Thursday, July 7, 2011

Sheep move up the valley.

 The weather went on to hot for a few days, 88f.
 Mornings have been to die for,
before the traffic starts on the highway, it heats up and dries out.
 A little rainstorm this evening, probably undoing most of the knapweed spraying I did today.  Yesterday morning, I was out in the field and saw a dust cloud high on the hill on the East side of the valley.  Sheep had arrived, moving up the valley.

They will head up valley all Summer, foraging and fertilizing.  That's why it's generally not safe to drink the water from any mountain stream. In the Fall the sheep will turn down valley  ending up in the South valley, and loaded on trucks.
 Ketchum used to be the sheep capital of the West. The train shipyard and holding pens were where the new YMCA stands today.
 
   That's the "Last Chance Ranch", owned by the late Steve Mc Queen.
 The hillsides have been terraced by the CCC, or civilian conservation corps, back in the 1930s.  The terracing was to prevent erosion due to the number of sheep traveling through.


 With the adorable nickname of "mountain maggots", more of Idaho's Summer visitors have arrived. 
  All attended by the shepherds and sheep dogs, 
  some will make it into the Sawtooth Valley, beneath the awesome Sawtooth Range.

3 comments:

  1. Hi Chuck,
    These are great photos, and so representative of what's happening. 'Am looking forward to seeing some of the photos of your great work at the Trail 44 log cabin project too. Your family should be very proud of your work on this project as well as your others for the Forest Service. You have alot of talent and commitment to the outdoors! Blessings, Karen

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  3. Love the photo of the sheep wagon on the hill! Could I get permission to use to to explain the simple design elements of sheep wagons? I am doing a vlog of my school bus build and am designing the ceiling to resemble the ceilings of sheep wagons. I would naturally give credit to you and if you want, direct others to your blog. Thank You in advance, Rebecca Cunningham

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