ITBC Principles Guiding All Decisions by Gemara Gifford https://padlet.com/gemaragifford/7cuwgchv1ujwazzz Please give your feedback on the draft principles. You can rank them 1-5 stars and comment below each. en-us 2023-09-20 13:56:04 UTC 2023-09-26 17:36:59 UTC hello@padlet.com gemaragifford https://padlet.com/gemaragifford/7cuwgchv1ujwazzz/wish/2720492248 2023-09-26 04:46:21 UTC https://padlet.com/gemaragifford/7cuwgchv1ujwazzz/wish/2720492248 https://padlet.com/gemaragifford/7cuwgchv1ujwazzz/wish/2721549954 Buffalo are good fire mitigators ]]> 2023-09-26 16:05:37 UTC https://padlet.com/gemaragifford/7cuwgchv1ujwazzz/wish/2721549954 https://padlet.com/gemaragifford/7cuwgchv1ujwazzz/wish/2721550251 Hello Wesley Plank here Buffalo manager for Rosebud Sioux Tribe and I would just really like to see more funding and more employees for the RST Buffalo Program.]]> 2023-09-26 16:05:49 UTC https://padlet.com/gemaragifford/7cuwgchv1ujwazzz/wish/2721550251 We want to have a self-sustaining Herd. We want to be able to use neighboring USFS land. gemaragifford https://padlet.com/gemaragifford/7cuwgchv1ujwazzz/wish/2721550623 2023-09-26 16:06:04 UTC https://padlet.com/gemaragifford/7cuwgchv1ujwazzz/wish/2721550623 Funding for expansion, equipment and crew. Also usda certified mobile harvesting unit, cold storage, and meat package processing unit. Buisness plan and Website development. https://padlet.com/gemaragifford/7cuwgchv1ujwazzz/wish/2721551869 2023-09-26 16:06:55 UTC https://padlet.com/gemaragifford/7cuwgchv1ujwazzz/wish/2721551869 Buffalo restoration should be based on Ecological sustainability, conservation ethics, and collaboration. We need to balance the needs of our community and that of the buffalo. gemaragifford https://padlet.com/gemaragifford/7cuwgchv1ujwazzz/wish/2721555786 Genetic diversity, scientific monitoring, education and outreach, adaptive management, cultural significance. ]]> 2023-09-26 16:09:26 UTC https://padlet.com/gemaragifford/7cuwgchv1ujwazzz/wish/2721555786 Small Tribes can collaborate to share resources gemaragifford https://padlet.com/gemaragifford/7cuwgchv1ujwazzz/wish/2721558867 checkerboard reservations, we don't have a lot of land base here. I hope there could be ways for smaller tribes to be able to collaborate and maintain genetic diversity, share costs ]]> 2023-09-26 16:11:21 UTC https://padlet.com/gemaragifford/7cuwgchv1ujwazzz/wish/2721558867 Hello everyone. My name is Yvonne Stanley from the Ft. Belknap Assiniboine Tribe. I am new to the Buffalo Program but I am excited to help our tribes Buffalo Program expand to fit the needs of the herds we manage. I would like for us to have our own meat processing plant, more staff and also develop good marketing strategies. Thank you for allowing me to come and learn as much as I can to take back home. https://padlet.com/gemaragifford/7cuwgchv1ujwazzz/wish/2721560662 2023-09-26 16:12:28 UTC https://padlet.com/gemaragifford/7cuwgchv1ujwazzz/wish/2721560662 Tribal Sovereignty-we need to be able to make the decisions gemaragifford https://padlet.com/gemaragifford/7cuwgchv1ujwazzz/wish/2721561437 Sec. Haaland-managing Buffalo as wildlife isn't always applicable, we try to do this. USDA programs have supported Buffalo, we need to balance direction given by DOI. It's up to the tribe to determine how Buffalo are managed]]> 2023-09-26 16:12:55 UTC