About BayHorse Foundation Trust
Founded in 2014 by Duane W. Moss, a former international lawyer, accountant, and entrepreneur, the BayHorse Foundation Trust is a public 501(c)(3) charitable, nonprofit organization committed to primarily assist the Ute Indian Tribe in the Uintah Basin along with young families located within the Tribe’s exterior boundaries, protect, develop, and manage water resources in support of their homelands, culture, and developing economy.
In 2002, Duane and Kristine purchased four parcels of land and started the BayHorse Ranch. Their goal was to one day create a learning environment that supports the entrepreneurship and educational goals of young indigenous families along the Colorado River System, starting with the Ute Indian Tribe located in the Uintah Basin. The ranch is intentionally located within the external boundaries of the Tribe’s reservation.
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Water Resources Priorities
Working with the Tribal Business Committee of the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation
We have been asked to support the Ute Tribe’s Business Committee, which is the governing body of the Tribe, to support their efforts in protecting and preserving the Tribe’s federal reserved water rights in the Uintah Basin and Green River. We have helped and will continue to assist the Tribe in implementing a detailed inventory of the Tribe’s federal reserved rights and state-acquired rights.
Further development of technologies to monitor and improve water use in the various water basins will allow Tribal leaders to take an equal and legitimate sovereign leadership role in solving and coordinating current efforts with Water Users and State and Federal authorities in settling contracts, disputes, and the imminent problems associated with diminishing water flows in the Colorado River drainage systems.
Putting Water to Beneficial Use
We assist the Tribe, Tribal members and their related families, and others within the Tribal boundaries to research, perfect, develop, and fund beneficial use of their water rights and land on a basin-wide, Tribe, family or individual basis.
Develop Funding for Establishing Summer Training Activities for Youth, Young Adults, and Families
The BayHorse Foundation Trust, has acquired the right to use the BayHorse Ranch property at minimal cost for events and activities which will assist youth, young adults, and families gain technical and communication skills for healthy food production, preparation, and distribution. It will also support developing and managing agricultural and family-based business projects while building self-sustaining attitudes and ethics that support cultural and spiritual priorities.