Sheep herd

What's Good for the Herd (or Flock) is Good for the Bird. This is a saying used in sage grouse circles to describe that what is good for the herd (or flock), ie. good livestock and range management principles, is also good for greater-sage grouse and sage grouse habitat. Twice a year, sheep trail past Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge, as they have for generations. Sheepherders on horseback, their sheep wagon, and their dogs move with the sheep to keep a watchful eye on them. In the fall they are headed to where they will spend the winter, and in spring they are trailing to the Wyoming Range and the Wind River Mountains for the summer. Trailing sheep requires a large, intact, and relatively undeveloped landscape, which Southwest Wyoming still has.