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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, A group of ranchers and farmers from across the Lone |
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| 6 | 7 | | Star State have received recognition as the 2017 and 2018 winners of |
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| 7 | 8 | | the Lone Star Land Steward Awards and the Leopold Conservation |
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| 8 | 9 | | Awards; and |
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| 9 | 10 | | WHEREAS, Established in 1996 by the Texas Parks and Wildlife |
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| 10 | 11 | | Department, the Lone Star Land Steward Awards celebrate excellence |
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| 11 | 12 | | in private land conservation by recognizing landowners for their |
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| 12 | 13 | | outstanding stewardship of our state's land, water, and wildlife |
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| 13 | 14 | | resources; more than 225 Texas landowners have been recognized to |
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| 14 | 15 | | date, and each year, the overall state winner is presented with the |
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| 15 | 16 | | Leopold Conservation Award, which is sponsored by the Sand County |
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| 16 | 17 | | Foundation; and |
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| 17 | 18 | | WHEREAS, The recipient of the Leopold Conservation Award in |
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| 18 | 19 | | 2017 was the Dixon Water Foundation, owner of Dixon Ranches in |
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| 19 | 20 | | Parker, Cooke, and Presidio Counties; the 2017 Ecoregion Award |
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| 20 | 21 | | winners also included Mark Brown of Brown Ranch in Fayette County, |
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| 21 | 22 | | Mike Harris and John Sewell of Harris Ranch in Uvalde and Kinney |
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| 22 | 23 | | Counties, Kim Bergman and Pam Mabry Bergman of Three Mile Creek |
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| 23 | 24 | | Ranch in Gillespie County, the Michaux family of Solana Ranch in |
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| 24 | 25 | | Bell and Williamson Counties, Greg Grant of Arcadia in Shelby |
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| 25 | 26 | | County, CEMEX USA and J. Austin Ranches of El Carmen Land and |
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| 26 | 27 | | Conservation Company in Brewster County, and Rod and Mary Hench of |
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| 27 | 28 | | Wild Wings Ranch in Scurry County; and |
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| 28 | 29 | | WHEREAS, In 2018, the Leopold Conservation Award went to |
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| 29 | 30 | | Rolanette and Berdon Lawrence of Laborcitas Creek Ranch in Brooks |
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| 30 | 31 | | County, while the 2018 Ecoregion Award winners included Deborah |
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| 31 | 32 | | Clark and Emry Birdwell of Birdwell and Clark Ranch in Clay County, |
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| 32 | 33 | | Christopher Harte and William Harte of Spicewood Ranch in Burnet |
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| 33 | 34 | | County, Nelson Roach of Couch Mountain in Camp County, Tamara and |
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| 34 | 35 | | Justin Trail of Trail Ranch in Shackelford County, the |
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| 35 | 36 | | Hughes-Sasser Partnership of Billingsley Ranch in Presidio and Jeff |
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| 36 | 37 | | Davis Counties, and the Alum Creek Wildlife Management Association |
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| 37 | 38 | | in Bastrop County; and |
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| 38 | 39 | | WHEREAS, The natural beauty and ecological diversity of the |
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| 39 | 40 | | Lone Star State depend greatly on careful stewardship by its |
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| 40 | 41 | | landowners, and these conscientious and hardworking Texans are |
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| 41 | 42 | | helping to preserve precious natural and cultural resources for |
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| 42 | 43 | | future generations; now, therefore, be it |
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| 43 | 44 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas |
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| 44 | 45 | | Legislature hereby congratulate the 2017 and 2018 recipients of the |
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| 45 | 46 | | Lone Star Land Steward Awards and the Leopold Conservation Awards |
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| 46 | 47 | | and extend to them sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it |
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| 47 | 48 | | further |
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| 48 | 49 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 49 | 50 | | prepared for each recipient as an expression of high regard by the |
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| 50 | 51 | | Texas House of Representatives. |
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