Casper Star Tribune

CASPER, Wyo. -- The past few decades may well have been a geologic eon for pipeline evolution.

When Brian Jeffries started in the oil business more than 30 yearsago, engineers would assemble some topographic maps and chart a route from its start to its finish, he said Tuesday.

The company would send surveyors with construction experience to the field, then commence the project, said Jeffries, executive director of the Wyoming Pipeline Authority.

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.

CASPER, Wyo. -- Once a week, members of the Pinedale alpine skiing team pile into a bus to begin a 75-mile drive to Jackson.

The Wranglers are a ski team without a hill.

"It's just been dry land and weight-training," Pinedale senior Jep Richie said. "It's hard to get in a ski. That's about it."