Bill Text: TX HR974 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring the recipients of the 2017 and 2018 TPWD Lone Star Land Steward Awards and the Leopold Conservation Awards.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-04-17 - Reported enrolled [HR974 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR974-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 974 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Across the Lone Star State, an elite group of | ||
| ranchers and farmers 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 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 Award in 2017 was the | ||
| Dixon Water Foundation, owner of the Dixon Ranches in Parker, | ||
| Cooke, and Presidio Counties; the 2017 Land Steward Award winners | ||
| also included Mark Brown of Brown Ranch in Fayette County, Mike | ||
| Harris 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 other 2018 Land Steward 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 diverse ecologies of the Lone | ||
| Star State depend greatly on careful stewardship by its landowners, | ||
| and these conscientious and hardworking Texans are helping to | ||
| preserve precious 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. 974 was adopted by the House on April | ||
| 12, 2019, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
