Baird is fromBemidji, Minnesota, which prides itself as the curling capitalof the U. S. and has anotherfourof its citizens on the men's and women's Olympicteams.
In November 2006 Daily launched the Natural Capital Project with others from Stanford, the University ofMinnesota, the World Wildlife Fund and the Nature Conservancy.
Daily works on the Natural Capital Project, a joint venture of Stanford, the University ofMinnesota, the World Wildlife Fund and the Nature Conservancy to develop standard tools for the measurement of natural capital.