Link to the Show / Show NotesWOLF CREEK, MONTANA You’re listening to Mountain West Voices. I’m Clay Scott. Scattered across the landscape of the Rocky Mountain West is a group of men who follow an ancient occupation. They work far from towns, far from highways. And far from home. Denis Casas: My name is Denis Casas, I’m from Huancayo, Peru, and I work as a sheepherder in the United States. Scott: Denis works on a ranch near Wolf Creek, Montana. He’s responsible for a flock of several hundred Shetland sheep. From late spring to early fall he grazes them at high elevation where grassy parks and sagebrush meet open forests of Douglas fir and limber pine. It sounds like easy work. It’s not. Sound of sheep running, Denis talking to his dog Scott: His border collies try to keep the flock from wandering. The job of his guard dogs – big, square-headed Akbash and Great Pyrenees – is to keep the predators away. It’s a constant struggle. Casas: I feel very very bad when I saw 8 sheep lying on the ground and dead. And kind of very hard to tell my boss I found 8 sheep killed by lion…I grew up at the ranch…and I [...]
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