This is Marci – Range Rider in the Centennial Valley, Montana, USA.<\/p>\n
A range rider is a cowboy conservationist who keep track of both cattle and their predators for the benefit of both ranchers and wildlife.<\/p>\n
The success of wolf reintroduction to Yellowstone National Park and Central Idaho coupled with natural recolonization from Canada has resulted in a biological success story. To handle a carnivore that is highly mobile, has high reproductive rates, eats all year long, and can have economic impacts to livestock producers, a range rider keep an eye on both cattle and the many species whose survival depends on their good stewardship.<\/p>\n
On assignment as photographer and videographer for The Nature Conservancy<\/a>.<\/p>\n