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SRM ANNUAL MEETING HIGHLIGHTS AS REPORTED BY DR. SANDY SMART

60th Annual Meeting of the Society for Range Management

February 10-15th 2007 - Reno, Nevada

URME team placed 10th out of 22 schools; 152 students took the exam.

Jason Biel, Wilmot, SD

Shane Deranleau, Newell, SD

Shawn Harwood, Union Center, SD

Dave Hodgson, Lemmon, SD

Shannon Ims, Granite Falls, MN

Wacey Kirkpatrick, Hayes, SD

Chris Misar, Scotland, SD

Trevis Olson, Mitchell, SD

Heather Richter, Morristown, MN

Garret Schweitzer, Lemmon, SD

Melissa Staples, Morris, MN

Shelly Taylor, Taylor, NE

Plant ID team placed 5th out of 17 schools, 90 students took the exam.

Jason Biel

Chris Misar

Melissa Staples
 

Graduate Students in Attendance:

Tara Cook, Sioux Falls, SD

Melisa Staples

Matt Bahm, Wildlife and Fisheries -1 paper presented
 

Faculty in attendance:

Gary Larson, Bio/Micro – Plant ID coach

Lan Xu, Bio/Micro – 1 paper

Roger Gates – 1 paper

Pat Johnson – 1 paper

Sandy Smart – 5 papers, URME coach

Undergraduate Papers Presented:

  1. • Heather Richter, "Effects of Fall Wildfire and Summer Drought on Central South Dakota Grazing Lands"
  1. • Wendy Wells, "Fire Effects Monitoring in the Great Plains"

On-the-spot hires:

  1. • Doug Myhre, December 06 graduate from Lemmon, SD was hired by the Forest Service for a job in Colorado.
  1. • Trevis Olson, was hired by the Bureau of Land Management for a job in Arizona.

Student Conclave:

Shelly Taylor was elected to Secretary

Masonic Range Scholarship:

Shelly Taylor

South Dakota Section Dinner:

30 in attendance

International Excellence in Range Management Award:

Bill Slovek Ranch, Philip, SD, 1s

High School Youth Forum:

Joe Reedy, Newell, SD was the SD delegate. He was elected President and will be participating at Louisville next year.



       

       




 

   

 

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