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This Feb. 22, 2017, photo, shows a "fire scar" at the base of a ponderosa pine, indicating where previous fire has killed a small section of the living cells right under the bark, where a crew is thinning a 100-acre patch on private land owned by the Nature Conservancy overlooking Cle Elum Lake, in Cle Elum, Wash. As part of a broader plan by the nonprofit environmental group to restore the pine forests of the Central Cascades so they are more resilient to wildfires and climate change, they're cutting down trees to save the forest. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
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CORRECTS DATE TO APRIL 1 - In this Saturday, April 1, 2017 photo provided by the Oregon State Police, a family of ducklings swims to safety after two of the babies were rescued from a storm drain in Salem, Ore. by Oregon State Police Sr. Trooper Hunter, of the agency's fish and wildlife division, and city workers. Witnesses said a mother duck and her 10 ducklings were crossing the street at an intersection when two of the ducklings were swept into a storm drain. Hunter fished the ducklings from the drain with a net after city public works staffers removed several storm grates and a manhole cover. (Oregon State Police via AP)
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Passengers look up to a train schedule board while waiting in New York's Penn Station, Monday, April 3, 2017. New Jersey Transit said one of its trains derailed while pulling into the station at a slow speed. There were no immediate reports of serious injuries, but New Jersey Transit and Amtrak had service delays. The derailment comes a week and a half after an Amtrak train partially derailed as it pulled out of Penn Station. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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In this 1997 photo, cars are stranded at Kirkwood Mall after a blizzard in Bismarck, N.D. Tuesday, April 4, 2017, marks 20 years since the devastating April blizzard that struck North Dakota, dumping as much as 2 feet of snow in some areas. (Tom Stromme/The Bismarck Tribune via AP)
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Russian police and emergency service officers stand near fire trucks near the entrance of Sennaya Square subway station in St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, April 3, 2017. The subway in the Russian city of St. Petersburg is reporting that there are fatalities and several people have been injured in an explosion on a subway train. (AP Photo/Evgenii Kurskov)
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People walk past the entrance of Spasskaya subway station after a explosion in St.Petersburg's subway, Russia, Monday, April 3, 2017. The subway in the Russian city of St. Petersburg is reporting that there are fatalities and several people have been injured in an explosion on a subway train. (AP Photo/Evgenii Kurskov)
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Russian emergency service patrol an area near to the Tekhnologicheskaya metro station after an explosion in St.Petersburg subway in St.Petersburg, Russia, Monday, April 3, 2017, with fatalities and many injured in the subway train blast. A spokesman for Russia's top anti-terror agency says law enforcement agents have found and defused another explosive device on St. Petersburg's subway. (AP Photo/Yevgeny Kurskov)
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People carry a subway blast victim into an ambulance after explosion at Tekhnologichesky Institut subway station in St.Petersburg, Russia, Monday, April 3, 2017. The subway in the Russian city of St. Petersburg is reporting that there are fatalities and several people have been injured in an explosion on a subway train. (Alexander Tarasenkov/Interpress via AP)
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Paramedics carrie a subway blast victim into an ambulance after explosion at Tekhnologichesky Institut subway station in St.Petersburg, Russia, Monday, April 3, 2017. The subway in the Russian city of St. Petersburg is reporting that there are fatalities and several people have been injured in an explosion on a subway train. (Alexander Tarasenkov/Interpress via AP)
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This Monday, April 3, 2017, photo from video provided by KMOV shows damage to the roof of a box company in St. Louis after a boiler exploded and flew before crashing through the roof of a nearby laundry business. Authorities said several people were killed as a result of the explosion. (KMOV via AP)
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This Monday, April 3, 2017 photo from video provided by KMOV shows damage to the roof of a box company in St. Louis after a boiler exploded and flew before crashing through the roof of a nearby laundry business. Authorities said several people were killed as a result of the explosion. (KMOV via AP)
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The remains of a trailer lie where a woman and her 3-year-old daughter were killed during a severe storm, in Breaux Bridge, La., Sunday, April 2, 2017. (Lucius Fontenot/The Daily Advertiser via AP)
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In this photo provided by the St. Martin Parish Sheriff's Office, the remains of a trailer lie where a woman and her 3-year-old daughter were killed during a severe storm, in Breaux Bridge, La., Sunday, April 2, 2017. A tornado flipped the mobile home Sunday in Louisiana, killing the mother and her daughter as a storm system with hurricane-force winds crawled across the Deep South, damaging homes and businesses. (Maj. Ginny Higgins/St. Martin Parish Sheriff's Office via AP)
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In this photo provided by the St. Martin Parish Sheriff's Office, the remains of a trailer lie where a woman and her 3-year-old daughter were killed during a severe storm, in Breaux Bridge, La., Sunday, April 2, 2017. A tornado flipped the mobile home Sunday in Louisiana, killing the mother and her daughter as a storm system with hurricane-force winds crawled across the Deep South, damaging homes and businesses. (Maj. Ginny Higgins/St. Martin Parish Sheriff's Office via AP)
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In this Aug. 12, 2015 photo, Environmental Protection Agency contractors use heavy machinery to repair damage at the site of the blowout at the Gold King Mine, which triggered a spill of toxic wastewater, outside Silverton, Colo. Farmers, business owners and residents initially said they suffered $1.2 billion in lost income, property damage and personal injuries from the 2015 spill at the Gold King Mine. The total now appears to be about $420 million after attorneys for a handful of New Mexico property owners slashed their claims by $780 million. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
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FILE - In this Aug. 14, 2015, file photo, water flows through a series of sediment retention ponds built to reduce heavy metal and chemical contaminants from the Gold King Mine wastewater accident, in the spillway downstream from the mine, outside Silverton, Colo. Farmers, business owners and residents initially said they suffered $1.2 billion in lost income, property damage and personal injuries from the 2015 spill at the Gold King Mine. The total now appears to be about $420 million after attorneys for a handful of New Mexico property owners slashed their claims by $780 million. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)
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In this Aug. 12, 2015 photo, an Environmental Protection Agency contractor works on the cleanup in the aftermath of the blowout at the Gold King Mine, overseeing water flowing from the mine into a series of sediment retention ponds, mitigating damage from the spill of toxic wastewater, outside Silverton, Colo. Farmers, business owners and residents initially said they suffered $1.2 billion in lost income, property damage and personal injuries from the 2015 spill at the Gold King Mine. The total now appears to be about $420 million after attorneys for a handful of New Mexico property owners slashed their claims by $780 million. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
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In this Aug. 12, 2015, photo, the water of the Cement Creek is yellow-tinged as it flows down a valley just downstream from the Gold King Mine, where a wastewater accident several days earlier had occurred, outside Silverton, Colo. Farmers, business owners and residents initially said they suffered $1.2 billion in lost income, property damage and personal injuries from the 2015 spill at the Gold King Mine. The total now appears to be about $420 million after attorneys for a handful of New Mexico property owners slashed their claims by $780 million. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
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In this Aug. 12, 2015 photo, mine wastewater flows through a series of retention ponds built to contain and filter out heavy metals and chemicals from the Gold King Mine chemical accident in the spillway about 1/4 mile downstream from the mine, outside Silverton, Colo. Farmers, business owners and residents initially said they suffered $1.2 billion in lost income, property damage and personal injuries from the 2015 spill at the Gold King Mine. The total now appears to be about $420 million after attorneys for a handful of New Mexico property owners slashed their claims by $780 million. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
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Colorado Avalanche right wing Rene Bourque (17) and Minnesota Wild defenseman Marco Scandella (6) go after the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, April 2, 2017, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Hannah Foslien)
