“OUTSTANDING WOMAN OR MAN OF THE RANGE “

A candidate for Outstanding Range Woman or Man must meet the following criteria:

1. The candidate must be actively engaged in ranching or livestock farming, or in the professional fields dealing with range management, which may be teaching, research, advice and counseling, technical assistance, or information such as magazines, newspapers, radio and TV, or a business vitally interested in the betterment of the field of range management.

2. The candidate must be recognized leader, one that is accepted over at least a large segment of the State, if not statewide, as being a progressive, enterprising person ever looking ahead to improvement of range management.

3. The candidate must be interested in the promotion and advancement of the art and science of range management, and preferably, though not required, a member of the Wyoming Section, Society for Range Management.

If the candidate is a rancher or livestock farmer, he/she must be practicing an outstanding range and livestock management program on his/her individual operation. He/she should be a cooperator with his/her soil conservation district if privately owned land is involved. He/she must have demonstrated cooperation with the local USFS ranger district, BLM resource area, or other federal (USFS, BOR, NPS, DOD) management agency if public land is involved. He/she should be a supporter of 4-H and FFA programs; active in livestock associations; and otherwise showing his/her interest in the development and implementation of sound range management,

If the candidate is professionally engaged in the range management field, he/she must be active in professional and scientific societies, a frequent attendant at meetings of such societies and participant to such meetings, a contributor of technical or popular type releases to publications of various kinds, and otherwise more than just an employee of some agency or business.

If the candidate is a businessman (woman) or a representative of business, he/she should display unselfish interest and activity towards the advancement and improvement of range management. He/she should be actively engaged in and giving support to various programs and organizations dedicated to range management.

4. This final criterion must be given high priority in selection of a candidate and award winner. The candidate must have made a contribution to the advancement of the art and science of range management that is worthy of special recognition. It may have been made during the past year or previous years, but the contribution must still be recognized for its merit. Such contribution may consist of a new and better method of doing something in the range management field, an outstanding research project that has been significant in its result, an outstanding article, publication or information activity that has widely acclaimed development and application, an outstanding treatment and management program on an operation unit, or unusual leadership in the professional field of range conservation and management. These are examples, but not all, of the outstanding contributions that may be considered for an award.