Meet Your Board

Meet your SECTION board

WE ARE RANGELANDS & WE REPRESENT YOU

President

JOsh tashiro

"I like rangelands because of the relationships that they are built upon, and they build. Everything old, present and yet to come, always changing and just trying to say alive."

President-elect

Emmett jordan

Winston Churchill once famously said that there is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a person. I’d like to think rangelands have the same effect.

Past president

Clare Hydock

"Why do I like rangelands? I don’t. I love them!! I love the plant & animal diversity, the topography, and all that rangelands provide for humankind."

Secretary

Baili foster

" I love rangelands because the biodiversity can be subtle yet unique. At a first glance, they may seem uniform but once you actually stop and look around, you will notice the variety of color in the soil crusts, the abundance of insects working tirelessly, the simple wonder in the florets of a blue grama stem, and the song of a meadowlark."

treasurer

lana Pearson

Board Member

Andrea Leininger

"I like Rangelands because they are the foundation upon which we build beef production and natural resource management in the Western U.S."

Board member

Sara koeppel

"I love rangelands because they are vast, beautifully complex, and ecologically diverse. They are the soul of the American West and are important ecologically and culturally."

Board member

Julie Larson

"It’s always felt important to me to do science and service that simultaneously help the land and the people who use it, and I can’t think of a better system to work in than rangelands. Rangelands are one the best examples of a system that where it is possible for us to coexist with the wild, using the land while also giving back to it."

board member

Courtney Hurst

"Rangelands are simply amazing!! From the countless multitude of life in their soils, to the abundance and diversity of their above ground ecosystems, rangelands are vital to soil health, animal health and human health."

board member

Chris Archuleta

CSU Range Club President and representative to the CSSRM Board.

"I like rangelands because of the diversity that they provide. Not only through the many different communities that are present on them but also for the many different services they provide all of us."

Committees & Chairs

Historian

Joshua Tashiro

Awards committee

Julie elliott

Contact Info:
Julie.elliott@usda.gov

membership chair

Kathleen DelZell

"I'd attended many tours and meetings with my husband. After he died I needed to know how to manage land we'd bought in 1964. My family looks to me to take care of this land we love. How to learn? SRM, of course."