EXCELLENCE IN RANGELAND MANAGEMENT AWARD

This is a poster competition for Sections.

This award honors exemplary rangeland management and recognizes the "best of the best" from among Section Excellence in Range Management Award winners. The awards will be presented at the annual SRM awards ceremony.

The objective of the award is as follows:

• To demonstrate and publicize to the public, and other range managers, outstanding examples of management which result in long-term health of the range resource while providing efficient production of livestock, wood products, water, supporting wildlife, esthetic values, and other non-commodity values.

Sections are encouraged to present recent winners (2 per year maximum) of their Excellence in Range Management award or other suitable nominations in a poster presentation representing outstanding ranches or other land management operation.

Existing procedures and poster criteria for the respective annual meeting will govern the poster presentations. The posters presented will be judged on which poster best conveys Excellence in Rangeland Management. They will be judged by the Awards Committee.

Contact your Section awards representative or the Chair of the Society awards committee if your section will be presenting a poster at the upcoming annual meeting. Please use the SRM mini-directory or http://www.rangelands.org/awards/awards_members.shtml for contact information.

Sections must indicate their intent to bring forth an ERM poster(s) no later than December 15th by submitting the following information to the SRM Awards Committee Chair, via email:

1. Section affiliation
2. Title of Poster
3. Abstract (max 100 words)

Please see the following links for Qualifications and Judging Criteria.

ERM Qualifications: http://www.rangelands.org/awards/pdf/Qualifications ERM_Award.pdf

ERM Judging Criteria: http://www.rangelands.org/awards/pdf/Judging Criteria ERM_Award.pdf