Bill Text: TX HR690 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating the recipients of the 2017 and 2018 TPWD Lone Star Land Steward Awards and the Leopold Conservation Awards.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-22 - Reported enrolled [HR690 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR690-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 690 | ||
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| WHEREAS, A group of ranchers and farmers from across the Lone | ||
| Star State have received recognition as the 2017 and 2018 winners of | ||
| the Lone Star Land Steward Awards and the Leopold Conservation | ||
| Awards; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Established in 1996 by the Texas Parks and Wildlife | ||
| Department, the Lone Star Land Steward Awards celebrate excellence | ||
| in private land conservation by recognizing landowners for their | ||
| outstanding stewardship of our state's land, water, and wildlife | ||
| resources; more than 225 Texas landowners have been recognized to | ||
| date, and each year, the overall state winner is presented with the | ||
| Leopold Conservation Award, which is sponsored by the Sand County | ||
| Foundation; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The recipient of the Leopold Conservation Award in | ||
| 2017 was the Dixon Water Foundation, owner of Dixon Ranches in | ||
| Parker, Cooke, and Presidio Counties; the 2017 Ecoregion Award | ||
| winners also included Mark Brown of Brown Ranch in Fayette County, | ||
| Mike Harris and John Sewell of Harris Ranch in Uvalde and Kinney | ||
| Counties, Kim Bergman and Pam Mabry Bergman of Three Mile Creek | ||
| Ranch in Gillespie County, the Michaux family of Solana Ranch in | ||
| Bell and Williamson Counties, Greg Grant of Arcadia in Shelby | ||
| County, CEMEX USA and J. Austin Ranches of El Carmen Land and | ||
| Conservation Company in Brewster County, and Rod and Mary Hench of | ||
| Wild Wings Ranch in Scurry County; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In 2018, the Leopold Conservation Award went to | ||
| Rolanette and Berdon Lawrence of Laborcitas Creek Ranch in Brooks | ||
| County, while the 2018 Ecoregion Award winners included Deborah | ||
| Clark and Emry Birdwell of Birdwell and Clark Ranch in Clay County, | ||
| Christopher Harte and William Harte of Spicewood Ranch in Burnet | ||
| County, Nelson Roach of Couch Mountain in Camp County, Tamara and | ||
| Justin Trail of Trail Ranch in Shackelford County, the | ||
| Hughes-Sasser Partnership of Billingsley Ranch in Presidio and Jeff | ||
| Davis Counties, and the Alum Creek Wildlife Management Association | ||
| in Bastrop County; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The natural beauty and ecological diversity of the | ||
| Lone Star State depend greatly on careful stewardship by its | ||
| landowners, and these conscientious and hardworking Texans are | ||
| helping to preserve precious natural and cultural resources for | ||
| future generations; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby congratulate the 2017 and 2018 recipients of the | ||
| Lone Star Land Steward Awards and the Leopold Conservation Awards | ||
| and extend to them sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it | ||
| further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for each recipient as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Kacal | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 690 was adopted by the House on March | ||
| 21, 2019, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
