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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A group of ranchers and farmers from across the Lone |
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Star State have received recognition as the 2017 and 2018 winners of |
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the Lone Star Land Steward Awards and the Leopold Conservation |
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Awards; and |
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WHEREAS, Established in 1996 by the Texas Parks and Wildlife |
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Department, the Lone Star Land Steward Awards celebrate excellence |
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in private land conservation by recognizing landowners for their |
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outstanding stewardship of our state's land, water, and wildlife |
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resources; more than 225 Texas landowners have been recognized to |
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date, and each year, the overall state winner is presented with the |
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Leopold Conservation Award, which is sponsored by the Sand County |
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Foundation; and |
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WHEREAS, The recipient of the Leopold Conservation Award in |
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2017 was the Dixon Water Foundation, owner of Dixon Ranches in |
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Parker, Cooke, and Presidio Counties; the 2017 Ecoregion Award |
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winners also included Mark Brown of Brown Ranch in Fayette County, |
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Mike Harris and John Sewell of Harris Ranch in Uvalde and Kinney |
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Counties, Kim Bergman and Pam Mabry Bergman of Three Mile Creek |
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Ranch in Gillespie County, the Michaux family of Solana Ranch in |
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Bell and Williamson Counties, Greg Grant of Arcadia in Shelby |
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County, CEMEX USA and J. Austin Ranches of El Carmen Land and |
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Conservation Company in Brewster County, and Rod and Mary Hench of |
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Wild Wings Ranch in Scurry County; and |
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WHEREAS, In 2018, the Leopold Conservation Award went to |
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Rolanette and Berdon Lawrence of Laborcitas Creek Ranch in Brooks |
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County, while the 2018 Ecoregion Award winners included Deborah |
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Clark and Emry Birdwell of Birdwell and Clark Ranch in Clay County, |
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Christopher Harte and William Harte of Spicewood Ranch in Burnet |
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County, Nelson Roach of Couch Mountain in Camp County, Tamara and |
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Justin Trail of Trail Ranch in Shackelford County, the |
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Hughes-Sasser Partnership of Billingsley Ranch in Presidio and Jeff |
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Davis Counties, and the Alum Creek Wildlife Management Association |
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in Bastrop County; and |
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WHEREAS, The natural beauty and ecological diversity of the |
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Lone Star State depend greatly on careful stewardship by its |
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landowners, and these conscientious and hardworking Texans are |
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helping to preserve precious natural and cultural resources for |
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future generations; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate the 2017 and 2018 recipients of the |
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Lone Star Land Steward Awards and the Leopold Conservation Awards |
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and extend to them sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for each recipient as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |