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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 438
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WHEREAS, A group of ranchers and farmers from across the |
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Lone Star State has received recognition as the 2017 and 2018 |
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winners of the Lone Star Land Steward Awards and the Leopold |
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Conservation Awards; and |
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WHEREAS, Established in 1996 by the Texas Parks and |
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Wildlife Department, the Lone Star Land Steward Awards celebrate |
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excellence in private land conservation by recognizing |
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landowners for their outstanding stewardship of our state's |
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land, water, and wildlife resources; more than 225 Texas |
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landowners have been recognized to date, and each year, the |
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overall state winner is presented with the Leopold Conservation |
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Award, which is sponsored by the Sand County Foundation; and |
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WHEREAS, The recipient of the Leopold Conservation Award |
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in 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 |
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County, Mike Harris and John Sewell of Harris Ranch in Uvalde and |
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Kinney Counties, Kim Bergman and Pam Mabry Bergman of Three Mile |
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Creek Ranch in Gillespie County, the Michaux family of Solana |
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Ranch in Bell and Williamson Counties, Greg Grant of Arcadia in |
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Shelby County, CEMEX USA and J. Austin Ranches of El Carmen Land |
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and Conservation Company in Brewster County, and Rod and Mary |
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Hench of 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,whilethe2018EcoregionAwardwinnersincludedDeborah |
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Clark and Emry Birdwell of Birdwell and Clark Ranch in Clay |
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County, Christopher Harte and William Harte of Spicewood Ranch in |
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Burnet County, Nelson Roach of Couch Mountain in Camp County, |
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Tamara and Justin Trail of Trail Ranch in Shackelford County, the |
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Hughes-Sasser Partnership of Billingsley Ranch in Presidio and |
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Jeff Davis Counties, and the Alum Creek Wildlife Management |
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Association in Bastrop County; and |
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WHEREAS, The natural beauty and ecological diversity of |
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the 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 Senate of the State of Texas, 86th |
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Legislature, hereby congratulate the 2017 and 2018 recipients of |
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the Lone Star Land Steward Awards and the Leopold Conservation |
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Awards and extend to them sincere best wishes for the future; |
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and, be it 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 |
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the Texas Senate. |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on March 19, 2019. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |