Bison Benefit - Wind River Tribal Buffalo Initiative
Caption for photo: Jason Baldes’ efforts to restore bison as a free-roaming wildlife species has led to roughly 90 bison on the Wind River Indian Reservation. These animals are grazing outside of the Wind River Tribal Buffalo Initiative headquarters in Morton.
The Story of Bison and Native Americans of Wind River Country
Nov 30, 2019 · In early November of 2016, 10 wild bison were reintroduced on the Wind River Indian Reservation after 131 years. Jason Baldes with the first bison reintroduced to the Wind River Reservation. Photo: Casey Adams
Tribal Bison Restoration - National Wildlife Federation
Bison's Return to the Wind River Reservation. In November 2016 the Eastern Shoshone Tribe and the National Wildlife Federation welcomed buffalo back to the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming after an absence of over 130 years.
Home at Last - National Wildlife Federation
On MAY 3, 2017, a newborn male bison entered the world on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming, a historic event signaling the rebirth of an iconic species on these tribal lands—and of the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho people who share them.
A Shared Vision: Restoring Buffalo to Tribal Lands
Nov 3, 2023 · Thanks to the Shoshone tribe, the National Wildlife Federation and the coordinated efforts of a host of other individuals and organizations, bison have finally been brought back the Wind River Indian Reservation and a landscape that they once defined.
Bison on Wind River - Western Confluence
Aug 5, 2022 · In 2007, Jason brought the first ten bison designated for conservation to Wind River. Today there are more than one hundred buffalo on the reservation. Photo: Tom Christiansen, courtesy of Jason Baldes. For Jason and Patti, bison bridge the past and future on …
Wind River Tribal Buffalo Initiative works to restore bison to ...
May 14, 2024 · The near total loss of bison — still referred to as buffalo by tribes — from the landscape and ecosystem was the result. Jason Baldes, an Eastern Shoshone member, has been spearheading the buffalo rematriation effort for years on …
Tribal conservation projects on the Wind River Reservation get a …
Feb 6, 2024 · The funding will help both tribes and their partners continue to work towards the goal of having more than 1,000 bison on more than 100,000 acres on the reservation. Currently, there are a little less than 200 bison between the two tribes.
Bison Return to Native American Lands, Revitalizing Sacred Rituals
Jul 4, 2023 · More than a century after a mass bison slaughter, the animals are restoring Great Plains ecosystems and reinvigorating Indigenous customs.
Wild, Again | Wind River Tribal Buffalo Initiative
Dec 8, 2023 · With cameras and smartphones in hand—to capture memories of a species that was infamously eradicated from virtually all of its range—they scamper across the highway. Animals that escaped from their outdoors exhibit more than a half century ago led to the modern day Jackson bison herd.