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Ranching Life on the High Plains of Montana
Photo by Elliott D. Woods

Ranching Life on the High Plains of Montana

 

Ranching Life on the High Plains of Montana

A thunderstorm dumps rain on the Little Rocky Mountains in the distance. In the foreground, a stock pond formed by a dam on a parcel of Bureau of Land Management land adjacent to the French ranch, in Phillips County.

Ranching Life on the High Plains of Montana

Craig French, right, greets his neighbor and friend Jim Orahood on the morning of a cattle branding at the French ranch.

Ranching Life on the High Plains of Montana

Jessie Orahood chases down a loose calf at the French ranch.

Ranching Life on the High Plains of Montana

Cows and calves in a corral at the French Ranch.

Ranching Life on the High Plains of Montana

A coffee break before the branding work begins.

Ranching Life on the High Plains of Montana

Two teenage boys wrestle a calf during a branding at the French ranch.

Ranching Life on the High Plains of Montana

Craig French, 53, heats branding irons before getting to work.

Ranching Life on the High Plains of Montana

A close-up of the branding irons.

Ranching Life on the High Plains of Montana

Two young boys watch the action.

Ranching Life on the High Plains of Montana

Detail of Jim Orahood’s chaps.

Ranching Life on the High Plains of Montana

Two teenage boys helping out at the cattle branding.

Ranching Life on the High Plains of Montana

Jim Orahood looks on.

 

Elliott Woods is an award-winning Montana-based writer and photographer focusing on the intersections of environmental, cultural, and political conflict.

Co-published with The Guardian.

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Elliott Woods is an award-winning Montana-based writer and photographer focusing on the intersections of environmental, cultural, and political conflict.

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