Awarded Grants

The purpose of this grant is to provide support for travel expenses to two environmental justice community-led events.

This grant will support NAFWS 2025 multi-event sponsorship including National, Southwest Regional, Great Lakes Regional, and Northeast/Southeast Regional Conferences

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This project will advance buffalo restoration on tribal lands and contribute to the healthy function of biodiversity of grasslands and Native food systems by growing program staff capacity to restore buffalo, supporting youth summer programming, and developing a tribal buffalo program management plan. The Fort Belknap Buffalo program will create opportunities for youth to participate in summer reseeding and fencing efforts.

The ultimate purpose is to 1) Restore Buffalo as free ranging animals to their original habitat on the plains of Blackfeet reservation. We consistently lobby the BTBC for additional land to utilize for increasing the size of our buffalo herd. 2) Create opportunities to educate and get community members involved in our restoration movement. Utilize elders to assist in retaining and reconnecting community and culture through buffalo. 3) Utilize our buffalo herd to offer quality buffalo meat and products to enhance people’s health and lives.