Lisa Clarke McMillan, a conservationist for the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Broken Bow, was recently presented the Society for Range Management (SRM) Outstanding Achievement award in Land Stewardship. The award was presented during the international annual meeting held in Spokane, WA.
With over 30 years of experience in planning conservation projects for producers on rangeland and cropland, McMillan is known as a long-term advocate of controlling invasive species, especially Eastern red cedar, on rangelands in Nebraska. She is a charter member of the Prescribed Burn Task Force and frequently planned landowner prescribed burn workshops and demonstrations throughout central Nebraska, which have expanded to other parts of the state.
McMillan has been involved in SRM at the local, state, and international levels working with youth. During college, she served as president of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Range Club and has assisted in setting up and conducting county, district, and state range judging contests for Jr. High and High School aged youth. A 20 year volunteer at the Nebraska Range Youth Camp, she serves on the Youth Committee at the Nebraska Section SRM. Over the last seven years, she has worked with up to 24 youth from across 12 to 13 sections at the International SRM meetings on the High School Youth Forum Sub-committee.
She looks forward to continuing to make significant contributions to range stewardship in Nebraska and all landscapes she works with.
