SRM Honor Awards

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

RECIPIENTS:

2019 – Dr. Joel R. Brown
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2018 – Dr. Douglas A. Johnson
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2017 – Dr. C. Wayne Hanselka
2016 – Dr. Kendall L. Johnson
2015 – Dr. Barbara H. Allen-Diaz
2014 – Dr. John C. Malechek
2013 – Dr. Rodney K. Heitschmidt
2012 – Dr. Jerry L. Holechek
2011 – Dr. James Stubbendieck
2010 – Dr. James T. O’Rourke
2009 – Dr. Jerry W. Stuth
2008 – Dr. E. Lamar Smith
2007 – E. Tom Bartlett
2006 – Gary W. Frasier
2005 – Dr. William C. Krueger
2004 – William D. Hurst
2003 – Stan Tixier
2002 – John C. Buckhouse
2001 – James A. Young
2000 – Minoru Hironaka
1999 – Joseph L. Schuster
1998 – S. Clark Martin
1997 – Thomas N. Shiflet
1996 – C. Rex Cleary
1995 – Thomas Bedell
1994 – John R. Hunter
1993 – William A. Laycock
1992 – Lee A. Sharp
1991 – Gerald W. Thomas
1990 – Thadis W. Box
1989 – Elbert H. Reid, Arthur D. Smith, Clinton H. Wasser
1988 – Edward A. McKinnon
1987 – John W. Bohning
1986 – Henry A. Wright
1985 – Alan A. Beetle
1984 – John L. Merrill, Jr.
1983 – George M. Van Dyne (Posthumous)
1982 – John D. Freeman
1981 – William C. Whetsell
1980 – Harold F. Heady
1979 – E. William Anderson
1978 – C. Wayne Cook
1977 – Joseph H. Robertson
1976 – Perry A. Plummer
1975 – Martin H. Gonzales
1974 – Francis Colbert
1973 – August L. Hormay
1972 – Peter V. Jackson, III

Requires SRM membership and effective maintenance or improvement of range resources with lasting efforts. Includes honorarium.

RECIPIENTS:

2019 – No Award Given
2018 – John L. McLain
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2017 – Dr. Barry Irving
2016 – Dr. Larry D. Butler
2015 – Dr. Charles A. “Butch” Taylor, Jr.
2014 – Dr. Melvin R. George
2013 – Barry W. Adams
2012 – No Award Given
2011 – Dr. L. Roy Roath
2010 – Ben Berlinger
2009 – Leonard N. “Bud” Purdy
2008 – Dr. Wayne Hanselka
2007 – F. Stephen Hartmann
2006 – Desert Land & Livestock: Gregg Simonds, Rick Danvir, and Bill Hopkin
2005 – Dennis Becenti
2004 – Norman R. McClure
2003 – S. Wesley Hyatt
2002 – Wallace C. Butler
2001 – Jack Maddux
2000 – Ray Banister
1999 – Walter Fick, Sr.
1998 – Josiah T. Austin
1997 – Clarence Mortenson
1996 – Willard P. Phillips
1995 – Charles M. Jarecki
1994 – Philip Robbins
1993 – Doc and Connie Hatfield
1992 – Robert L. Ross
1991 – William E. Armstrong
1991 – Donnie E. Harmel
1990 – Lee A. Sharp
1989 – Billy L. Carr
1988 – John A. Pierce
1987 – John L. Merrill, Jr.

Requires SRM membership and exceptional and sustained research accomplishments related to rangelands. Includes honorarium.

