Annual Report
2024 Annual Report
The Wind River Tribal Buffalo Initiative’s 2024 Annual Report documents our first full year as an independent, Tribally-led nonprofit organization. Our work today builds upon decades of partnership and persistent effort to advance Tribal Buffalo restoration. We invite you to learn more about what we accomplished together this year, and we thank you for being part of this journey.
Physical copies of this report will arrive by December 15th for those who requested them.
In Relationship: a Message from the Executive Director
On behalf of our entire team at the Wind River Tribal Buffalo Initiative, I’m very happy to share our 2024 annual report — a publication that documents the first full year of WRTBI’s work as an independent, Tribally-led nonprofit organization.
While WRTBI is a young nonprofit, the work of our organization extends back far earlier than our founding in 2023. Our history includes decades of partnership work and continuous effort to bring Tribal Buffalo restoration to where we are today. This work is part of a long legacy of conservation leadership on Wind River that predates the era of colonial land management.
Support Our Work
One acre of land restored to Buffalo habitat costs $6,000. One mile of wildlife-friendly Buffalo fencing costs $60,000. One Native youth reconnected to their cultural roots and ceremony through Buffalo is priceless. Your gift in any amount will help us do what it takes to bring Buffalo back to the Wind River landscape — healing our ecosystem and our people.
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BUFFALO IN 2016
150+
BUFFALO IN 2024
1000+
BUFFALO IN THE FUTURE