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NABS Organizing Committee 

  • NABS Organizing Committee members are key partners in the design and implementation 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, agenda, invitations, layout, run-of-show, Workbook, and reports, and other pieces that form the whole of the NABS

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

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Members of the NABS Organizing Committee are:

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  • Stephanie Adams ~ Wildlife Program Director, National Parks Conservation Association

  • Chamois Anderson ~ Senior Representative, Rockies & Plains, Defenders of Wildlife

  • Keith Aune ~ NABS Project Consultant (Retired Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks + Wildlife Conservation Society) Jennifer Barfield ~ Professor, Colorado State University (Fort Collins )

  • A-dae Briones  Vice President of Research & Policy and Director of Native Agriculture & Food Systems, First Nations Development Institute

  • Tim Burkhart ~ Director of Landscape Protection, Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative

  • Ervin Carlson ~ President, InterTribal Buffalo Council

  • Nik Dehejia ~ President & CEO, Oakland Zoo

  • Trudy Ecoffey ~ Technical Services Director, InterTribal Buffalo Council

  • Mary Erickson (Retired Forest Supervisor Custer Gallatin National Forest/WRF Board Member)

  • Troy Heinert ~ Chief, Branch of Bison Management, U.S. DOI Bureau of Indian Affairs 

  • Leroy Little Bear ~ International Buffalo Relations Institute & Buffalo Treaty

  • Brian Logan ~ National Wildlife Program Lead, USDA Forest Service 

  • Jim Matheson ~ Executive Director, National Bison Association

  • Tom McDonald ~ Tribal Council Vice Chair, Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes

  • Brendan Moynahan ~ Wildlife Branch Chief, NRSS, U.S. DOI National Park Service

  • Nicole Olivier ~ Manager of Landscape Protection, Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative

  • Jonathan Proctor ~ Director, Great Plains Wildlife Initiative, World Wildlife Fund

  • Julie Anton Randall ~ President, Wildlife Restoration Foundation (WRF)

  • Garrit Voggesser ~ National Director, Tribal Partnerships, National WIldlife Federation

  • Mary Wagner (Retired Associate Chief, USDA Forest Service/WRF Board Member)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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