The Nebraska Range Youth Camp has been operating 50 years. This Camp represents the notable work that can be accomplished through the education of youth in the principles of rangeland management. The Nebraska Range Youth Camp educates 30 – 60 youth annually. The program has influenced over 1700 students and is one of the oldest interagency youth range management training programs in the Great Plains. From this camp, outstanding participants are chosen to represent Nebraska at the High School Youth Forum at the annual Society for Range Management meeting. Some of those individuals who have attended the Nebraska Range Youth Camp have gained employment within rangeland management agencies while others have returned to the ranch and are more informed and better land managers through their experiences in the Camp. These students have made a tremendous impact on rangeland resources over time. The number of ranchers and agency personnel who are now responsible for the management of thousands of acres of rangeland in Nebraska and who have been greatly influenced through this program is remarkable. The Nebraska Section celebrated the 50 years of success of the Section efforts to maintain and develop youth through Range Camp on August 24, 2013.
Oral presentation and poster titles, abstracts, and authors from the Society for Range Management (SRM) Annual Meetings and Tradeshows, from 2013 forward.