Program Accreditation Committee

Accreditation of Professional Programs in Range Management Education

The responsibility for accreditation of professional programs in range management education is accepted by the Society for Range Management. Accreditation of professional programs is a proven and accepted approach successfully used by such professions as medicine, law, engineering and forestry for several decades.

The objectives of accreditation include:

1. establishment of recognized minimum standards in education
2. improvement of the quality of professional education
3. identification of schools having programs meeting or exceeding acceptable standards.

Listed below are the SRM Accredited Universities. If you would like further information on accreditation of range management education programs, please contact the Executive Vice President at 303-986-3309.

• Colorado State University
• Oregon State University
• New Mexico State University
  
• Texas A&M University
  
• Texas A&M University-Kingsville
• Texas Tech University
• University of Arizona
• University of Idaho
  
• Montana State University
  
• University of Wyoming
  
• Utah State University
  
• South Dakota State University
  
• Universidad Autonoma Agraria Antonio Narro

Members

(as of 2/13/2019)

• Chair: Kim Stine
  Chair: 2/2018 – 2/2020
• Chair-Elect (2018-2020): Jeff Fehmi
  Chair 2/2020-2/2023
  
• BoD Representative: Karen Hickman
  Email:  karen.hickman@okstate.edu

Kim Stine (agency or NGO)
Term: 2/2016 – 2/2020
Email:  kimberlistine@gmail.com

Jeff Beck (accred Univ)
Term: 2/2015 – 2/2020
Email:  jlbeck@uwyo.edu

Paul Meiman  (accred Univ)
Term: 2/2017 – 2/2019
Email:  paul.meiman@colostate.edu

Sherm Swanson (non-accred)
Term: 2/2017 – 2/2020
Email:  sswanson@cabnr.unr.edu

Carlos Villalobos  (accred Univ)
Term: 2/2017 – 2/2020
Email:  c.villalobos@ttu.edu

Carlos Ochoa (accred Univ)
Term: 2/2018 – 2/2021
Email:  Carlos.Ochoa@oregonstate.edu

Brenda Simpson (agency or NGO)
Term: 2/2019 – 2/2022
Email:  brenda.simpson@nm.usda.gov

Susan Edinger-Marshall (non-accred)
Term: 2/2019 – 2/2022
sem11@humboldt.edu

Society for Range Management Accredited Universities