Carson City student picked as Society for Range Management delegate at upcoming forum
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Thu, 01/16/2020 - 11:25am
Carson High School Senior Cade Crookshanks, 17, has been selected by the Nevada Section of the Society for Range Management to participate in the High School Youth Forum, a SRM sponsored youth activity held jointly during the 73 Annual SRM meeting. The meeting will be held in Denver, Colo., Feb. 16-20, 2020.
The SRM is an international organization that strives to promote public awareness of the importance of sound management and use of rangeland, the world’s largest land base. In 1966, the SRM recognized a need to involve youth with the range-related activities and education provided at this annual meeting. Since that time, the HSYF has been a highlight of the SRM annual meetings. Volunteers of the SRM Student Activities Committee conduct the program.
Crookshanks has been involved in National Honors Society and the Advance Placement programs at Carson High School in Carson City. He has also, for the past three years, participated in Nevada Youth Range Camp, a week-long camp, sponsored by the Nevada Cooperative Extension and the Nevada Section of SRM, which focuses on the relationship between people and rangeland.
While at Range Camp Crookshanks earned the awards of “Big Buckaroo” for his leadership and “Trail Boss” for his knowledge of the scientific aspect of range management. He will be attending the University of Nevada, Reno in the fall, majoring in geological engineering through the Mackay School on Mines.
High School delegates to the HSYF are chose by each of the 21 individual sections of the parent society throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico, based on their high degree of interest in the range and natural resources field as well as on their exemplary dedication and effort to learn more about this particular area. While at the HSYF, they will have the opportunity to meet people from many countries and get a firsthand view of what SRM is all about including its organization, goals and the role it plays on a world-wide basis.
The goals of HSYF are to provide:
— insight for these students concerning the function and working of a professional society opportunities to meet Society members
— a format that encourages thinking and enhancement of communicative skills
— an opportunity to learn about range and natural resource management and future careers through interaction with Society professionals
— an opportunity to learn about the ecology and natural resources of the Annual Meeting site an atmosphere that fosters camaraderie and lasting friendships
As one of the more important activities, each delegate to the Forum competes in a paper presentation competition with the content covering a range-related topic. All presentations will be judged by a diverse panel of judges, with the top five papers being recognized at the SRM awards ceremony. The top paper winner will be invited to return to next year’s meeting to help with the Forum and present their paper to the general membership of the Society.
In addition, other activities will include a local ecological field tour of the meeting site and program to enhance communication skills.
Since the number of delegates that can attend each year is limited, selection for this activity is considered a high honor for those students selected. Because of this perspective, the planners of this year’s Forum are excited about the program and activities that have been scheduled and hope to provide both an exciting and rewarding educational experience for all who attend.
For further information regarding the Society for Range Management visit rangelands.org.
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