• NABS Organizing Partners are the core leaders of the North American Bison Summit 

 

• Organizing Partners lead aspects of NABS connected to their communities and missions and collaborate with each other to decide upon the final NABS structure, agendas, invitations, layout, run-of-show, workbook, and reports, and other pieces that form the whole of the NABS

 

• Organizing Partners also conduct outreach to their communities to inspire NABS registrations, resources, and the submission of Models and Methodologies for inclusion in the NABS Program

 

1. Stephanie Adams, Yellowstone Program Manager, National Parks Conservation Association

2. Jennifer Barfield, Professor, Colorado State University (Fort Collins )

3. A-dae Briones, VP of Research and Policy/Director of Native Agriculture and Food Systems, First Nations Development Institute

4. Tim Burkhart, Director of Landscape Protection, Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative

5. Ervin Carlson, President, InterTribal Buffalo Council

6. Nik Dehejia, Director, Oakland Zoo

7. Trudy Ecoffey, Acting Executive Director, InterTribal Buffalo Council

8. Mary Erikson, Retired Forest Supervisor CGNF/WRF Board Member

9. Troy Heinert, Chief Branch of Bison Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs 

10. Leroy Little Bear, Buffalo Treaty

11. Brian Logan, National Wildlife Program Lead, USDA Forest Service 

12. Jim Matheson, Executive Director, National Bison Association

13. Tom McDonald, Vice Chair- Tribal Council Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes

14. Brendan Moynahan, Wildlife Branch Chief-NRSS

15. Nicole Olivier, Manager of Landscape Protection, Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative

16. Jonathan Proctor, Director of Great Plains Wildlife Initiative, World Wildlife Fund

17. Mary Wagner, Retired Associate Chief Forest Service/WRF Board Member

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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