About The Nevada Rangeland Resources Commission

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Who We Are | Meeting Details | Current Activities | Funding Opportuntities | What We Do

Who We Are

The Nevada Rangeland Resources Commission is made up of representatives from the Nevada state grazing boards, and one representative or delegate from the Nevada Woolgrower's, Nevada Farm Bureau and the Nevada Cattleman's Association.

Meeting Details

MEETING UPDATE: The next meeting of the Nevada Rangeland Resources Commission is scheduled for Tuesday, November 6th, from 2PM to 7PM at the Sparks Nugget, Sparks, NV . For additional information or a printed agenda contact the NRRC office at 775-688-1178 extension 271.

Minutes from the comission's May 2007 meeting are available in PDF format by clicking here. For additional information, contact the NRRC at (775) 688-1180, extension 271.

Current Activities

Check back to view the Spring 2007 edition of our newsletter, Nevada Rangelands, in early April 2007

Contact information - Nevada Rangeland Resources Commission | 350 Capitol Hill Avenue Reno, Nevada 89502-2923 | Telephone: 775-688-1180 | Fax: 775-688-1178 | Email: NRRC@NevadaRangelands.org

The following is a list of Commissioners for the 2006 - 2007 period.

DELOYD SATTERTHWAITE, CHAIRMAN
Nevada Woolgrowers Association
P.O. Box 281369
Lamoille, Nevada 89828
(775) 753-5563

TIM DELONG
N-2 Grazing Board
P.O. Box 367
Imlay, Nevada 89418
(775) 538-7616

HANK COMBS
Nevada Farm Bureau
5821 W. Verde Way
Las Vegas, Nevada 89130
(702) 524-3262

SAM PARRIOTT
C2-N Grazing Board
Tony Ranch, Vya, Nevada
P.O. Box 123
Adel, Oregon 97620
(530) 640-0270

CARL SLAGOWSKI
N-1 Grazing Board
HC 65 Box 30
Carlin, Nevada 89822
(775) 754-2377

BENNY ROMERO, VICE-CHAIRMAN
N-3 Grazing Board
2535 State Highway 338
Wellington, Nevada 89444
(775) 545-7003

PRESTON WRIGHT
Nevada Cattlemen’s Association
P.O. Box 8
Deeth, Nevada 89823
(775) 738-6429

BERT PARIS
N-6 Grazing Board
674 Wilson Avenue
Battle Mountain, Nevada 89820
(775) 635-0350

HANK VOGLER
N-4 Grazing Board
HCR 33 Box 33920
Ely, Nevada 89301
(775) 591-0404

The NRRC was created by the Nevada State Legislature and is funded by the livestock industry. For the complete statute in PDF format, click here.

Funding Opportunities

The NRRC considers funding proposals for projects that educate or inform the public regarding public land ranching at the March Commission meetings. To view the funding procedures and application process in PDF format, click here.

Procedure for Applying for Funding/Post-Funding Reporting and
Acknowledgement Nevada Rangeland Resources Commission

Applying for Funding:

Contact the NRRC office to determine the timeframe for the next Commission meeting at which funding applications will be accepted. The Commission will send applicants a packet including application and a copy of Commission goals for the year. Completed applications will be due to the Commission offices three weeks prior to the Commission meeting at which your proposal will be reviewed.
Answer the application completely, attaching back-up and other justification documents as requested. If one of the questions is not relevant to your project, answer it as such and indicate why.
Complete the answers to the application questions on 8.5X11” standard paper, typewritten. Elaborate presentations and packaging are not expected or necessary.
Provide 10 copies of the completed application with back-up attachments to the Commission office by the deadline referenced above in point 1.

Appearing before the Commission to Discuss Your Proposal:

Once it is determined that your application can be reviewed by the Commission, you will be notified by the NRRC office of the date, time and location of the Commission meeting at which your proposal will be discussed. You will be notified of the amount of time scheduled on the agenda for your application. Your attendance is not mandatory but is highly recommended.
At the Commission meeting, come prepared to discuss your application and answer questions. A decision may or may not be made at the meeting your application is discussed. If circumstances dictate, you may be asked to revise your proposal or provide more information at a future meeting.
If you are awarded funding for your application proposal, you will be asked to have an authorized agent of your company sign a contract indicating deliverables, timeline and payment schedule. You will be asked to provide an invoice for each phase of funding required for your project as noted in your application, or as negotiated with the Commission. You will need to attach copies of invoices for your hard costs from your sub-contractors and vendors, such as printing or media placement. If you are provided advance funding, you may be required to provide a guarantee, bond or other method of ensuring return of funds in the case you do not perform the entire project for which you have already received funds.

