Ansley recognized with range society’s Outstanding Achievement Award
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu
Dr. Jim Ansley, 940-552-9941, jansley@ag.tamu.edu
VERNON – Dr. Jim Ansley, Texas A&M AgriLife Research rangeland ecologist at Vernon, was recently recognized with the Outstanding Achievement Award by the Texas Section Society for Range Management during its annual meeting in Wichita Falls.
The award is given “in recognition of contributions and a career that are noteworthy in the advancement of the science and the art of range management,” according to the organization.
This is the second-highest award given by the organization, and only one is given each year.
Among those considered are ranchers, technicians and administrators in land management agencies, scientists, university professors, Extension specialists and persons who have shown outstanding perception and legislative ability in contributing significantly to resource management at a state, national or international level, according to the organization.
Additionally, Ansley was recognized with the Technical Writing Award for his journal article, “Honey mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa) seedling responses to seasonal timing of fire and fireline intensity,” which appeared in Rangeland Ecology and Management.
Ansley focuses his research on rangeland woody plant invasion and mitigation, bioenergy from rangelands, rangeland restoration, fire ecology, rangeland woody plant herbicide ecology, tree-grass competitive relations, and rangeland water and carbon dynamics.
His overall goal is to develop more cost-effective and environmentally sustainable technology for brush management on rangelands.
Ansley earned a bachelor’s degree in biology at Hastings College in Nebraska, a master’s degree in range science at Utah State University and a doctorate in agronomy at the University of Wyoming.
He was named a Regents Fellow by the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents earlier this year and currently serves as an associate editor of Rangeland Ecology and Management journal.
Past awards include the Best Popular Article and Best Technical Journal Article, Texas Section Society for Range Management; and Outstanding Achievement Award in Research, Society for Range Management.
