California’s Sheepherders at the Center of an Overtime Battle These workers leave their families behind to work on-call around the clock on H2A visas for years at a time. And while advocates say they ...

Throughout the mountains of the American West, carvings hidden on the trunks of aspen trees tell the stories of the sheepherders who made them as they passed through with their flocks. Most of the ...

Arborglyphs – Basque immigrant sheepherders left their marks on aspen trees in the American West John Bieter, Boise State University; Cheryl Oestreicher, Boise State University, and Iñaki ...

Géo optimiste pour la nature, a special section of the French magazine Géo, has also published the article in French.

March 5 (Reuters) - A federal judge has dismissed part of a class-action lawsuit accusing ranching companies of conspiring with a trade association to artificially suppress wages for sheepherders ...

KETTLEMAN CITY, CALIF. - The shepherd strolled in knee-high grass, watching over a flock in a distant pasture near this remote outpost in California's vast San Joaquin Valley. At nightfall, he ...

Throughout the mountains of the American West, carvings hidden on the trunks of aspen trees tell the stories of the sheepherders who made them as they passed through with their ...

The Lonely Life of Sheepherders. 5/6/2025 | 9m 39s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Colorado’s 330 sheepherders work alone in the remote forests and deserts of Colorado. Aired 05/06/2025 ...

Artist, hairdresser and Western history enthusiast Steve Riss feels for loose rocks on the lee-side of his favorite sheepherders' monument. Riss says the monument symbolizes 'the beauty of the ...

We welcome viewpoints from our readers on this and other issues. As the old saying goes, it's tough to find good help. How tough? Tough enough that the Wyoming Wool Growers Association wants to ...

Sheepherders "Omar" and "Luis" watch for stragglers near Rancho Cielo in Fairfield." Knoebel often interviews and photographs folks he runs into on the range. PHOTO COURTESY OF BOB KNOEBEL ...