Student Contests

Each fall at the annual Utah Section meeting, college students compete in the Undergraduate Range Management Examination (URME) and Plant ID contests. The URME covers topics such as rangeland ecology, grazing management, range improvement, rangeland inventory and analysis, and multiple-use relationships. The Plant ID contest requires students to identify 100 plants using specimens and a list of 200 species.

We want to congratulate all of the students who participated in this year’s contests. Three universities were represented, including Utah State University, Brigham Young University, and Southern Utah University.

Thank you, students, for your hard work and dedication to the future of range management!


Team Awards

 

Overall

1st Place: BYU

2nd Place: USU

3rd Place: SUU

Plant ID

1st Place: BYU

2nd Place: SUU

3rd Place: USU

URME

1st Place: BYU

2nd Place: USU

3rd Place: SUU


Individual Awards

 

Overall

1st Place: Morgan Barton (BYU)

2nd Place: Tanner MacDonald (BYU)

2nd Place (tied): Olivia Johnson (BYU)

Plant ID

1st Place: Morgan Barton (BYU

2nd Place: Olivia Johnson (BYU)

3rd Place: Tanner MacDonald (BYU)

URME

1st Place: Ronni Stauffer (BYU)

2nd Place: Curtis Garlick (BYU)

3rd Place: Sterling Binkerhoff (USU)

 

BYU Range Team

USU Range Team

 

Banner photo by Jan Reinhart