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