In the Company of Wolves: An American Journey
Narrated by Jeff Bridges, directed by Susan Kucera
The National Museum of Wildlife Art
Panel discussion on wolves and coexistence, featuring cast members Matt Barnes of the Northern Rockies Conservation Cooperative, and Jason Baldes of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe Buffalo Restoration Program, moderated by Peyton Griffin, president of the NRCC.
Emcee Peyton Curlee Griffin is a conservation educator and ecologist, who has worked primarily in biodiversity and carnivore conservation. She is president of the Northern Rockies Conservation Cooperative, and previously served as NRCC’s Executive Director from 1993 to 2000. She is co-editor, along with Susan Clark, of Carnivores in Ecosystems: The Yellowstone Experience and The Ecology and Conservation of Carnivores in a Changing Landscape. She lives in Jackson, Wyoming.
Matt Barnes is a range scientist, wildlife conservationist, and former ranch manager, who works on Reintegrating Wildness in working landscapes, as a research associate with the Northern Rockies Conservation Cooperative. He works with land managers to improve rangeland stewardship and has worked with ranchers to prevent conflicts with large carnivores such as grizzly bears and wolves in Montana and Wyoming, and wolves in Colorado. In the film, Barnes offers a perspective on integrating ranch management practices and coexistence, working with a ranch manager in Wyoming.
Jason Baldes is an Eastern Shoshone leader, wildlife advocate, and nationally recognized voice for Indigenous conservation and buffalo restoration. Raised on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming, Baldes works at the intersection of cultural revitalization, ecological restoration, and Indigenous land stewardship. Through his work with the Eastern Shoshone Tribe Buffalo Restoration Program, he advocates for restoring balance between people, animals, and the land. In the film, Baldes offers an essential Indigenous perspective on coexistence, helping reframe the American landscape not as wilderness untouched by humans, but as a living world shaped through reciprocal relationships between people, animals, and place.
Hosted by the Northern Rockies Conservation Cooperative (NRCC), which advances conservation for the common good.