Press release from Society for Range Management:

Dr. Stephanie Larson received the Outstanding Achievement Award for Research at the Society for Range Management's 68^th Annual Meeting held in Sacramento, California this February.  The Outstanding Achievement Award is presented by the Society for Range Management for outstanding achievement to members and other qualified individuals and groups working with rangelands.

In the counties just north of San Francisco Bay, Dr. Stephanie Larson-Praplan is well known for her strong interests in locally produced agricultural products. In these counties that produce world class wines and provide healthy and sustainable food stuffs to a large urban area, Stephanie has shown that ranching enterprises can benefit from marketing sustainably produced rangeland products.  Helping ranchers to address water quality, endangered species, carbon storage and niche market food standards has added substance to their marketing of rangeland products.

Stephanie is an energetic and dedicated rangeland professional who, in the midst of these successful extension projects, found time to complete a PhD, direct the Sonoma County extension office and serve on the Society for Range Management Board of Directors.

For her dedication and discipline, it was with honor that the Society for Range Management presented Dr. Stephanie Larson with a 2015 Outstanding Achievement Award for Research.