Bureau of Indian Affairs
Jarvis Gust has extensive experience in the field of agriculture and wildlife management. With a background in fish and wildlife biology, Jarvis has worked for the Bureau of Indian Affairs as a Branch Chief of Agriculture & Wildlife Management and as a Regional Wildlife Biologist. Jarvis has also worked for the US Fish and Wildlife Service as a Fish and Wildlife Biologist, leading restoration projects and conducting field studies on various trout species. Jarvis holds a Master of Science degree in Fish and Wildlife Management from Montana State University.
Bureau of Indian Affairs
The Bureau of Indian Affairs’ mission is to enhance the quality of life, to promote economic opportunity, and to carry out the responsibility to protect and improve the trust assets of American Indians, Indian tribes and Alaska Natives. HISTORY OF BIA Since its inception in 1824, the Bureau of Indian Affairs has been both a witness to and a principal player in the relationship between the Federal Government and Indian tribes and Alaska Native villages. The BIA has changed dramatically over the past 185 years, evolving as Federal policies designed to subjugate and assimilate American Indians and Alaska Natives have changed to policies that promote Indian self-determination... read more at http://www.bia.gov/bia.html