"A Montana State University graduate student who shares his father's dream for reintroducing buffalo to a Wyoming Indian reservation has received a national fellowship from the Environmental Protection Agency.
Jason Baldes of Fort Washakie, Wyo., said the Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Graduate Fellowship will help him work toward bringing buffalo back to the Wind River Indian Reservation and promote both ecological and community health. Studying for his master's degree in land resources and environmental sciences (LRES), Baldes is the 11th MSU graduate student to receive the STAR award since 1995. His fellowship amounts to $87,000 over two years.
"I was very surprised," Baldes said. "It's a ticket into accomplishing something we as a family have always really, really wanted.""
Get the Story:MSU grad student plans to use national fellowship to help reintroduce buffalo to reservation (MSU News 11/4)
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