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South Dakota Senate Bill SC819

South Dakota 2025 Regular Session

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9-A LEGISLATIVE COMMEMORATION, Honoring Blioux River Ranch as the 2024 Leopold
10-Conservation Award recipient.
11- WHEREAS, the Leopold Conservation Award, named for renowned conservationist Aldo
12-Leopold, recognizes farm and ranch families who demonstrate outstanding conservation leadership
13-on their land and in their communities; and
14- WHEREAS, a commitment to the health of South Dakota's natural resources is exemplified by
15-Blioux River Ranch, the recipient of the 2024 Leopold Conservation Award; and
16- WHEREAS, the emphasis of Eli Little, and his father, Barry, on conservation and integration of
17-livestock rotational grazing reduced input costs while increasing yields and productivity, thereby
18-allowing Eli to join the family operation as a partner; and
19- WHEREAS, the Littles began to focus on improving the soil's health on every acre of cropland
20-and pasture at the Blioux River Ranch by integrating two hundred cow -calf pairs into grazing
21-groups, which led to a decrease in the amount of land needed to annually feed each cow-calf pair;
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23- WHEREAS, the Little's rotational grazing allows pastures to flourish without the need for
24-synthetic fertilizer or pesticides, and encourages native plant species to bloom and provide food
25-sources for beneficial pollinators and wildlife;
26- NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT COMMEMORATED, by the One Hundredth Legislature of the State of
27-South Dakota, that Blioux River Ranch is the 2024 Leopold Conservation Award recipient.
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16+A LEGISLATIVE COMMEMORATION, Honoring Blioux River Ranch as the 2024 1
17+Leopold Conservation Award recipient. 2
18+ WHEREAS, the Leopold Conservation Award, named for renowned conservationist Aldo 3
19+Leopold, recognizes farm and ranch families who demonstrate outstanding conservation 4
20+leadership on their land and in their communities; and 5
21+ WHEREAS, a commitment to the health of South Dakota's natural resources is exemplified 6
22+by Blioux River Ranch, the recipient of the 2024 Leopold Conservation Award; and 7
23+ WHEREAS, the emphasis of Eli Little, and his father, Barry, on conservation and integration 8
24+of livestock rotational grazing reduced input costs while increasing yields and productivity, 9
25+thereby allowing Eli to join the family operation as a partner; and 10
26+ WHEREAS, the Littles began to focus on improving the soil's health on every acre of 11
27+cropland and pasture at the Blioux River Ranch by integrating two hundred cow-calf pairs into 12
28+grazing groups, which led to a decrease in the amount of land needed to annually feed each 13
29+cow-pair; and 14
30+ WHEREAS, the Little's rotational grazing allows pastures to flourish without the need for 15
31+synthetic fertilizer or pesticides, and encourages native plant species to bloom and provide 16
32+food sources for beneficial pollinators and wildlife; 17
33+ NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT COMMEMORATED, by the One Hundredth Legislature of the State 18
34+of South Dakota, that Blioux River Ranch is the 2024 Leopold Conservation Award recipient. 19