State engineers walk across the line of the reconstructed trestle that runs from the hoist house to the mill house (background) at the old Carissa Mine in South Pass City.The state is refurbishing the state historic site, which is one of the oldest mines in the state. Photo by JEFF GEARINO, Star-Tribune.
The Yellowstone Heritage Center near the park's north entrance provides a wealth of historical and natural artifacts relating to Yellowstone National Park. It opened in 2005. Photo courtesy, Yellowstone Heritage Center
'Zen,' his wife 'Storm' and son hike to their camp at the Rainbow Family of Living Light annual gathering in the Routt National Forest north of Steamboat Springs, Colo., in 2006. The Rainbow Family is now gathering in Wyoming's Bridger-Teton National Forest. Scientists who studied the group say it provides a chance to offer medical help or counseling to people under 30 who are falling through the cracks. Photo by Ed Andrieski, AP.
The Upper Geyser Basin, which includes Grand Prismatic Spring, was once called Hell's Half Acre before its name was changed. (Brett French, The Billings Gazette)
Wyoming Game and Fish biologist Justin Binfet holds a male sage grouse after netting it on a lek near Powder River late one night last week while Casper game warden Daniel Beach prepares to radio collar the bird. Binfet and Beach are helping University of Wyoming graduate student Cheryl Mandich collar the birds as part of the Western Natrona County Sage Grouse Distribution Project. Mandich is conducting the study to monitor the seasonal movements of the birds. Photo by Kerry Huller, Star-Tribune
Wyoming Game and Fish biologist Justin Binfet holds a male sage grouse after netting it on a lek near Powder River late one night last week while Casper game warden Daniel Beach prepares to radio collar the bird. Binfet and Beach are helping University of Wyoming graduate student Cheryl Mandich collar the birds as part of the Western Natrona County Sage Grouse Distribution Project. Mandich is conducting the study to monitor the seasonal movements of the birds. Photo by Kerry Huller, Star-Tribune
Just a few of the 100 young Angus and Hereford bulls roaming the 8,700 ft. elevations at the Valles Caldera National Preserve on Saturday, July 25, 2009, in Jemez Springs, N.M. In a study by New Mexico State University and the New Mexico Beef Cattle Performance Association, researchers are conducting high-altitude cattle performance testing on the bulls to determine which are susceptible to high altitude disease. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Assistant professor Gerry Andrews shares information with research technician Jessie Spellman while working in his laboratory in the University of Wyoming's College of Agriculture recently. (Courtesy/University of Wyoming)
South Africa's Oscar Pistorius competes in the men's 400-meter event during the Primo Nebiolo international track and field meet in Turin, Italy, on June 4. The double-amputee sprinter's prosthetic legs give him a 10-second advantage over a 400-meter race, according to a study co-written by University of Wyoming researcher Matthew Bundle. (Massimo Pinca/AP file)
An image provided by NASA shows one of the newest pieces of hardware docked with the International Space Station, the Mini Research Module 2 (MRM2) Saaturday Nov. 21, 2009. The Russian Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2), also known as Poisk, provides an additional docking port for visiting Russian spacecrafts and will serve as an extra airlock for spacewalkers wearing Russian Orlan spacesuits.(AP Photo/NASA)
An image provided by NASA shows one of the newest pieces of hardware docked with the International Space Station, the Mini Research Module 2 (MRM2) Saaturday Nov. 21, 2009. The Russian Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2), also known as Poisk, provides an additional docking port for visiting Russian spacecrafts and will serve as an extra airlock for spacewalkers wearing Russian Orlan spacesuits.(AP Photo/NASA)
An image provided by NASA shows one of the newest pieces of hardware docked with the International Space Station, the Mini Research Module 2 (MRM2) Saaturday Nov. 21, 2009. The Russian Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2), also known as Poisk, provides an additional docking port for visiting Russian spacecrafts and will serve as an extra airlock for spacewalkers wearing Russian Orlan spacesuits.(AP Photo/NASA)
An image provided by NASA shows one of the newest pieces of hardware docked with the International Space Station, the Mini Research Module 2 (MRM2) Saaturday Nov. 21, 2009. The Russian Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2), also known as Poisk, provides an additional docking port for visiting Russian spacecrafts and will serve as an extra airlock for spacewalkers wearing Russian Orlan spacesuits.(AP Photo/NASA)
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