Cattle flow through the gate from one pasture to the next at the culmination of a weekly cattle move that characterizes a rotational grazing program.
Horses gallop towards the corrals at dawn at Chico Basin Ranch, Colorado. The entire herd is wrangled every morning for ranch hands to catch their mount for the day.
The Beefmaster breed of cattle was created based on a philosophy of "nature knows best." These animals are a "flesh and blood way of living with the land that represents how humans and their animals might do better to live in harmony with the indigenous patterns of the natural world than to try to fight them."
Skip of Charlo, Montana, a former employee of U.S. Fish and Wildlife, inherited his father's dairy farm when his father retired. Although he chose not to continue the family business, Skip sold the land to Fish and Wildlife, and now their home is surrounded by protected Wildlife Refuge.
A young charro practices rope tricks at the stables after practice while the escaramuzas untack their horses. Mexican men and women both perform in Mexican rodeos but are relegated to different events based on their gender.
Chakra and Raksha, two wolves rescued by the Colorado Wolf Center in Divide, Colorado, share a kiss in their enclosure. While wild wolves are highly social animals, they will also frequently fight and kill each other, so animals at the Wolf Center are carefully matched for strong relationships.
Elisa Barba exercises her horse Palomino with the rest of her escaramuza team. The team of eight women performs routines with their horses in local rodeos.
Aspiring luchador Estrella Occidentale trains at the gym with his coach for an upcoming match. Guadalajara, Mexico.
Cattle graze in pasture alongside the highway in South Dakota.
Local ranchers of southeastern Colorado get their ropes ready during a branding. Brandings are a traditional spring event for cattle raisers in which the year's new calves are branded with the owner's unique mark.
Two ranchers sit horseback in the corrals at the end of a long day of pregnancy testing cattle at Chico Basin Ranch, Colorado.
Valentina Carrillo, 15, stands for photographs with various members of her extended family after her quincenera Mass in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Two escaramuzas rest their horses while their coach marks out new lines for the next practice drill.
Duke Phillips III, a third-generation cattle rancher, now manages a herd of wild bison for the Nature Conservancy.
Sandhill crane specimen from 1914 at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. Specimens for museum collections were historically collected by hunting expeditions.
An escaramuza canters her horse around the arena during practice. A well-executed routine requires each women to synchronize with both her horse and her teammates.
Dr. Bonney Macdonald, a professor of literature at West Texas A&M University, sits astride her horse Guapo during her annual Western literature workshop at the Zapata Ranch, Colorado.
Sandhill crane in flight over Ouray National Wildlife Refuge during the fall migration.