Our History
The Society for Range Management is an international organization that includes people who manage, conserve and enjoy the vast landscapes known as rangelands. We are a vibrant community that learn from each other and share our common appreciation for rangelands.
Learn How We Started
A History of the Society for Range Management 1948-1995, Vols. I & II is a historical account of the pioneering efforts of the people, events, and activities of the Society for Range Management.
The Renner Award
The Renner Award is the Society for Range Management’s premier award. The Renner Awards History – The First 35 Years is an account of Frederic G. Renner’s gift and the recipients of this prestigious award.
Records
The Society for Range Management Records primarily consist of documentation of the institutional operations of the Society. These records offer a remarkably complete picture of a membership body concerned with conservation that has coped with governmental, academic, and cultural changes over a span of more than fifty years.
Education History
The Education History of Range Management in North America was compiled from universities in North America that grant M.S. and/or Ph.D. degrees in range management. The universities provided a chronological educational record of their teaching, research and extension personnel.
Range Research
Range Research in the US and Canada: A Listing of Masters & Doctoral Thesis Titles is a list of thesis titles from 28 universities compiled in a straightforward bibliographic format.
Past Presidents
2025 — Dr. Jeff Goodwin
2024 — Dr. Karen Hickman
2023 — Dr. Barry Perryman
2022 — Dr. Karen Launchbaugh
2021 — Dr. J. Alfonso Ortega
2020 — Dr. Charles Hart
2019 — Clayton Marlow
2018 — Barry Irving
2017 — Larry Howery
2016 — Val Jo Anderson
2015 — Pat Shaver
2014 — Jenny Pluhar
2013 — Wallace Butler
2012 — Gary Frasier
2011 — Jack D. Alexander III
2010 — Jeff Mosley
2009 — Don Kirby
2008 — G. Allen Rasmussen
2007 — Dennis Phillippi
2006 — John A. Tanaka
2005 — Angela S. Williams
2004 — Merwyn M. Kothmann
2003 — Bob Budd
2002 — Rodney K. Heitschmidt
2001 — Jim O’Rourke
2000 — John L. McLain
1999 — Kendall L. Johnson
1998 — E. Lamar Smith
1997 — John C. Buckhouse
1996 — John R. Hunter
1995 — Fred C. Bryant
1994 — David A. Fischbach
1993 — Gary B. Donart
1992 — John L. Artz
1991 — Stan Tixier
1990 — C. Rex Cleary
1989 — Thomas E. Bedell
1988 — William A. Laycock
1987 — Jack R. Miller
1986 — Frank E. Busby
1985 — Edward A. McKinnon
1984 — Joseph L. Schuster
1983 — Gerald W. Thomas
1982 — John W. Bohning
1981 — John L. Merrill
1980 — Harold F. Heady
1979 — Daniel L. Merkel
1978 — Robert M. Williamson
1977 — Thadis W. Box
1976 — Bob J. Ragsdale
1975 — Dillard H. Gates
1974 — Peter V. Jackson III
1973 — Martin H. Gonzalez
1972 — Floyd E. Kinsinger
1971 — Lorenz F. Bredemeier
1970 — William D. Hurst
1969 — Donald A. Cox
1968 — E.J. Dyksterhuis
1967 — C. Wayne Cook
1966 — Melvin S. Morris
1965 — Clinton H. Wasser
1964 — Wayne Kessler
1963 — M.W. Talbot
1962 — E. William Anderson
1961 — Vernon A. Young
1960 — Fred H. Kennedy
1959 — Donald F. Hervey
1958 — Robert S. Campbell
1957 — E.W. Tisdale
1956 — John D. Freeman
1955 — A.P. Atkins
1953 — B.W. Allred
1952 — Laurance A. Stoddart
1951 — Daniel Fulton
1950 — David A. Savage
1949 — Frederic G. Renner
1948 — Joseph Pechanec