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A boat goes by cranes being used for the preparation work to relocate a U.S. Marine base to Henoko to dump large concrete blocks into sea along the shore in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. Japan's government has started offshore construction work on relocating a U.S. Marine base on Okinawa. Monday's step marks the beginning of the main construction to move Marine Corps Air Station Futenma to Henoko, a less populated area on the island. (Koji Harada/Kyodo News via AP)
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Veterans make up about 19 percent of the corn ethanol workforce, according to federal Energy Department figures — the largest percentage of veterans in any energy subsector of the U.S. economy. (Associated Press/File)
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In this June 21, 2008, file photo provided by the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, a whitetip shark swims off Cat Island in the Bahamas. (Neil Hammerschlag/University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science via AP) ** FILE **
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Ava Geske auditions for the Youth America Grand Prix regional semi-finals at Dominican University Performing Arts Center, Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, in River Forest, Ill. Chicago is one of the 12 cities in North America selecting dancers who will compete in New York in April. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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Wake Forest center Doral Moore (4), Georgia Tech forward Sylvester Ogbonda, and Wake Forest guard Mitchell Wilbekin, right, vie for the ball during an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017, in Winston-Salem, N.C. (Allison Lee Isley/The Winston-Salem Journal via AP)
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Calgary Flames' Dennis Wideman sends ice shavings toward a person standing near the ice rink at Central Park in New York on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017. The Flames were practicing at the rink the day before an NHL hockey game against the New York Rangers. (AP Photo/Howie Rumberg)
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A homemade ice machine re-surfaces a rink at the New England Pond Hockey Festival, Saturday, Feb 4, 2017, in Rangeley, Maine. Tim McGuiness, a truck driver from Auburn, Maine, welded together a water tank and ice scraper to make the ice machine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
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Alberto Diaz and his son Javier Diaz ride their bikes through a mountainous landscape scorched by wildfires in Chile's Cauquenes community, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017. Strong winds are continuing to stoke the flames of raging wildfires in Chile. Firefighters and residents continue to fight the fast-spreading blazes on the ground while a Russian supertanker plane and a Brazilian Hercules dump thousands of gallons of water on the area southeast of the Chilean capital. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
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In this Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017 photo, Eliazar Enriquez holds dead bees at his apiary affected by wildfires in Chile's Quebrada del Maule community. About 63 million bees died in the area and some 240 million bees are at high risk, said forestry engineer and beekeeper consultant Carlos Correa. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
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In this Thursday Feb.2, 2017 photo, a plane drops fire retardant on a wildfire in Tambotinaja, Chile. Hundreds of small sheep farmers, beekeepers and wine producers in Chile have been gravely affected by the massive wildfires that hit the area during the last couple of weeks. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
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A flower shoots through a landscape razed by wildfires in Chile's Cauquenes community, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017. The national forestry agency says Chile's raging wildfires have destroyed nearly 904,000 acres (366,000 hectares) since Jan. 15. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
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In this Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017 photo, a grapevine stands scorched by wildfires at a vineyard in Cauquenes, Chile. Hundreds of small sheep farmers, beekeepers and wine producers in Chile have been gravely affected by the massive wildfires that hit the area during the last couple of weeks. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
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Nancy Turner, board president of This Old Horse rescue, looks at blind stallion named Casanova on Feb. 3, 2017, in rural Hastings, Minn. Turner's farm took in seven blind stallions from South Dakota, including Casanova as the effort to find homes for hundreds of wild horses near Lantry, in north-central South Dakota, continues, according to Elaine Nash, director of horse rescue organization Fleet of Angels, who is spearheading the operation of placing the horses in sanctuaries and ranches across the country. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
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Nancy Turner, board president of This Old Horse rescue, pets a wild horse on Feb. 3, 2017 in rural Hastings, Minn. where dozens of wild horses have found a home. The effort to find homes for hundreds of wild horses near Lantry, in north-central South Dakota, isn't done, according to Elaine Nash, director of horse rescue organization Fleet of Angels, who is spearheading the operation of placing the horses in sanctuaries and ranches across the country. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
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A blind stallion named Casanova stands as Nancy Turner, board president of This Old Horse rescue, poses on Feb. 3, 2017 photo, in rural Hastings, Minn. Turner's farm took in seven blind stallions from South Dakota, including Casanova as the effort to find homes for hundreds of wild horses near Lantry, in north-central South Dakota, continues, according to Elaine Nash, director of horse rescue organization Fleet of Angels, who is spearheading the operation of placing the horses in sanctuaries and ranches across the country. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
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This photo provided by the University of Hawai'i News shows a geodesic dome located 8,200 feet above sea level on Mauna Loa on the island of Hawaii. The University of Hawaii at Manoa’s Hawaiʻi Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS) aims to help determine the individual and team requirements for long-duration space exploration missions including travel to Mars. (University of Hawai'i News via AP)
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In this Feb. 26, 2015 file photo, solar panels that are part of the Wright-Hennepin Cooperative Electric Association's community gardens are shown in Rockford, Minn. Plunging solar power costs are leading U.S. electric companies to capture the sun just when President Donald Trump is moving to boost coal and other fossil fuels. Major electric utilities are moving into smaller-scale solar farming, a niche developed by local cooperatives and non-profits. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)
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In this Dec. 3, 2016 photo, a man holds a rare frog that hasn't been seen in decades, in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. The Artholeptis troglodytes, also known as the “cave squeaker” because of its preferred habitat, was discovered in 1962 but there were no reported sightings of the elusive amphibian after that. An international “red list” of threatened species tagged them as critically endangered and possibly extinct. (AP Photo/ Francois Becker)
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FILE - This Dec. 2, 2016 file photo shows Bruno Mars performing at the 2016 Jingle Ball in Los Angeles. Mars was in top form at a pre-Super Bowl show in Houston Friday night, Feb. 3, 2017, matching the energy he showed when he hit the stage at halftime last year and in 2014. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
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Michael Rondeau, CEO of the Cow Creek tribe, left, and Tim Vredenburg Director of Forest Management for the tribe pose for a photograph in Roseburg, Ore. on Friday Jan. 27, 2017. The Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians teamed up with Lone Rock Timber Management Company to create the sole proposal to buy 82,500 acres of the Elliott State Forest from the state of Oregon. (Michael Sullivan/The News-Review via AP)
