Awarded Grants

The WRDF Agriculture Initiative will help retain and increase the Native farming and ranching industries through a series of technical assistance workshops designed to increase capacity building and capital access for Native farmers and ranchers on and around the Wind River Reservation.

The project will provide a much needed service on the reservation by helping retain and control livestock on public roadways and other public areas considered trespass. Currently, there is no designated area or facility to keep impounded livestock thus making it very difficult to manage and maintain nuisance animals.

This program will create hands on learning experiences for beginning and future farmers at the Stockbridge-Munsee Community through eleven workshops and tours, along with opportunities for the community’s youth to gain year-round experience growing vegetables. This program will help increase community members control and involvement in the local food system.

Participation in the Strategic Planning sessions will assist the Poeh in creating tangible and measurable objectives that allow the Poeh to more effectively utilize its resources to expand or create new cultural programming, increase community support and involvement, and to leverage Poeh resources to expand its physical capacity.