RECIPIENTS:

2019 – Dr. Steven R. Archer
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2018 – Dr. Roger L. Sheley
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2017 – Dr. Bruce A. Roundy
2016 – No Recipient
2015 – Dr. Kris M. Havstad
2014 – Dr. Carl L. Wambolt
2013 – Dr. Douglas A. Johnson
2012 – Dr. Walter D. Willms
2011 – Dr. Richard Frank Miller
2010 – No Recipient
2009 – Dr. Steven G. Whisenant
2008 – Dr. David D. Briske
2007 – Dr. Kirk C. McDaniel
2006 – Dr. Gerald E. Schuman
2005 – Dr. Jerry Holechek
2004 – Clenton E. Owensby
2003 – Alma H. Winward
2002 – Ronald E. Sosebee
2001 – Gary W. Frasier
2000 – Stephen C. Bunting
1999 – Frederick D. Provenza
1998 – Warren P. Clary
1997 – Arthur Bailey
1996 – Rex D. Pieper
1995 – Darrell N. Ueckert
1994 – M. J. Trlica
1993 – Martyn M. Caldwell
1992 – Richard H. Hart
1991 – Neil E. West
1990 – James A. Young
1989 – Leo B. Merrill
1988 – Thomas N. Johnsen
1987 – Henry A. Pearson

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.

RECIPIENTS:

2019 – Dr. David A. Pyke

2018 – Dr. Samuel D. Fuhlendorf, Dr. James A. Pfister, Dr. Tony J. Svejcar
2017 – Dr. Fred C. Bryant, Al Steninger
2016 – Dr. Stephan L. Hatch, Dr. Roger Q. “Jake” Landers, Jr.
2015 – Dr. D. Terrance Booth, Dr. Timothy E. Fulbright
2014 – Dr. David Engle
2013 – Daryl A. Cisney
2012 – John C. Likins, Dr. Larry R. Rittenhouse, Dr. John V. Stechman, Dr. Martin Vavra 2011 Recipients – James A. Linebaugh, Dr. Ronald E. Sosebee
2010 – Dr. David D. Briske, Dr. James E. Bowns, John L. McLain
2009 – Dr. E. Durant McArthur
2008 – Jack R. Miller
2007 – Dr. Charles A. “Butch” Taylor
2006 – George S. Cook, Paul T. Tueller
2005 – Daniel Merkel
2004 – James R. Brunner, Marion E. Everhart, Marshall Haferkamp
2003 – John E. Mitchell, Gerald E. Schuman
2002 – Jerry W. Goodman
2001 – James J. Butler
2000 – Deen E. Boe, Hugh C. Thompson
1999 – Robert E. Bement, Everett R. Doman, Jim Bob Grumbles
1998 – Lester A. McKenzie, Max Robinson
1997 – Stan Tixier
1996 – None Given
1995 – William D. Hurst, W.J. Waldrip
1994 – H. Russell Boe, Charles S. Fisher
1993 – Ardell J. Bjugstad (Posthumous), Charles M. Schumacher
1992 – Alfred H. Walker

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

RECIPIENTS:

