Roy Cornell , who presented the preceding presentation at the Governor's Con- 

 ference on Montana Rangeland, is a rancher from Beaverhead County. He grad- 

 uated from Montana State University in 1962 taking his B.S. degree in Range 

 Management . 



He has managed the Craig Cornell Company, a cow-calf-yearling operation 

 near Dillon since that time. Roy is the fourth generation of his family to 

 operate the rancher currently owned by him and his father, Roscoe. 



He has been a member of the Society for Range Management for more than 

 15 years and is a firm believer in sound range management practices. He pre- 

 sented a paper at the 1974 Annual SRM Convention in Tucson, Arizona describ- 

 ing the range improvement program developed for the ranch in Southwestern 

 Montana. 



He was recently elected to the Board of Supei^isors of the Beaverhead 

 Soil and Water Conservation District. 



Curt Hughes , who presented the preceding presentation at the Governor's Con- 

 ference on Montana Rangeland, is a rancher at Stanford, Montana. He has a 

 degree in animal science from Montana State University. 



Mr. Hughes is a former secretary of the Montana Wool Growers Association 

 and a former section president for the Society for Range Management. 



Frank Sparks , who presented the preceding presentation at the Governor's 

 Conference on Montana Rangeland, is a rancher at Plevna, Montana, bom and 

 raised in the same community. He runs a registered homed hereford oper- 

 ation. In 1961 he was selected by the Ford Foundation for the Beef Effi*' 

 cency Award. A past president of the Northern Great Plains Section of the 

 SRM, and Montana Beef Performance Association, he is also a member of the 

 American Hereford Association. Frank presented a paper at the 1974 Annual 

 SRM Convention in Tucson, Arizona describing range management practices in 

 Southeastern Montana. 



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