Requirements for Reporting Progress on your Project:

You will be required to provide written updates to the Commission office at least once during the progress of your project, well before completion. The updates must include:
   a. progress against the timeline;
   b. results against your stated objectives;
   c. actual expenditures against stated budget;
   d. any problems, issues or deviations from what you have indicated you would do in your application.
Depending on the scope, expense and timeframe for completion of your project, you may be requested to provide this update in person at a Commission meeting during the course of your project.
At the end of your project you will be asked to provide a final report (in writing at minimum, and potentially in person at a Commission meeting) detailing:
   a. how the actual timeline compared to that in your application;
   b. your actual results against your stated objectives and how you have measured them and/or intend to continue to measure them;
   c. actual expenditures against stated budget;
   d. any problems, issues or deviations from what you have indicated you would do in your application;    e. proof of your acknowledgement of the NRRC as indicated below.

Acknowledging the NRRC on Funded Projects:

If the NRRC funds a project, you will be required at minimum to include acknowledgement/explanatory language about the NRRC, to be provided by the NRRC, as well as include their official logo and tag line, as well as other information as required by the NRRC (may include a web site address or phone number, for example).
You are encouraged to propose and – if approved – use other means of acknowledging funding from the NRRC and further the awareness of NRRC’s efforts and goals.

Application for Funding
Marketing, Advertising or Communications Projects

Nevada Rangeland Resources Commission

Please provide answers to all questions below on standard 8.5 X 11” sheets, typewritten. Elaborate presentations and packaging are not expected or necessary. If a question is not applicable to your project, please indicate that and explain why.

Background information:

Name and address of organization/business requesting funding:
Contact information: name, title, address, phone number, fax number and email address of contact person, and his/her relationship to organization requesting funding:
Brief history of requesting organization/business, including length of time in business:

The project:

Brief description of the project (1 to 2 paragraphs), including a list of “deliverables” provided at the end of the project.
Budget for the project being requested (include details for both fees and hard costs).
Outline your detailed timeline for project. Include at a minimum, the date(s) you require funding, start date of project, dates you anticipate having components for the Commission to review, completion date, and date that your post-project evaluation will be provided to the Commission.
Who is the primary audience this project is intended to reach (be specific: by type of population – ranching industry vs. non-ranching industry, geographic region, age, gender, occupation, etc. – as specific as you can define it). Why did you choose them to target?
Who is the secondary audience(s) (if any) this project is intended to reach (again be specific)? Why did you choose them as a target?
What is the objective(s) of this project?
How do you intend to measure and report to the Commission the results and effectiveness of the project against the objective(s)?
If the project involves distribution of a message, ad, communications tool, etc., describe the distribution plan (i.e. how you intend to distribute a brochure or ad, place advertising, distribute a publication, etc.). If the project involves proposed media placement, attached proposed media plans with reach, frequency and cost per point, or cost per thousand (the cost to reach 1000 people in your target audience) information as needed. Or attach direct mail list distribution, publication circulation details.
Given your budget and the audience you intend to reach, please estimate the cost per person per instance of “reaching” them through this program.
In addition to the required methods of acknowledging funding from the NRRC noted in the funding procedure, what additional methods might you propose to use to acknowledge funding from the Commission for your project?
Please provide brief biographies of the project manager and other key staff members for this project, including prior experience relevant to projects of this type.
If you require some or all funding before the beginning of your project, and if you are for some reason unable to complete the project, describe how you will ensure return of unused funds to the NRRC (posting a bond for the amount in question, establishing a joint holding account, etc.).

What We Do

The NRRC provides reports of what it has accomplished over the previous year in each fall's billing sent to Nevada permittees. Accomplishments so far are:

Development and adoption of a vision, mission statement and goals for the Commission.

