by Linnea Wilhjelm | Feb 6, 2026 | Buffalo Stories, WRTBI News
Photo caption: Jason Baldes’ efforts to restore bison as a wide-ranging wildlife species has led to roughly 300 animals on the Wind River Indian Reservation. These animals are grazing outside of the Wind River Tribal Buffalo Initiative headquarters near Morton in...
by Linnea Wilhjelm | Dec 31, 2025 | WRTBI News
December 31, 2025 Huuwiihu, Hohou, Thank You Dear Friends, It is astonishing to think that just nine years ago, Tribal Buffalo restoration on Wind River began with ten Buffalo that arrived from the Neil Smith Refuge in Iowa. And now, as I write this letter, our...
by Linnea Wilhjelm | Sep 24, 2025 | Buffalo Stories, WRTBI News
Photo caption: A buffalo roams in a pasture on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming. Credit: Albert Mason Jr. / Wind River Tribal Buffalo Initiative September 24, 2025 Excerpt from ITC Article by Amelia Schafer, ITC The Northern Arapaho Tribe recently passed a...
by Linnea Wilhjelm | Aug 22, 2025 | Press Releases, WRTBI News
FOR RELEASE August 22, 2025 Northern Arapaho Tribe Officially Classifies Buffalo as Wildlife on Wind River Indian Reservation Morton, WY — The Northern Arapaho Tribe has taken a historic step in wildlife conservation by officially classifying buffalo (Bison bison) as...
by Linnea Wilhjelm | Aug 1, 2025 | Community Stories, WRTBI News
Photo credit: Kesek Waupoose Buffalo, Fish, and National Geographic Help Connect Indigenous Youth at Photo Camp Story by Taylar Dawn StagnerJuly 31st, 2025 LeTavian Brown had been camping before but not quite like this. He’s a 15 year old Northern Arapaho tribal...
by Linnea Wilhjelm | Jun 25, 2025 | Featured Partners, WRTBI News
Photos by Kaycee Prevedel How the Buffalo are helping teach the next generation of Tribal leaders The weather yo-yoed from hot and sunny to cold and rainy as dozens of 12-to-18 year old students descended upon the high desert Wyoming plains to learn amongst the...