Day 5: An Inside Look
- Shauna Stephenson near Tea Pot and Sugar Bowl in Green River, Wyo. Michael Smith/staff
Shauna Stephenson near Tea Pot and Sugar Bowl in Green River, Wyo. Michael Smith/staff
- Wyoming Tribune Eagle writer Shauna Stephenson points to helicopter doing seismic work in central Laramie County. Michael Smith/staff
- WTE Managing editor Brian Martin and design chief Angela Brooks discuss changes to pages. Michael Smith/staff
- Wyoming Tribune Eagle photographer Michael Smith walks out of an underpass in Rock Springs. Shauna Stephenson/staff
- Early morning view of hotel and Castle Rock in Green River, Wy. Michael Smith/staff
- Shauna Stephenson near Tea Pot and Sugar Bowl in Green River, WY. Michael Smith/staff
- A liquor store in Marbleton sports a banner in support of the energy development in the area. Opinions vary widely from town to town on the western side of the state when it comes to the development in the Jonah Field and the Pinedale Anticline. Michael Smith/staff
- WTE sports chief Robert Gagliardi checks pages for errors in the newsroom. Michael Smith/staff
- Shauna Stephenson interviews Pinedale residents Mary Lynn Worl and her friend Elaine Crumpley at the Rock Rabbit Coffee Shop. Michael Smith/staff
- A Global Geophysical helicopter carries equipment on a ranch in northern Laramie County. Helicopters are used to minimize the damage to property and help crews quickly distribute seismic equipment. Michael Smith/staff
- WTE Managing editor Brian Martin and sports chief Robert Gagliardi check pages for errors in the newsroom. Michael Smith/staff
- Wyoming Tribune Eagle writer Shauna Stephenson interviews in a rental car on the side of Highway 191 near Farson, Wy. Michael Smith/staff
- Joel Bousman, Sublette county commissioner, considers a question during an interview Feb. 16 in Pinedale. Michael Smith/staff
- Gillette Mayor Tom Murphy speaks in his office in February about the boom-and-bust cycle of his community. Murphy says he regrets not having zoning or construction standards in Campbell County until just recently, because it's much more expensive to go back and reinvest in infrastructure. Michael Smith/staff
- Rig workers on a Cheasapeak well pad north of Douglas, Wy. Shauna Stephenson/staff
- Shauna Stephenson looks over the pages of day 3 in the newsroom. Michael Smith/staff
- A Global Geophysical helicopter drops off equipment on a ranch in northern Laramie County Thursday afternoon. Helicopters are used to minimize the damage to property and help crews quickly distribute seismic equipment. Michael Smith/staff
- Water drops collect on a twig as a drill rig operates in the background near Hillsdale, Wy. Michael Smith/staff
- Rig worker Mike Emerson holds on to a section of pipe nearly 30 feet in the air during operations of an Anadarko drilling rig in southern Laramie County last March. Michael Smith/staff
- Michael Smith Speaks to Cara Eastwood's photography class about the energy project at Laramie County Community College. Cara Eastwood/courtesy
- A U.S. flag flaps in the wind outside a ranch near Douglas in February. Laramie County has already seen significant changes, underlying the important role zoning and infrastructure will play to help competing uses of land from clashing. Michael Smith/staff






















