RANGE WINTER SHEEPHERDER
Salmon Falls Sheep Partnership
About this opportunity
The herder must be experienced in handling extreme winter conditions on a range to prevent death in sheep, goats, horses, and dogs. Due to animals exerting more energy during the winter months especially in extreme winter weather, the herder will need to monitor the nutritional needs of an animal throughout winter. Ensure that animals have access to unfrozen water and to distribute emergency supplemental feed. Monitor snow levels to prevent sheep/goats from being paralyzed in deep snow or caught up against a fence.
- Dates
- Dec 1, 2026 – Mar 15, 2027
- Duration
- ~3 months
- Experience
- 3 month(s)
- Category
- agriculture
Requirements
- Experience: 3 month(s)
- NONE
- Must have 3 months experience with 800 - 1000 head flocks. One reference required.
- The employee must be able to identify approaching storm periods and make precautions to prevent the herd from drifting against a fence line where they pile up and get drifted over with snow and freeze to death.
- Be able to identify signs of ewes going into labor and identify potential problems during the labor process. Know how and when to assist during difficult births.
- Be able to properly constrain ewes for difficult births and able to graft orphan lambs to mothers. Ability to identify herd health issues including but not limited to malnutrition of ewes and lambs, prolapse and mastitis. Provide water to animals, including minor maintenance of water troughs and water lines. May need to haul water in truck to supplement animal water needs. May need to provide supplement feed for the ewes and lambs if the range has insufficient forage. Disperse livestock on the range to reduce overcrowding and increase the success of mother and lamb bonding. Protect vulnerable livestock (lambs & ewes in labor) from predators. Move Ewes and lambs and assist in branding, castrating, vaccinating, tagging, and worming. Ability to safely catch lambs with a hook. Move ewes and lambs to summer range grounds. Some work/tasks may occur off the range, but more than 51% of work will be performed on the range. Western Range Association and its member ranches facilitate practices of good animal husbandry.
- Employees that are found abusing, neglecting or abandoning livestock entrusted to their care may be terminated for cause. If the negligent/abusive actions of an employee result in the loss/death of livestock/animals or cause harm to another person, the employee may be held accountable for these actions.
- The employee is responsible to maintain the housing unit in a reasonable level of cleanliness in order to avoid flies, mice or other vermin.
- The employee is responsible to alert the employer of damage to the housing unit within a reasonable amount of time.
- The employee may be held accountable for damage to the housing unit that is the result of negligence on the part of the employee (normal wear and tear excepted). Hours worked footnote: On call for up to 24 hours 7 days a week
Work authorization
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- Work authorization
- H-2A Temporary Agricultural Worker
- International candidates
- Yes
- Employer sponsorship
- Required
- Confirmation
- Confirmed by source
- Official source
- U.S. Department of Labor
Benefits & conditions
- Housing
- Employer-provided (including mobile or range) — 7 mobile range units, with the capacity of 1, 2 tents with the capacity of 2 each, 1 fixed site range unit with the capacity of 8. 1 fixed site unit with the capacity of 5. Total housing is twenty-four. Tents are weather appropriate and only used in areas where land use regulations do not allow other types of housing. The housing is available and sufficient to accommodate the workers being requested.
- Transportation
- Workers are on the range 51% or more of the time, therefore daily transportation is not needed. For the period of time the worker is off the range, transportation is provided by the employer.
How to apply
- brendahenslee@gmail.com
- Phone
- +12085396428
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U.S. DOL SeasonalJobs
- Case number
- JO-A-300-26254-228924
- Verification
- Last verified: September 20, 2026
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