Section Information
Section Awards
Code of Operations
Student Activities
Parent Society Information
SRM Policy and Position Statements

The Pacific Northwest Section of the Society for Range Management encompasses the states of Oregon, Washington, Alaska, and the province of British Columbia. We operate under a set of bylaws adopted in July 1990.  The current membership is approximately 360. The Section holds two meetings a year that are rotated among Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. The Section publishes a Section Newsletter three times a year. Copies will be placed in this site.

The Section may present up to two awards each year. The Trail Boss Award (link to past winners) is the highest award presented to give recognition to those individuals, partners or formal groups for outstanding work or activities contributing to better understanding, use, or developement of range resources of the Pacific Northwest.  The Trail Boss Award typically recognizes sustained or long-term accomplishments and/or contributions to range or achievements of a very substantive nature. 

The second award is the Exemplary Service Award (link to past winners) that recognizes either long-term or short-term exceptional efforts, activities, involvement, leadership, and/or personal commitment given for the benefit of the society, its members or the range/resource environment itself. The contributions being recognized must stem from activities undertaken within the geographic area of the PNW Section.

The PNW Section has adopted a Code of Operation that includes vision, mission, and goal statements:

The PNW Section believes that properly functioning ecosystems provide for the long term sustainability of watersheds, plants, animals, and people.

To promote ways to maintain or enhance the diversity of the ecological community critical to watersheds, plants, animals, and people that depend on rangelands for their sustenance.

• To maintain a high degree of professionalism among the membership through workshops, symposia, written materials, and training sessions.
• To inform the public and range users about sustainable range management.
• To forge relationships with other land resource based organizations.

The PNW Section has a long history of actively supporting both High School and College students interested in careers in rangeland management. Each year the Section tries to sponsor high school students to attend the International Annual Meeting generally held in February. These students compete in paper presentations and are involved in many informal activities.

Also, each year the Section provides as many scholarships to college students within the Section as our funds allow. The Section has historically provided at least one $500 scholarship. Recently we have been able to provide additional $250 and $500 scholarships. One of the requirements for these scholarships is that they be getting a degree at one of the Colleges or Universities within the Section including Oregon State University, Washington State University, Eastern Oregon State College, the University of British Columbia, and Thompson Rivers University. The Section has also supported college students to attend both Section meetings as well as the International Annual Meeting.

The parent organization, The Society for Range Management, is headquartered in Denver, Colorado. There are 23 different sections and about 3,500 members. Most of the membership is in the United States, Canada, and Mexico with additional members throughout the world. The Society for Range Management is a professional organization and the membership is open to anyone engaged in or interested in any aspect of the study, management, or use of rangelands. The Society holds one meeting a year. The next Annual Meeting will be held in Albuquerque, NM in February 2009. The Annual Meeting is where most of the business of the Society is conducted.

"The Society for Range Management was founded in 1948 as the American Society of Range Management, a nonprofit association incorporated under the laws of the State of Wyoming. It is recognized exempt from Federal income tax as a scientific and educational organization under the provisions of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and also is classed as a public foundation as described in Section 509(a)(2) of the Code. The name of the Society was changed in 1971 by amendment of the Articles of Incorporation.

"The objectives for which the corporation is established are:

• to properly take care of the basic rangeland resources of soil, plants and water;
• to develop an understanding of range ecosystems and of the principles applicable to the management of range resources;
• to assist all who work with range resources to keep abreast of new findings and techniques in the science and art of range management;
• to improve the effectiveness of range management to obtain from range resources the products and values necessary for man's welfare;
• to create a public appreciation of the economic and social benefits to be obtained from the range environment;
• to promote professional development of its members.

Membership in the Society for Range Management is open to anyone engaged in or interested in any aspect of the study, management, or use of rangelands. Please contact the Executive Vice-President for details." (Quoted from the Rangeland Ecology and Management.)

Membership in the Society includes subscriptions to Rangelands, Rangeland News, and an optional subscriptions to Rangeland Ecology and Management, along with other benefits.

The Society's Board of Directors has adopted a variety of Policy Statements, Position Statements, and Resolutions. We have provided a copy of the statements as of May 2000. You should be able to get a feeling for what the Society believes in by examining them.

For information on the Society for Range Management, contact the Executive Vice-President:

John Tanaka
E-mail: jtanaka@rangelands.org
Society for Range Management
10030 W. 27th Avenue
Wheat Ridge, CO 80215
(303) 986-3309

This site is maintained by:
John and Ann Tanaka, Co-Editors
E-mail: john@pnwsrm.org
Phone: (541) 562-5129
Snail Mail: P.O. Box E
Union, OR 97883