2019 – Dr. Walter H. Fick, Mary B. Reece

2018 – Dr. Loreen Allphin, Donald E. Henderson
2017 – Dr. J. Alfonso “Poncho” Ortega-S., Dr. Jerry D. Volesky
2016 – Dr. Laurie B. Abbott, Dr. G. Allen Rasmussen
2015 – Dr. Jeff E. Herrick, Dr. M. Keith Owens
2014 – Dr. Charles “Chuck” Butterfield & Dr. Mitch McClaran
2013 – No Award Given
2012 – Dr. Jeffrey Clyde Mosley
2011 – Dr. Joel R. Brown, Bruce S. Healy, Dr. Larry D. Howery
2010 – Dr. David C. Ganskopp, Paul V. Loeffler, Dr. Michael A. Smith, Dr. John A. Tanaka
2009 – Dr. Kris M. Havstad
2008 – No Award Given
2007 – Carolyn Hull Sieg, Walter H. Schacht
2006 – No Award Given
2005 – No Award Given
2004 – Fred C. Bryant, Rodney K. Heitschmidt, Barron S. Rector
2003 – William C. Krueger, Patrick E. Reece
2002 – George S. Cook, Herman Mayeux, M. J. “Joe” Trlica
2001 – Val Jo Anderson, Merwyn M. Kothmann, Paul Nyren, Phil R. Ogden, E. Lamar Smith
2000 – James Bartolome, Marshall Haferkamp, Charles E. Jordan, Phillip L. Sims
1999 – Richard H. Hart, Douglas A. Johnson, Robert Knight, Charles E. McGlothlin, Gerald E. Schuman
1998 – Wilbert H. Blackburn, George B. Ruyle, James T. O’Rourke, Patricia S. Johnson
1997 – Reldon F. Beck, Joel A. Frandsen, John L. McLain, Sid E. Salzman
1996 – Arthur J. Armbrust, Kenneth O. Fulgham, Mark Moseley, Thomas N. Shiflet, Carl L. Wambolt
1995 – Rodney D. Baumberger, Jim W. Doughty, Allan McGinty, Ed Nelson, Jennifer J. Pluhar
1994 – C. Rex Cleary, Harold Goetz, James R. Johnson, Steven S. Waller, Larry D. White
1993 – C. Wayne Hanselka, John R. Lacey, Charles Saulisberry, J.E. “Chuck” Taylor
1992 – James A. Linebaugh, John E. Mitchell, Donald W. Nelson, Jr., Marilyn J. Samuel, J. Kent Taylor
1991 – Randall R. Hall, Michael C. Stroud, James Stubbendieck, Faisal K. Taha, William Whetsell, J. Ross Wight
1990 – Gary B. Donart, Russel James Lorenz, Gene F. Payne, Tommy G. Welch
1989 – Thane J. Johnson, Ronald E. Sosebee
1988 – F. E. Busby, Don D. Dwyer, Herbert G. Fisser, Gary W. Frasier, Kendall L. Johnson
1987 – Thadis W. Box, S. Wesley Hyatt, Kenneth D. Sanders
1986 – Neil C. Frischknecht, Joseph B. Norris, Jr., Rex D. Pieper
1985 – Pat O. Currie, Bill E. Dahl, Reginald M. DeNio, Clare W. Hendee, Robert W. Lodge
1984 – John R. Hunter, S. Clark Martin, Joseph L. Schuster, W. J. Waldrip, Robert M. Williamson
1983 – William A. Laycock, Bob J. Ragsdale
1982 – Grant A. Harris, Ervin M. Schmutz
1981 – Jay R. Bentley, F. Robert Gartner, Donald W. Hedrick, Floyd D. Larson
1980 – Thomas E. Bedell, Charles M. Jarecki, David B. Polk, Sylvester Smoliak
1979 – Harold H. Biswell, Donald F. Burzlaff, John T. Cassady, Elizabeth Colbert, Wilbur F. Currier, Barry N. Freeman, V. M. Harris, Garlyn O. Hoffman, Alvin C. Hull Jr., Donald N. Hyder, Donald E. Johnson, Lyman G. Linger, William J. Little, Charles H. McKinnon, John L. Merrill Jr., Charles E. Poulton, Laurence E. Riordan, John L. Schwendiman, Arthur D. Smith
1978 – John L. Artz, Alan A. Beetle, Thomas K. Eaman, Richard E. Eckert, Carlton S. Fonte, Dillard H. Gates, William D. Hurst, Donald L. Huss, Floyd E. Kinsinger, Charles L. Leinweber, E. H. McIlvain, Alastair McLean, Daniel L. Merkel, Karl G. Parker, A. Perry Plummer, Jeff Powell, J. Boyd Price, Gerald W. Thomas, Edwin W Tisdale, Clinton H. Wasser, Robert E. Williams, Lincoln Ellison (Post), Fred Kennedy (Post), K. W. Parker (Post), Gerald W Sharp (Post)
1977 – E. William Anderson, Hershel M. Bell, Lester J. Berry, Lorenz F. Bredemeier, Robert S. Campbell, W. Ridgely Chapline, John G. Clouston, C. Wayne Cook, Don A. Cox, Edsko J. Dyksterhuis, John D. Freeman, Martin H. Gonzales, Harold F. Heady, Peter V. Jackson III, Alex Johnston, Wayne Kessler, W. G. McGinnies Sr., Edward A. McKinnon, Melvin S. Morris, Joseph F. Pechanec, Elbert H. Reid, Frederic G. Renner, Robert L. Ross, Gerald W. Tomanek, Gilberto Valdez, Warren C. Whitman, Berten W. Allred (Post), Francis T. Colbert (Post), Milo H. Deming (Post), Walt L. Dutton (Post), A. L. Hafenrichter (Post), Donald E. Hervey (Post), A. D. Sampson (Post), David A. Savage (Post), L. A. Stoddart (Post), Murrell W. Talbot (Post), Joe A. Wagner (Post), Wilton T. White (Post), E. J. Woolfolk (Post), Vernon A. Young (Post)

