EXPLORE WILD HOPE

When scientists systematically review the plants, animals, and other life in a freshwater ecosystem like a lake or river, it is called a biological survey or biosurvey.

Biocultural restoration is the practice of revitalizing both ecological systems and the cultures of communities connected to those ecosystems.

The Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation has been landless ever since they suffered the worst massacre in U.S. history in 1863. Over 150 years later, the Tribe has purchased their ancestral homeland with a vision to return it back to nature.

Traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) refers to the body of knowledge, practices, and beliefs acquired by Indigenous people over hundreds or thousands of years through direct contact with their environment.

Rios Pacheco is Northwest Shoshone and Kewa Pueblo. He is a Tribal Elder in the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation and serves as the Tribe’s Cultural Analyst and Advisor.

Brad Parry has served as the Vice Chairman for the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation Tribal Council since 2017. He is employed by the Tribe as the Natural Resources Officer.

Passive acoustic monitoring — often simply called acoustic monitoring — is a tool used by ecologists and conservationists to study wildlife in their natural environment.

For the Shoshone people, Bear River has always been a lifeline — sustaining their culture, history, and way of life.

Building beaver dam analogs is restoring wetlands, slowing water flow, and creating the conditions needed for wildlife to return.