Sheep

It's almost time for the annual Trailing of the Sheep Festival in the Wood River Valley! Boise State Public Radio kicks off the second season of the Sheep Stories podcast to celebrate the festival's 30th year.

Many of the best herding dogs in North America were in our region recently for the National Sheepdog Final. The competitors - all border collies - worked with their handlers to herd some stubborn sheep.

With the bulk of wildfire season on the horizon, officials in the Mountain West region are working to minimize risks. And sometimes they’re getting help from four-legged friends.

Guard dogs are used to protect livestock from predators, like wolves, coyotes and mountain lions. But these working dogs are being taken to shelters by…

This weekend, the Sun Valley area celebrated an industry that was around even before skiing. The Trailing of the Sheep festival tells the history of the…

When most people think of the annual Trailing of the Sheep event in the Wood River Valley, they think about the moment when hundreds of sheep are marched…

Domesticated sheep were brought to Southwest Idaho in the 1860's and helped support the state's economy as mining began to drop off in the late 19th…

Japan has lifted a prohibition on sheep and goat meat.The ban’s been in place since 2003, when a Mad Cow Disease scare led Japanese officials to ban all…

Environmental groups want to stop sheep grazing on public lands in the region. The issue is playing out in the courts in Idaho and Montana. The plaintiffs…

As spring turns the Boise foothills green, thousands of sheep begin their biannual grazing journey eastward.A band of about 2,000 sheep will cross Idaho…