*W I N D* *R I V E R*

Can fly fishing tourism on the reservation’s pristine rivers be a positive agent for generational change?

Location: Wind River Reservation, Wyoming | My Role: Ghostwriter | Photos: Nick Kelley // Video: Ben Satterlee, Trip Dugas

I had the privilege of meeting, interviewing, and fishing with Art Lawson, the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Tribes Director of Tribal Fish and Game, and working with Indifly’s Matt Shilling, along with the ultra-talented YETI crew. We banged around on brutally rugged roads, saw herds of wild horses (beautiful, but invasive and highly destructive), caught brook trout in truly pristine rivers, and learned about the potential that Art and Matt are working towards. Read the full story at YETI.com

Indifly is a nonprofit organization whose work centers on empowering Indigenous communities to conserve and protect their natural resources by helping develop sustainable local economies through fly fishing tourism and lodges.