Rangeland and Sagebrush Steppe Stewardship Award Nominations

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20240

http://www.blm.gov

April 5, 2018

In Reply Refer To:

4100 (220) P

EMS TRANSMISSION 04/16/2018

Instruction Bulletin No. 2018-045

To:                      All Field Officials

From:                 Assistant Director Resources and Planning

Subject:              Rangeland and Sagebrush Steppe Stewardship Award Nominations                                           DD:  6/1/2018 & 6/15/2018                                                                                            

Program Area:  Rangeland Management

Purpose:  The Washington Office (WO) is requesting nominations for the 2018 Rangeland and Sagebrush Steppe Stewardship Awards.  The awards will recognize the outstanding accomplishments of grazing permittees/lessees and collaborative planning teams involved with public rangeland management.  Awards will be given in the categories of “Rangeland Stewardship” and “Sagebrush Steppe Stewardship.”  A description of each award and selection criteria may be found in Attachment 1.

Nomination criteria will include:

• Demonstration of improvement and/or long-standing maintenance of rangeland resources through conservation stewardship.

• Use of beneficial management practices to restore, protect, and enhance rangeland resources; and/or those related to sagebrush steppe habitats.

• Efforts to collaborate and cooperate with other users of public lands.

The 2018 Rangeland and Sagebrush Steppe Stewardship Awards will be presented at the Public Lands Council’s fall meeting to be held in Park City, Utah during the week of September 24, 2018. 

Field managers are encouraged to submit nominations in one or more award categories that meet criteria to their respective state office by June 1, 2018.  State offices are encouraged to submit nominations to Jim Bowmer (jbowmer@blm.gov) in the Division of Forest, Rangeland, Riparian and Plant Conservation (WO-220) by June 15, 2018.  Each nomination must clearly state the award for which the nomination is submitted. (Please use the enclosed form, Attachment 2.)

Nominations are encouraged to recognize where grazing permittees/lessees and/or collaborative teams have demonstrated new and innovative efforts, but also recognize the efforts of those who have been committed to effective long-standing resource management.  Further details on the nomination process and standards for judging nominees are contained in the Nomination Process for the Rangeland and Sagebrush Steppe Stewardship Awards (Attachment 1).

Please direct any questions pertaining to these awards to Maggie Marston (WO-220) at 202-912-7444 or Kimberly Hackett (WO-220) at 202-912-7216.

Signed by:                                           Authenticated by:

Kristin Bail                                         Robert M. Williams

Assistant Director, AD-200                Division of IT Policy and Planning, WO-870

Resources and Planning

2 Attachments

     1 – FY 2018 Nomination Process for the Rangeland and Sagebrush Steppe Stewardship Awards (3pp)

     2 – FY 2018 Rangeland Stewardship/Sagebrush Steppe Nomination Form (2pp)