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.

RECIPIENTS:

Year	Research/Academia	Stewardship
2019	Dr. David S. Pilliod	Thomas Warren
2018	Dr. Daniel D. Cook, Dr. Robert C. Ehrhart, Dr. Bradford P. Wilcox
2017	Dr. Wendy Christine Gardner, Dr. Del W. Despain
2016	Dr. David B. Wester	Chuck J. Perry
2015	Dr. Karen Hickman Dr. Stephanie Larson-Praplan	Five Creeks Rangeland Restoration Project Working Group John Harper William J. Keller Dr. Victor R. Squires
2014	Dr. Maria Fernandez-Gimenez Dr. Urs Kreuter	Kevin Guinn Sandy Wyman Dennis Thompson
2013	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	No Recipients	William F. Schroeder RMFRA Mike J. Malmberg Richard H. “Hugh” Barrett, Jr.
2011	Dr. Kelly W. Allred Dr. Kenneth W. Tate / Dr. Rob Atwill Dr. Robin J. Tausch	JR Bell Chris Nykoluk Gail E. & Mildred Cramer Sharp Timothy J. Steffens James R. Traux William D. Zeedyk
2010	Dr. Samuel D. Fuhlendorf Dr. Jeffrey E. Herrick Dr. Ann L. Hild Dr. Karen L. Launchbaugh Dr. Bruce A. Roundy Dr. Jose Alfonso “Poncho” Ortega-Santos Dr. Tamzen K. Stringham	John D. & Lynne M. Breese Stevie Collins Harvey A. Sprock
2009	Dr. Jon Bates Dr. Brandon T. Bestelmeyer Dr. Ed. L. Fredrickson Dr. Edmundo Garcia-Moya Dr. Neil R. Rimbey Dr. Tony J. Svejcar	Dan M. Caudle Philbert M. Gonzales (John) David Graham Stephen A. Nelle Mary B. Reece
2008	Dr. R. James Ansley Dr. Charles H. Butterfield Dr. J. Richard Conner Dr. Robert (Bob) K. Lyons Dr. Jerry D. Volesky	Jennifer J. Pluhar Karyn Scalise
2007	Dr. Terrance D. Booth Duane McCartney Dr. Kevin K. Sedivec Dr. Roger L. Sheley Dr. L. Allen Torrell Dr. John W. Walker	Christopher Dale Allison Dr. Charles R. Hart Mark E. Moseley John Williams
2006	Dr. Amitrajeet A. Batabyal Dr. Justin D. Derner Dr. Linda Hardesty Dr. M. Keith Owens Dr. Tony J. Svejcar	P. Robert “Bob” Alexander Castleland Ranch: Ted & Olive Perrin Jeffery L. Printz Rangeland Health Team: Jeffrey E. Herrick, Mike L. Pellant, David A. Pyke, Pat L. Shaver Michel E. Tremblay
2005	David C. Ganskopp Wayne Hamilton Douglas E. Johnson Robert A. Masters Jack A. Morgan H. Wayne Polley	Jack D. Alexander Larry D. Butler Fermin G. Chavez Tamara DeCock Curtis M. Johnson Robert M. Thompson
Special Note:	In 2005, the Outstanding Achievement Awards were split into two groups: Research/Academia and Stewardship.
2004	Dean M. Anderson Thomas W. Boutton Joel R. Brown Timothy E. Fulbright	C. Wayne Hanselka Don Kirby Paul D. Ohlenbusch Steve Whisenant
2003	Alfred H. Bawtree Donald R. Blumenauer John Brock James Everitt	Elaine Grings Thomas A. Jones William E. Pinchak
2002	Michael Borman Taylor Brown Steve Hatch	Steve Leonard Richard F. Miller Walter H. Schacht
2001	Barbara Allen-Diaz Terrence G. Bidwell Wayne C. Leininger Allan McGinty	Charles A. Taylor Dwight A. Tober Darrell Ueckert Jack & Merry Vandervalk
2000	John D. Berdahl Grazing & Pasture Technology Programs Jonathan D. Hanson Mike Pellant	Michael Ralphs Nancy Shaw Robert B. Shaw
1999	Barry Adams Dale Bartos Ben Berlinger Christopher Call	Richard Olson James A. Pfister G. Allen Rasmussen Floyd Reed
