Guest speaker: Chairman Shannon Wheeler

Chairman Shannon F. Wheeler (3:00 pm MT) was a guest speaker at The Emerging Energy Transition: Risks and Opportunities for Western Public Lands conference hosted by the Andrus Center for Public Policy.
Moderator: Tom Michael, Boise State Public Radio
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Chairman Wheeler was first elected to serve on the Nez Perce Tribal Executive Committee, the governing body of the Nez Perce Tribe, in 2016. Chairman Wheeler has moved forward polices for job creation, tribal economic development, natural resource management, and preservation of the culture, history and way of life of the Nimiipuu. During his tenure as an elected official, he has helped develop the Nez Perce Tribal Water Code and work with federal and state agencies on resource and land management throughout the Nez Perce Tribe’s aboriginal territory.