bear. But picking up wild baby animals rarely leads to anything good.

With the arrival of spring, Wyoming sheriff's offices and wildlife officials have received calls about young animals peopleare certain need human care.

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Wyoming experiencing a beer boom

Kelsey Dayton Casper Star Tribune

Last updated Sunday, May 13, 2012 - 8:21am

CASPER, Wyo. -- It is a complicated process. Amongst many steps, carbohydrates andstarches break into sugars, which metabolize to make carbondioxide. Fermentation creates alcohol. There is mashing and extracting, heating and cooling and then the actual brewing.

"You brew tea," said Ted Briggs, brewmaster with Lander Brewing Company. "You brew coffee. You brew beer."

And in Wyoming, there is a lot of beer brewing.

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