1998	David M. Engle Rodney G. Lym Stephen E. Clubine	Jerry L. Holechek Linda Rexroat
1997	William T. Barker David A. Bryant Albert B. Frank Sherel Goodrich Dave Krosting	Roy L. Roath Keith E. Severson Fred E. Smeins Harold Wiedemann Dan Uresk
1996	Jack R. Cutshall Gary W. Frasier Margaret H. Friedel Melvin R. George Robert L. Gillen	Douglas A. Johnson F.T. McCollum, III Maynard Smith Family Jerry W. Stuth Sherman R. Swanson
1995	Steven R. Archer John C. Buckhouse Rawson Dennis Child Jerrold L. Dodd Kris M. Havstad	Merwyn M. Kothmann Herman S. Mayeux Gerald E. Schuman Steven Sharrow
1994	Linda A. Joyce Frederick D. Provenza Barron D. Rector	Edward F. Redente Phillip L. Sims Ronald E. Sosebee
1993	W. James Clawson James P. Dobrowolski D. Lynn Drawe Robert P. Gibbens Larry R. Rittenhouse	Sam L. Short Michael A. Smith David J. Steffen Larry M. White
1992	Herbert G. Fisser Erling T. Jacobson E. Durant McArthur	Lucio E. Rodriguez Quentin D. Skinner Delmar D. Vail
1991	E.T. Bartlett K. Lynn Bennett D. Wayne Elmore Rodney K. Heitschmidt	Stephen B. Monsen Larry D. White Oregon Watershed Development Coalition
1990	Rodney W. Bovey James E. Bowns Edward J. DePuit	R. Duane Lloyd M.J. Trlica
1989	Charles D. Bonham Richard H. Hart William K. Lauenroth	James T. Nichols Clenton E. Owensby Alma H. Winward
1988	Sherman R. Ewing Richard M. Hanson	John R. Lacey Faisal K. Taha
1987	Wilbert H. Blackburn Henry F. Mayland Donald T. Pendleton	Leonard B. Purdy John F. Vallentine
1986	Harold H. Biswell Minoru Hironaka Charles E. Poulton	Thomas N. Shiflet Patricia G. Smith James A. Young
1985	Pat O. Currie William A. Laycock William J. McGinnies, Jr.	Henry A. Pearson Charles J. Scifres
1984	Edward P. Cliff Ralph S. Cole Bill E. Dahl Charles E. Fisher	James W. Giltmier James K. Lewis Mont E. Lewis, Sr. Alma M. Wilson
1983	Robert E. Bement Richard S. Driscoll	Donald A. Jameson Henry A. Wright
1982	John F. Hughes Myron Thomas Wallace
1981	Sharp Bros. Seed Company Forrest A. Sneva
1980	None Given
1979	David E. Hutchinson John Gordon King	Jeff Powell William H. Stewart
1978	John W. Bohning Richard E. Eckert Robert R. Humphrey	E. Lavelle Thompson George M. Van Dyne
1977	Alan A. Beetle Claude C. Dillon John D. Freeman	Fred J. Fritz Daniel L. Merkel
1976	Robert W. Harris Maxwell T. Lieurance Alastair McLean Leo B. Merrill	John L. Schwendiman Lee A. Sharp Sylvester Smoliak
1975	Donald L. Huss S. Clark Martin	Arthur D. Smith Alfred H. Walker
1974	Wilbur F. Currier Alvin C. Hull, Jr. Melvin S. Morris	A. Perry Plummer Otto J. Wolff
1973	Donald N. Hyder Lyman G. Linger William G. McGinnies, Sr.	E. H. McIlvain Charles H. McKinnon
1972	Kling L. Anderson Marion E. Clawson C. Wayne Cook Reginald M. DeNio	August L. Hormay Joseph H. Robertson Robert L. Ross Edwin W. Tisdale
1971	Wallace R. Hanson Herbert A. Lundin Elbert H. Reid	Murrell W. Talbot Warren C. Whitman
1970	David F. Costello Martin H. Gonzales	Alex Johnston Gerald W. Thomas
1969	Berten W. Allred Evan L. Flory	Harold F. Heady
1968	E. William Anderson Kenneth W. Parker	Frederic G. Renner
1967	Robert S. Campbell W. Ridgely Chapline Edsko J. Dyksterhuis	Joseph F. Pechanec Laurence A. Stoddart

