Society for Range Management

The USU Range Club, or the USU student chapter of the Society for Range Management, is a group of students interested in range science and related fields. The chapter works to promote the development of future range science professionals, continuing education of members and the public, and sustainable rangeland ecosystems.

The USU Range Club is open to any student who is interested in western rangeland and wildlands and membership is free. As a member, we ask that you participate in any or all of our activities throughout the year. Upcoming events will be advertised in the Natural Resources building Atrium. If you are interested in becoming involved, drop by the club office (NR112), e-mail nradvise@cc.usu.edu, or call 797-1270. We look forward to hearing from you and hope to see you during the upcoming year!

President
    Jamin Johanson        jamin.j@aggiemail.usu.edu
Vice President
    Trent Staheli           trent.staheli@aggiemail.usu.edu
Secretary
    McKenzie Smith        mckenzieas@usu.edu

As a club, we sponsor several activities throughout the year. These activities allow us to learn about current issues in range, offer educational opportunities to the community, get to know each other and professionals within our field, and most importantly, have fun! Annual activities include the College of Natural Resources Christmas party, sleigh riding, fence post cutting work days, and opening and closing socials. Ongoing projects include educational workshops and participation in competitions at the national Society for Range Management meeting.

Newsletters

March 2008

SRM Meetings

59th - Vancover, Canada 2006
60th - Reno, Nevada February 10-16, 2007
61st - Louisville, Kentucky January 26-31, 2008
USU Range Science Team Captures Top Honor Second Year in a Row
62nd - Alburquerque, New Mexico February8-13, 2009 Start Planning!! Meeting Information

Our students have once again won the Rangeland Cup, a prestigious national trophy for an undergraduate competition. In this competition each team is presented with an academic challenge that they have to address with a poster and then defend verbally to a panel of anonymous judges who mingle with the crowd and ask questions on the spot from whomever is manning the poster at the time.

This year the challenge of the competition was as follows: What role does livestock grazing play in the long-term conservation of rangelands? What are the benefits and consequences of livestock grazing in this contemporary conservation-livestock production interface? Explain your answer using support from scientific literature. Design an educational program to inform those people who may not be familiar with rangeland ecology and management about your concept of the relationship between livestock grazing and rangeland conservation.

Our team this year was Casey Addy, Ashley Hansen, and Katie Santini (listed alphabetically), and the faculty mentor was Chris Call. Note that last year Katie Santini was also in the winning team (at Reno), and it is wonderful that our students are bringing this cup home again for the second time in a row.

Newsletters

SRM Meetings

Rangeland Cup 2008