CSC team wins rangeland cup
A Chadron State College team recently won possession of the Rangeland Cup traveling trophy by placing first in competition at the Wyoming Section of the Society for Range Management meetings in Sheridan.
Members of the team were Craig Eddie of Ogallala, Kimmy Mott of Fullerton, Dan Ruterbories of Ord and Jenny Walker of Edgemont, S.D. Their mentor is Dr. Chuck Butterfield, associate professor of agriculture at CSC.
Besides winning the large trophy, the CSC team received $500 to help pay its way to the international competition in Reno, Nev., in February.
The competition is open to all colleges and universities. Teams from the University of Wyoming and Northwest College at Powell, Wyo., as well as a second team from Chadron State were in the competition. This is the second year that the contest has taken place.
A statement issued by the Society of Range Management said the competition is designed to promote critical thinking and cooperative, collaborative work on both current topics and topics of historical importance to rangeland ecology and management.
The competition included construction of a poster based on scientific evidence that was defended before a panel of judges at the Wyoming convention.
This year’s topic asked the participants to apply the theoretical framework to describe the SRM’s “current and potential future identities as an organization.
Members of the other Chadron State team that entered the competition were Matt Lucas of Arnold, Joe Martin of Clinton, Mo., and Justin Read of Crawford. Their mentor was Dr. Jim O’Rourke, emeritus professor of agriculture at CSC.
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