By Brett Fisher

  • Photos by Brett Fisher. Ewes and their lambs are herded over a rise behind C Hill.
    Photos by Brett Fisher. Ewes and their lambs are herded over a rise behind C Hill.
  • A shepherd and herd dog (upper left) move sheep down a slope behind C Hill.
    A shepherd and herd dog (upper left) move sheep down a slope behind C Hill.
  • Sheep gather around the shepherd's trailer behind C Hill.
    Sheep gather around the shepherd’s trailer behind C Hill.

Sheep have arrived in West Carson City for their annual Spring feeding near C Hill.

A large herd of the woolly, cleft-hoofed herbivores can be seen grazing on grasses and shrubs along the backside of C Hill behind the Green House Garden Center off Rhodes and South Curry streets.

The sheep are brought in annually to help reduce wildfire fuels.