Jason Baldes

Jason Baldes member of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe received both his bachelors and masters degrees in land resources and environmental sciences from Montana State University where he focused on the restoration of bisonbuffalo to Tribal lands In 2016 he spearheaded the successful effort to relocate 10 buffalo to the Wind River Indian Reservation and worked with both the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Tribes in buffalo management and expansion with roughly 200 buffalo now held collectively between the two Tribes Baldes is an advocate educator and speaker on Indigenous cultural revitalization and ecological restoration He serves as executive director of the Wind River Tribal Buffalo Initiative and senior tribal buffalo program manager for the National Wildlife Federations Tribal Partnerships Program Baldes serves as vice president on the board of directors of the InterTribal Buffalo Council and sits on the board of trustees of the Conservation Lands Foundation