Wildlife Department announces
2009 Landowner of the Year Award recipient
Western
Creek Co. landowner Steve Nall was recently awarded the Oklahoma Department
of Wildlife Conservation's Landowner of the Year Award.
Every year the Wildlife Department selects a landowner who has
gone above and beyond to improve their property for wildlife habitat, and
according Alan Peoples, chief of wildlife for the Wildlife Department, this
year is no exception.
“It's wonderful that Steve is introducing these girls to the outdoors and it's obvious from visiting with him and some of the pictures that he has shown of the place that it's about the kids,” said Russ Horton, lands and wildlife diversity supervisor for the Wildlife Department.
Efforts such as prescribed burning have led to increases in wildlife on the property while also helping control the spread of Eastern red cedar.
“I certainly consider it a privilege and an honor to be selected as Landowner of the Year and definitely appreciate the recognition and the work not going unnoticed,” Nall said. He added that the work and progress on his ranch would not have been possible without the Wildlife Department and its employees as well as everyone who has helped work on the ranch.
“An achievement like this is definitely a group effort, and I want to take this time to just thank everybody that's been involved,” Nall said.”
To learn more about wildlife conservation and landowner programs operated by the Wildlife Department, log on to wildlifedepartment.com.