As a result of fracking, land prices in McKenzie County have soared over the past 10 years. The future of ranching in the Little Missouri National Grassland is tenuous due to the expansion of fracking throughout the region. It will be difficult for twenty year-old, Emmett Johnson to continue his families ranching operation. Here, Emmett pauses while loading spring calves into the branding pit.

Photograph: Eli Reichman, 2015