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In this photo provided by Lou Dematteis, a huge crop art image protesting the proposed Keystone XL pipeline covers an 80 acre corn field outside of Neligh, Neb., on April 12, 2014. The image, which lies on the proposed pipeline route, was created by the farmers, ranchers and Native American tribes of the Cowboy and Indian Alliance in collaboration with artist John Quigley. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Lou Dematteis)
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In this photo provided by Lou Dematteis, a huge crop art image protesting the proposed Keystone XL pipeline covers an 80 acre corn field outside of Neligh, Neb., on April 12, 2014. The image was created by the farmers, ranchers and Native American tribes of the Cowboy and Indian Alliance in collaboration with artist John Quigley. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Lou Dematteis)
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This photo provided by Salt River Project utility, Margie, left, and Alvin Tso sit outside their house on the Navajo Nation in Arizona, on Feb. 20, 2014. . The couple who raised eight children in the LeChee area of the Navajo Nation did so without a power line running to their home. When Margie Tso heard of a project to connect her home and dozens of others to the power grid, she watched as each power pole came closer and closer. On Monday (April 7), the Tsos had electricity for the first time. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Salt River Project Utility, Michael McNamara)
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Jorge Vargas, a foreman for Maggiora Brothers Drilling Inc., works on drilling an 800-foot-deep water well at an almond farm in Chowchilla, Calif., on Friday, April 4, 2014. In California’s drought, well drillers are experiencing a boom in business because farmers are relying more on ground water to irrigate their crops. (AP Photo/Scott Smith)
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Jorge Vargas, a foreman for Maggiora Brothers Drilling Inc., holds clay drilled while drilling an 800-foot-deep water well at an almond farm in Chowchilla, Calif., on Friday, April 4, 2014. In California’s drought, well drillers are experiencing a boom in business because farmers are relying more on ground water to irrigate their crops. (AP Photo/Scott Smith)
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Jorge Vargas, a foreman for Maggiora Brothers Drilling Inc., drills an 800-foot-deep water well at an almond farm in Chowchilla, Calif., on Friday, April 4, 2014. In California’s drought, well drillers are experiencing a boom in business because farmers are relying more on ground water to irrigate their crops. (AP Photo/Scott Smith)
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Jorge Vargas, a foreman for Maggiora Brothers Drilling Inc., poses for a photograph while drilling an 800-foot-deep water well at an almond farm in Chowchilla, Calif., on Friday, April 4, 2014. In California’s drought, well drillers are experiencing a boom in business because farmers are relying more on ground water to irrigate their crops. (AP Photo/Scott Smith)
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In this photo made Friday, March 21, 2014, Leah Moffitt keeps track of the number of maple trees she has tapped on Passamaquoddy land near Jackman, Maine. The tribe plans to tap 60,000 trees in the hopes of becoming one of the biggest maple syrup operations in Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
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In this photo made Friday, March 21, 2014, Leah Moffitt pounds a tap into a maple tree on land owned by the Passamaquoddy tribe near Jackman, Maine. Operating this season with 2,500 taps, the tribe plans to expand over the next three years to 60,000 in the hopes of bringing hope and stability to a tribe with soaring joblessness and poverty. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
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In this photo made Friday, March 21, 2014, Leah Moffitt snowshoes from one tree to another while tapping maples on land owned by the Passamaquoddy tribe near Jackman, Maine. Sap will flow downhill through tubing into a large collection tank. The tribe hopes to build a self-sustaining operation that can create spinoff jobs. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
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In this photo made Friday, March 21, 2014, Leah Moffitt, right, and Roger Socabasin drill holes while tapping maple trees on land owned by the Passamaquoddy tribe near Jackman, Maine. The impoverished tribe hopes to become one of the biggest maple syrup operations in the state. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