Production and broadcast of five different educational radio ads on public land grazing.

Development and distribution of a color brochure explaining and informing interested publics as to the Commission’s vision, goals and mission statement.

Development of an informational booth on public land grazing at the 1st National Grazing Conference held in Las Vegas.

Development and distribution of 20 press packets providing factual information on public land grazing issues for the purpose of countering misinformation from the RangeNet 2000 anti-grazing conference held in Reno.

Development and publishing of a story coloring book entitled “The Story of Rangelands”. This coloring book is being distributed to third and fourth grade students.

Allocated $30,000 for the development and publishing of an investigative report on western water issues.

Production and broadcast of educational radio and television ads on public land grazing. Development of newspaper ads to be printed in rural newspapers.

Development of an educational web site on public land grazing.

Allocated $15,000 for the development and publishing of a report on the past 100 years of conservation and an article in Range Magazine about the Commission.

Allocated $4,383 for a coloring and essay contest in Progressive Rancher Magazine for school-age children.

Allocated $20,000 for the development and publishing of a report on endangered species.

Hired a public relations firm to develop a five-year strategic plan.

Developed a Long Term Range Plan.

Purchased 2,000 posters on cattle and sheep, developed and distributed by the Nevada Heritage Foundation.

Developed and displayed an informational booth at the American Farm Bureau Conference and the Nevada State Fair held in Reno. Adopted a logo for use on all Commission sponsored projects.

Purchased four different advertisements in Range Magazine.

Allocated $2,350 to the Nevada Wildlife Federation, Inc. for the reprinting of the booklet, “Enhancing Sage Grouse Habitat…A Nevada Landowner’s Guide”.

Development of a long-term marketing plan, detailing tactics that will help us educate Nevadans about the value of public land grazing. The plan included a detailed yearlong communications plan with key messages for targeted audiences, ways of reaching those audiences, and proposed budget for each tactic. From that plan the Commission has already completed the following:

Production and broadcast of two radio spots talking about public land grazing. The spots, using Nevadan rodeo announcer Bob Tallman’s voice, offered free as a donation to the Commission, were directed at two different audiences: one at urban Nevadans, primarily interested in outdoor recreation, and one directed at conservative urban Nevadans who might be more amenable to a traditional message. The outdoor enthusiast spot spoke about public land accessibility, wildlife and wildfire issues, and how grazing benefits Nevadans. The spot directed at conservatives spoke in a first person narrative and highlighted how grazing continues a long time tradition in Nevada. Both spots will run through early spring, primarily in Las Vegas and Reno.

Initial development of a three-page educational web site on public land grazing in Nevada. This website will expand over time, to eventually include scientific articles, the option to ask a range specialist questions, email response, a map of private versus public land in Nevada, and eventually a way to click on the map to see the differing ecosystems in each area and how grazing is managed in each area.

Partial funding (in partnership with state and federal agencies) of the Porter Canyon Project near Austin. The Porter Canyon Project seeks to measure the effect of managed grazing and expanded irrigation on sage grouse population. Although ranchers know from experience that where water and pasture are provided sage grouse numbers increase, the theory is not yet scientifically supported. It is our hope that this project will provide some data to counteract the misinformation out there on this issue.

Funding has been granted to help build an information stand at Great Basin National Park, highlighting how livestock grazing is part of Nevada’s healthy rangelands.

The NRRC funded a portion of Range Magazine’s Special Section “Romance and Reality of the West”, produced as a response to the book “Welfare Ranching”. This book is now available.

We continued to place quarterly print ads in Range Magazine.

Helped Elko’s Ag In The Classroom cover the costs of field trips to local ranches.

Purchased copies of “Cows in the Cold Desert”, labels to indicate the Commission’s donation and will sponsor a refreshment break at the annual WASDA meeting being held in Lake Tahoe in July.

Have obligated funds to help put on a Range Management School in conjunction with other interested agencies.

Continued with the radio campaign.

Put together a web site committee to assess the needs of the current web site.

Purchased 600 “The Romance and Reality of Ranching” books for distribution.

Helped offset the costs of hiring a consultant to develop comments and an alternative for the Martin Basin rangeland project DEIS for the Santa Rosa permittees.

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