SPARKS, NEVADA – Dr. Brandon Bestelmeyer received the W.R. Chapline Research Awardat the Society for Range Management’s 77th Annual Meeting in Sparks, Nevada last week. This is the highest honor bestowed to a research scientist by the Society. The award is presented in recognition of major research accomplishments in the areas of grazing management…
Read MoreSPARKS, NEVADA – Dr. Derek Bailey received the Sustained Lifetime Achievement Award at the Society for Range Management’s 77th Annual Meeting in Sparks, Nevada last week. The Sustained Lifetime Achievement Award is presented by the Society for Range Management to members for long-term contributions to the art and science of range management and to the…
Read MoreSPARKS, NEVADA – Dr. Karen Launchbaugh, a 45-year member and leader in the Society for Range Management (SRM) and a Professor of Rangeland Ecology at the University of Idaho received the Frederic G. Renner Award at the Society for Range Management’s 77th Annual Meeting in Sparks, Nevada last week. The Renner Award is the most…
Read MoreSPARKS, NEVADA – At the Society for Range Management’s 77th Annual Meeting in Sparks, Nevada, last week, Dr. Kevin Sedivec began his two-year term as a member of the Board of Directors. Dr. Sedivec has been a SRM member since 1987 and has served as Program Committee Co-Chair for two Annual Meetings…
Read MoreSPARKS, NEVADA – At the Society for Range Management’s 77th Annual Meeting in Sparks, Nevada, last week, Dr. Mark Thorne began his two-year term as a member of the Board of Directors. Dr. Thorne has been a SRM member since 1995 and has served on several committees since then and been actively involved in…
Read MoreSPARKS, NEVADA – At the Society for Range Management’s 77th Annual Meeting in Sparks, Nevada, last week, Dr. John Walker was installed as the Society’s 2nd Vice President. He will serve a three-year term, becoming the 2026 Society for Range Management (SRM) President. Dr. Walker has been a SRM member since 1976 and served…
Read MoreSPARKS, NEVADA – At the Society for Range Management’s 77th Annual Meeting in Sparks, Nevada last week, Dr. Jeff Goodwin was installed as the Society’s 1st Vice President. He is on the second of his three-year term, set to become the 2025 Society for Range Management (SRM) President. Dr. Goodwin currently works as…
Read MoreKaren Hickman SPARKS, NEVADA – At the Society for Range Management’s 77th Annual Meeting in Sparks, Nevada last week, Dr. Karen Hickman was installed as the Society’s President. Dr. Hickman is a professor and Director of the Environmental Science program in the Ferguson College of Agriculture at Oklahoma State University, and serves as the Director…
Read MoreSPARKS, NEVADA – Over 1,600 range enthusiasts varying from agency personnel to students and ranch managers to industry professionals experienced “Change on the Range” during the Society for Range Management’s (SRM) 77th Annual Meeting in Sparks, Nevada last week. “It was a great meeting with over 1600 attendees from a…
Read MoreInitially, I didn't readily embrace the idea of taking on a leadership role within SRM; in fact, I said 'no' a couple of times. Like many of us, various factors made 'no' seem like the sensible choice: I was at an early stage in my career, facing financial constraints, deeply…
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