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Anna Jones meets Midwest cattleman Larry Stomprud on his three-generation ranch in South Dakota, USA. They drive onto the prairie in scorching heat, hazy with smoke drifting south from Canada's wildfires, to locate Larry's herd of Black Angus cattle and explore the plants and wildlife that also call this ranch home, including an abundance of native prairie grasses and fragrant silver sage. They discuss the changes that have taken place since Larry's grandfather staked his claim on this land as a homesteader in 1909, from changing cattle breeds to the use of hormone implants - and why Larry took an economic decision to stop using them. He talks about hunting antelope, watching sharp-tailed grouse dance on their leks and remote life under the big skies of South Dakota - and how his stewardship of the ranch led to being awarded the 2025 South Dakota Leopold Conservation Award. Produced and presented by Anna Jones.