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TSCRA Director Receives Outstanding Rangeland Steward Award at TSSRM State Meeting
T
SCRA DIRECTOR JOE LEATHERS, GENERAL MANAGER OF 6666 Ranch at Guthrie, was honored with the 2014 Outstanding Rangeland Stewardship award
during the Texas Section Society for Range Manage- ment’s (TSSRM) 65th state convention, held Oct. 7 to 9, in Marfa and Alpine. Leathers received the honor during an awards luncheon at the Kokernot Lodge. The award is given by
the Texas Section Society of Range Management and TSCRA in recognition of demonstrated skill and knowledge in practicing sound management and care of rangeland resourc- es.
The theme of the 2014
TSSRM state meeting was “Borderland Conserva- tion: Two Countries, One Cause.” The first day of the
event was held in Marfa at the Crowley Theater, where an Ecological Site Description Workshop and a Binational Symposium were conducted for the more than 250 attendees. “Topics of importance
potential to become invasive. Conversely, in the U.S., the greater emphasis on native wildlife species resulted in an emphasis on developing seed sources for locally adapted native plants.” The second day of the meeting featured fi eld tours
and student contests. Participants had to choose from four tours from the desert country of the Big Bend
Left to right, John Walker, president, Texas Section Society for Range Management; Joe Leath- ers, 6666 general manager and TSCRA director; and Michael Wilson, King County district conservationist. Wilson nominated the 6666 Ranch for the Outstanding Rangeland Stewardship Award.
to the conservation of rangelands on both sides of the border were discussed by experts from Mexico and the U.S.,” said Dr. John Walker, Texas A&M AgriLife Research resident director at San Angelo and TSSRM outgoing state president. “One difference that was noted between the two countries was the emphasis placed on livestock versus wildlife. Both are important regardless of which side of the border you come from, but the greater importance of livestock in Mexico made introduced forage species more important and less problematic regarding their
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National Park river road to the Ponderosa pine “sky island” at The Nature Conservancy Davis Mountains Preserve. Other tours offered opportunities to learn about rangeland restoration efforts at the CF and 02 ranches or grazing management on Dixon Water Foun- dation lands. To learn more about the Texas Section’s mission “to
provide leadership for the stewardship of rangelands based on sound ecological principles,” visit rangelands. org/texas.
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