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.

RECIPIENTS: 2019

Rob Cook

Dr. Derek Scasta

Dr. Hailey Wilmer

2018 – Blayr Gourley, Dr. Lauren Porensky, Dr. Mitchell Stephenson
2017 – Dr. Torre J. Hovick, Mae Lynn Smith 
2016 – Lovina M. Englund, Dr. David Toledo, Dr. Dirac Twidwell
2015 – Chad Ellis, Dr. Ryan F. Limb, Dr. Leslie M. Roche
2014 – Angela Reid 2013 – Meribeth L. Lomkin, Brian A. Mealor, Rachel D. Mealor
2012 – Kristin L. Miller, Sherry A. Leis, Dustin D. Johnson
2011 – Dr. David J. Augustine, Dr. R. Dwayne Elmore, Douglas Jeffrey Goodwin
2010 – Dr. Kirk Davies, Dr. Amy C. Ganguli, Dr. Thomas Aaron Monaco
2009 – Dr. Tracey K. Brewer, Dr. Jeremy J. James, Dr. Jane Mangold
2008 – Bill S. L. Houston, Cynthia McArthur, Cody B. Scott
2007 – Duane K. Coombs, Dr. Paul J. Meiman
2006 – Jason C. Hohlt, Lee A. Knox, Melissa R. Teague
2005 – Chad S. Boyd, Wendy Gardner, Lance Vermeire
2004 – Edward Bork, Wade Anderson
2003 – Keith D. Klement 2002 – Daniel G. Bell, Justin Derner
2001 – William E. Fox 2000 – Kenneth Tate
1999 – Samuel D. Fuhlendorf, Charles Hart, Scott Walker
1998 – Kevin K. Sedivec
1997 – Natalie Gale
1996 – Karen Launchbaugh
1995 – Melony C. Sikes
1994 – Elena Shaw
1993 – Kevin D. Norton
1992 – Joe D. Franklin
1991 – Dale Rollins
1990 – David M. Engle
1989 – Steven H. Sharrow
1988 – James H. Richards

(Formerly the Young Professionals Conclave Outstanding Apprentice Award -YPC OA)

Requires membership and is presented by the Society to an individual member who has shown outstanding dedication to the Society within the first five (5) years of their career. This award is meant as an encouragement for young professionals that make the difficult transition from SRM student member, to fully-engaged professional members of the society.

RECIPIENTS:

2019 – Rory C. O’Connor

2018 – Mary Jo Foley-Birrenkott YPC OA
2017 – Matthew Clay Coffman YPC OA
2016 – Dr. Kasey Lane DeAtley YPC OA
2015 – Jamin Johanson YPC OA