Bill Text: TX SR438 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating the 2017 and 2018 recipients of the Lone Star Land Steward Awards and the Leopold Conservation Awards.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-19 - Reported enrolled [SR438 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SR438-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, A group of ranchers and farmers from across the | ||
| Lone Star State has 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,whilethe2018EcoregionAwardwinnersincludedDeborah | ||
| 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 Senate of the State of Texas, 86th | ||
| 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 Senate. | ||
| Flores | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on March 19, 2019. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
