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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Since 2024, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department |
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has recognized the owners of two Culberson County ranches for their |
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excellence in conservation by presenting them with the Lone Star |
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Land Steward Ecoregion Award; and |
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WHEREAS, The Trans-Pecos Ecoregion Award was presented in |
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2024 to the W. C. Sibley family, owners of the Sibley Last Chance |
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Ranch; and |
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WHEREAS, In 2025, the same accolade was presented to the |
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Bar O Land and Cattle Company ranch, owned by Tim and Lou Edwards; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, The Lone Star Land Steward Awards were established |
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in 1996 as part of TPWD's Private Lands Program; the awards |
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publicize best practices by acknowledging landowners who set high |
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standards in wildlife conservation and habitat and natural resource |
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management; the honors help raise awareness of our state's |
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ecological diversity while highlighting the work of private |
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landowners who are committed to maintaining their property's land, |
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water, and wildlife; and |
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WHEREAS, Conscientious landowners play an essential role in |
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maintaining the beauty, natural resources, and sustained |
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ecological diversity of the Lone Star State, and through their |
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outstanding contributions, the W. C. Sibley Family and Tim and Lou |
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Edwards are helping to preserve these benefits for future |
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generations; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 89th Texas Legislature |
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hereby congratulate the W. C. Sibley family of the Sibley Last |
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Chance Ranch and Tim and Lou Edwards of the Bar O Land and Cattle |
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Company ranch on receiving the Lone Star Land Steward Trans-Pecos |
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Ecoregion Award and extend to them sincere best wishes for |
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continued success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the award winners as an expression of high regard by |
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the Texas Senate. |