The November newsletter contains information about the 2012 International Conference in Fort Worth Texas. Please check it out.

Newsletter November 2011

Check out September’s newsletter with the link below.

September 2011 Newsletter

The Oklahoma Chapter received 3 awards and Larry Wright and Dr. Jean Steiner brought home individual awards at this year’s International Conference held in Washington DC July 16 – 20, 2011. Read all about it in this month’s newsletter.

August 2011 Newsletter

Larry Wright Receives SWCS Fellow Award at International Conference

Chapter Members,

Many of you are aware that the Chapter was willing to provide support for the First Annual Land, Range and Crops Management Field Day to be held next Thursday and Friday. However, due to low registration, the forecast for excess temperatures, and the dry soil conditions which make it difficult to judge the land, I was forced to cancel this event.
I want to thank the Chapter for agreeing to support this event. Our intention is to find a better date with fewer scheduling conflicts. I had a lot of coaches tell me they are interested in participating is such an event they simply could make it next week. I will let the chapter know when we find a better date, likely in late Oct.

Thanks,

Jason Warren
Department of Plant and Soil Sciences
Oklahoma State University

The Chapter is helping to sponsor the OSU Extension Land, Range and Crop Management Youth Field Days held August 4-5, 2011 at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma. This is an opportunity for teams of junior and senior high school students to participate in contests, tours and workshops on land, homesite, range and crops.

In addition to the financial support of the event, Oklahoma Chapter SWCS members will help present portions of the program. Contact Jason Warren at 405-744-1721 if you are interested in helping with this effort. More information is provided in the following publication:

Land Range and Crop Management Field Day

Here’s a link to this month’s newsletter: July 2011 Newsletter

This month Larry gives us the highlights of the June 9-10, 2011 Annual Conference held in Norman.

Shown in the photo is President Larry Wright congratulating Christopher (C.J.) Schieman, a sophomore at Redlands Community College majoring in Agronomy and currently lives in Yukon, and Kristen Hedge, a student who just graduated from Eastern Oklahoma State College and will be attending OSU next year majoring in Ag. Ed. with a minor in Soil Science. She is from Ratton, OK and will be working as a NRCS intern in Hugo this summer. They each received $1000 scholarships from the chapter to continue their education. Congrats to C.J. and Kristen!

Here is the list of our new Oklahoma Chapter Officers for 2011-2012:

President: Daniel Moriasi

Pres Elect: Jason Warren

Past President: Larry Wright

Secretary-Treasurer: Melanie Oliver

Council Members (term expires)
Ryan Jones (June 2012)
Greg Allen (June 2012)
John Mustain (June 2012)
Jean Steiner (June 2013)
Clark Williams (June 2013)
Stacy Riley (June 2013)
Joe Freeland (June 2014)
Shelley Oliphant (June 2014)
Joshua Ketch (June 2014)

These can always be found on the “Officers” page on this site.

The program for next week’s annual meeting has been finalized and released. We are looking forward to an excellent conference. Please check out the program and speakers and plan to attend.

2011 OK-SWCS Annual Meeting Program – Final

June 2011 Newsletter

The 2011 Annual Meeting of the Oklahoma Chapter of SWCS will be held June 9-10, 2011 at the Embassy Suites Hotel and Conference Center in Norman, Oklahoma. The theme of this year’s meeting will be “Interagency-Intersectoral Partnerships in Natural Resources Conservation”. Below you will find links for the registration form and program. Make plans now to attend.

2011 Oklahoma SWCS Annual Meeting Program

2011 Oklahoma SWCS Registration Form