Planking the Prairie

(May 12, 2008) The gray sagebrush stalks pepper the space around the two yellow poles set back 100 yards from the road beneath the snow-capped Wind River Mountains in the distance.

Though a little compressed, the thousands of plants blend right in with the surrounding sea of sagebrush in southwest Wyoming's mighty Jonah gas field. It's hard to imagine that just last summer, a 100-ton drilling rig sat on top of that sage.   Read more.