CASNR grad named top rangeland management specialist
Mark Moseley, a rangeland management specialist with the USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service, has been tapped for one of the agency's highest honors "" rangeland management specialist of the year. Moseley received his bachelor's degree in range and wildlife management from Texas Tech's Department of Natural Resources Management in 1973.
"My work with the NRCS has been primarily to help ranchers help their land," Moseley said.
The Rochelle native earned the annual honor with a long-sustained, high-quality commitment
to excellence in rangeland conservation, said Don Gohmert, NRCS state conservationist
for Texas. Among Moseley's accomplishments were:
"Working as the Texas coordinator for the Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative
"Delivering rangeland management information to many different audiences across the
state
"Helping landowners apply rangeland management techniques through workshops and one-on-one
assistance
"Providing training in rangeland management techniques, especially in grazing management
and prescribed burning
"Helping write a grazing lands stewardship manual, which connects landowners and managers
with trained professionals in the field
Moseley, currently based in Boerne, serves as the NRCS state coordinator for the Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative. Previously he worked as a state range conservationist in Oklahoma, and as a San Angelo-based area range conservationist. Earlier in his career he served as a Soil Conservation Service range conservationist in Colorado City and Junction and as the district conservationist in Jayton.
Specific areas of interest for Moseley include ecological site descriptions, plant identification, grazing management, wildlife management, prescribed burning, brush management and re-vegetation projects.
Moseley is a certified professional in range management with the Society for Range Management. He is a past president of both the Texas and Oklahoma sections of the organization. He received Tech's Department of Natural Resources Management's Outstanding Alumnus Award in 2008.
Written by Norman Martin
CONTACT: Philip Gipson, chairman, Department of Natural Resources Management, Texas Tech University at (806)-742-2841 or philip.gipson@ttu.edu
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