https://padlet.com/gemaragifford/7cuwgchv1ujwazzz/wish/2721561437 Infrastructure-Fencing, Facilities gemaragifford https://padlet.com/gemaragifford/7cuwgchv1ujwazzz/wish/2721567028 Infrastructure, fencing. Expansion of the herd. Funding needed to be able to grow the herd with fencing. A quarantine facility for new buffalo that arrive is needed. ]]> 2023-09-26 16:16:01 UTC https://padlet.com/gemaragifford/7cuwgchv1ujwazzz/wish/2721567028 https://padlet.com/gemaragifford/7cuwgchv1ujwazzz/wish/2721569390 2023-09-26 16:17:26 UTC https://padlet.com/gemaragifford/7cuwgchv1ujwazzz/wish/2721569390 Own Processing Facility (Buffalo meat back in schools) gemaragifford https://padlet.com/gemaragifford/7cuwgchv1ujwazzz/wish/2721569480 USDA approved facility so we can bring buffalo meat back into our schools. Big dream of ours. ]]> 2023-09-26 16:17:29 UTC https://padlet.com/gemaragifford/7cuwgchv1ujwazzz/wish/2721569480 Funding needed to Increase our Herd Size: Land, Facilities gemaragifford https://padlet.com/gemaragifford/7cuwgchv1ujwazzz/wish/2721579045 Bigger land based tribes, Buffalo are sometimes lower on the list of priorities. For us to be able to expand our land base, we have to bring in own funding. *Buying new land, or *Leasing new lands. 
USDA-inspected facility, for bison meat
Important for ITBC to support the tribes, funding! 
Need a low stress working facility
W]]> 2023-09-26 16:22:39 UTC https://padlet.com/gemaragifford/7cuwgchv1ujwazzz/wish/2721579045 Facilities: Water, Fencing, Land gemaragifford https://padlet.com/gemaragifford/7cuwgchv1ujwazzz/wish/2721581838 Some tribes don't have enough land, are looking to downsize. We may consider pooling our resources, and getting some land together. ]]> 2023-09-26 16:24:19 UTC https://padlet.com/gemaragifford/7cuwgchv1ujwazzz/wish/2721581838 Expand Tribal herd management to public lands. https://padlet.com/gemaragifford/7cuwgchv1ujwazzz/wish/2721587224 Establish operational strategy and partnerships for tribal herds to expand program management to public lands. 


]]> 2023-09-26 16:27:41 UTC https://padlet.com/gemaragifford/7cuwgchv1ujwazzz/wish/2721587224 Buffalo Herd Expansion: New Land purchases, Fencing, Land Leasing gemaragifford https://padlet.com/gemaragifford/7cuwgchv1ujwazzz/wish/2721596095 Pine Ridge parks and rec dept, we're trying to expand our herd. We have recently purchased new land (900+ herd). We have programs for tribal members to start their own businesses (fencing is a big expense). Grassland leases. ]]> 2023-09-26 16:33:05 UTC https://padlet.com/gemaragifford/7cuwgchv1ujwazzz/wish/2721596095 Buffalo Herd Expansion: Meat in the schools, fencing and water needs, supporting genetic diversity gemaragifford https://padlet.com/gemaragifford/7cuwgchv1ujwazzz/wish/2721610966 We have the land base. Grass-fed buffalo heals our bodies, how can we give it back to the people to help their health? Accessibility to our herd is difficult, especially in the winter. We want to support genetic diversity of them, keep them as wild as possible. 
Get meat back into the schools. We need a processing plant for this, the closest one is a competitor. 
Fencing and water resources are needed to support a growing herd. 
Wild buffalo hunts. 
We have prairie dogs now, antelope. They are coming back. 
Eventually marketing support. ]]> 2023-09-26 16:42:21 UTC https://padlet.com/gemaragifford/7cuwgchv1ujwazzz/wish/2721610966