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70th SRM Annual Meeting & Trade Show

Red Rock and Rangelands

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St. George, UT
January 29 - February 2, 2017


Student Recruitment
JOBFAIR
Rangeland Careers
Awards Committee


Honor Awards

The Society for Range Management honor awards program recognizes members and non-members who have made outstanding contributions to the science and art of range management. Now is the time to begin preparing nominations for individuals who deserve recognition. For a nomination application, click here.

The Society Honor Awards are:

Frederic G. Renner Award
The premier Society award requires SRM membership and sustained accomplishments or contributions to range management during the last ten years. Includes honorarium.

2014 Recipient - Dr. John C. Malechek
2013 Recipient - Dr. Rodney K. Heitschmidt
2012 Recipient - Dr. Jerry L. Holechek
2011 Recipient - Dr. James Stubbendieck

Historical List of Recipient

Holechek
SRM 2014 Frederic G. Renner recipient Dr. John C. Malechek with nominator Dr. Douglas Johnson and SRM President Wally Butler


W.R. Chapline Land Stewardship Award
Requires SRM membership and effective maintenance or improvement of range resources with lasting efforts. Includes honorarium.

2014 Recipient - Dr. Melvin R. George
2013 Recipient - Barry W. Adams
2012 Recipient - No Award Given
2011 Recipient - Dr. L. Roy Roath

Historical List of Recipient

W.R. Chapline Research Award
Requires SRM membership and exceptional and sustained research accomplishments related to rangelands. Includes honorarium.

2014 Recipient - Dr. Carl L. Wambolt
2013 Recipient - Dr. Douglas A. Johnson
2012 Recipient - Dr. Walter D. Willms
2011 Recipient - Dr. Richard Frank Miller

Historical List of Recipients


SRM 2014 W. R. Chapline Land Stewardship recipient Dr. Melvin R. George and nominator Dr. Douglas Johnson and SRM President Wally Butler


SRM 2014 W. R. Chapline Research Award accepted by Dr. Jeffrey Beck on behalf of recipient Dr. Carl L. Wambolt with nominator Dr. Clayton Marlow and SRM President Wally Butler

 

Sustained Lifetime Achievement Award
Designed to recognize SRM members for long-term contributions to SRM and range management. Requires tangible evidence of outstanding lifetime contributions to the art and science of range management and continued SRM involvement at both the Section and Society levels.

2014 Recipient - Dr. David Engle
2013 Recipient - Daryl A. Cisney
2012 Recipients - John C. Likins, Dr. Larry R. Rittenhouse, Dr. John V. Stechman, Dr. Martin Vavra
2011 Recipients - James A. Linebaugh, Dr. Ronald E. Sosebee

Historical List of Recipients


2014 Sustained Lifetime Acheivement Award Recipient - Dr David Engle with SRM President Wally Butler

Outstanding Achievement Award
SRM membership not required. Awarded for outstanding achievement (eminently noteworthy) in any range management-related area. Organizations (e.g., agencies, commodity groups) are not eligible for this award. Teams, whose accomplishments are individually inseparable, are eligible.
  • The Outstanding Achievement Award has been subdivided into two groups: Research and Academia; and Stewardship (ranchers, agency professionals, consultants). Each group will be ranked separately. If enough nominations are not received in either group, then the balance to be awarded in any given year will be considered from the other group.

2014 Recipients - Research/Academia- Dr. Maria Fernandez-Gimenez, Dr. Urs Kreuter; Stewardship - Kevin Guinn, Sandy Wyman, Dennis Thompson
2013 Recipients - Dr. Timothy L. Deboodt, Dr. John A. Taylor, Robert T. "Bob" France, Robert E. "Bob" Mountain, Greg Tegart (Bob France accepting), The Pekisko Group (Francis Dover accepting)
2012 Recipients
- William F. Schroeder, RMFRA, Mike J. Malmberg, Richard H. "Hugh" Barrett, Jr.
2011 Recipients - JR Bell, Chris Nykoluk, Gail E. & Mildred Cramer Sharp, Timothy J. Steffens, Dr. Kenneth W. Tate, Dr. Rob Atwill, Dr. Robin J. Tausch, William D. Zeedyk, Dr. Kelly W. Allred, James R. Truax

Historical List of Recipients


2014 Outstanding Achievement for Research
Dr. Maria Fernandez-Gimenez with SRM President Wally Butler

2014 SRM Outstanding Achievement Award for Stewardship
Kevin-Guinn



2014 Outstanding Achievement for Stewardship
Sandy Wyman with SRM President Wally-Butler


2014 Outstanding Achievement for Stewardship
Dennis Thompson with SRM President Wally Butler


2014 Outstanding Achievement for Research
Dr. Urs Kreuter with SRM President Wally Butler

Outstanding Young Range Professional Award
Requires SRM membership and recognizes superior performance and leadership potential in any range-related area. Nominee must be less than 40 years of age on January 1st of the year the award is conferred.

2014 Recipient - Angela Reid
2013 Recipients - Meribeth L. Lomkin, Brian A. Mealor, Rachel D. Mealor
2012 Recipient
s - Kristin L. Miller, Sherry A. Leis, Dustin D. Johnson
2011 Recipients - Dr. David J. Augustine, Dr. R. Dwayne Elmore, Douglas Jeffrey Goodwin

Historical List of Recipients


2014 Outstanding Young Range Professional Recipient
Angela Reid with SRM President Wally Butler

Fellow Award
Requires SRM membership, continuous for at least ten years, in recognition of service and contributions to the Society.

2014 Recipients - Dr. Charles "Chuck" Butterfield & Dr. Mitch McClaran
2013 Recipient - No Award Given
2012 Recipient
- Dr. Jeffrey Clyde Mosley
2011 Recipients - Dr. Joel R. Brown, Bruce S. Healy, Dr. Larry D. Howery

Historical List of Recipients


2014 Fellow Award Recipient
Dr. Charles "Chuck" Butterfield with SRM President Wally Butler

2014 Fellow Award Recipient
Dr. Mitch McClaran with SRM President Wally-Butler

  • Outstanding Rangeland Manager

  • Trail Boss Club Award-- The President and the Board of Directors of SRM have reserved to themselves the discretion of recognizing with the Trail Boss Club award individuals, firms, or organizations contributing $10,000.00 or more to the Society for Range Management.
    • 2008 Recipient - James B. Newman

  • Special Awards
    • Leadership in organizing and planning of the Ecological Site Description as a Management Tool Workshop
    • Excellence in Range Management
      Nathan, Lindsey and Doug O'Neil of UCross Ranch-Apache Foundation

2014 Excellence in Range Management
Nathan, Lindsey and Doug O'Neil of UCross Ranch-Apache Foundation
 

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2014 Renner and Chapline photographs by Valerie Anderson, all other 2014 Winner photographs by Katrina O'Farrell

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