Our View: Wildlife should be considered

If things continue as they’re going, we’re likely to see more solar development in Sweetwater County in the coming years.

Along with the current Sweetwater Solar facility west of Green River, a second facility is being proposed in the same area. As most residents are aware now, Rocky Mountain Power’s Integrated Resource Plan calls for the early retirement of two units at the Jim Bridger Power Plant. It also lists potential solar projects that would replace energy lost from the plant’s retirement.

It isn’t a stretch of the imagination to think others are eyeing solar electricity a...