16 Nebraska Cattleman September 2023 decades, like supporting the Nebraska Youth Range Camp that educates 30 to 50 high school students each summer on ranching and natural resource management, funding toward a Grazing Livestock Systems scholarship at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, support of the Nebraska Leopold Conservation Award and many other workshops and tours hosted each year. Funding for the Sandhills Task Force comes from grants, cooperative agreements and donations. As STF’s executive director, I am responsible for securing funding, managing the grants and taking care of the organizational business. Grants from the Nebraska Environmental Trust, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, North American Wetland Conservation Act, the Natural Resources Conservation Service and more have allowed the Sandhills Task Force to continue helping land stewards and the Sandhills ecosystem. More information can be found on our website at www.SandhillsTaskForce.org. NC SANDHILLS TASK FORCE • CONTINUED FROM PAGE 14 VISION An intact rolling prairie landscape intermixed with wetlands, meadows and streams, where diverse native plant and animal life prospers along with robust communities supported by a thriving ranching economy. MISSION To partner with Sandhill ranchers; local communities, groups and organizations; and local, state and federal agencies to identify, prioritize, plan and implement mutually acceptable projects that benefit private ranching, wildlife and vegetative diversity, and associated water supplies. GOAL To enhance the Sandhill wetland-grassland ecosystem in a way that sustains profitable private ranching, wildlife and vegetative diversity, and associated water supplies.
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