To close, let roe spend some time on the Society for Range Management 

 activities. I've mentioned publications. In addition to the two joiirnals 

 previously mentioned, we have a number of special publications which we have 

 made available to both members and the general public. 



The roajor activity at this tiroe is the development of a permanent head- 

 quarters site in the Denver area. We are looking at locations and only 

 time will tell how fast we are able to acquire a building for this site. 



Ve have several meetings during the year. I might put in a plug at this 

 time for the next Annual Meeting to be held in Portland, Oregon the week of 

 February 14th, 1977» and I certainly hope to see you there. Another effort 

 within the Society is that of the liaison with the closely related organiza- 

 tions such as the National Association of Conservation Districts, the Amer- 

 ican Association of Science, the American Society of Agronomy and the Soil 

 Conservation Society of America. We continually look at other organizations 

 to establish a liaison with them to express a mutual interest in the natural 

 resource field. Some of our new programs we have adopted, and as members 

 many of you will have an opportunity to participate in, would be that of a 

 contribution policy to the Society where these contributions are used to 

 further the goals and help develop the new headquarters building. If you 

 check the last Rangeman's Journal, the details will be in it and in subse- 

 quent issues. 



We have adopted a code of ethics our members within the Society sub- 

 scribe to. We've established a new awards program within the Society 



that of a fellows award which, at the Portland meeting, we will make the 

 first presentation of these. Some twenty-seven of our merobers who have con- 

 tributed substantially to the Society will be recognized for their work. 

 We're also taking a hard look at Civil Service Standards to see how we as 

 a Society can help improve the standards as far as range goes. 



Don Nelson, membership chairman in one of our sections, says he has mem- 

 bership blanks with him. If he doesn't have enough, I happen to have a few 

 in my room to help our memberhsip. 



One of o-ur real strong points within the Society would be those of our 

 sections where programs at the grass roots level are carried out with meet- 

 ings, tOTirs, and youth programs. If you look at the value of youth programs, 



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