W R Chapline Land Stewardship**
Requires SRM membership and effective maintenance or improvement of range resources with lasting efforts. Includes honorarium.
Prior Recipients
2025-Jose Alfonso Ortega-Santos (Click Here to view Press Release)
2024- Bob McCan2019 – 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.
2018 – John L. McLain
CLICK HERE to view the Awards Presentation Video
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.