Awards and Prizes

CSIRO Publishing–The Rangeland Journal Prizes
At the biennial Conference of the Australian Rangeland Society, CSIRO Publishing and The Rangeland Journal jointly sponsor prizes for the Best Poster and the Best Oral Presentation for work relevant to the interests and scope of the journal.

The prize consists of an amount of cash, a certificate and a year’s subscription to the journal. Following the conference, we will promote the prize winners more widely through social media channels and on this website.

Posters and oral papers presented at the conference are assessed by the society’s publishing committee, comprising the Editor-in-Chief of the journal and their nominees. The judging committee considered two main criteria for the prizes, as follows:

Impact of the poster or presentation (clear and concise language, good supporting graphs/tables/photographs etc).
Strength of the case being made (e.g. sound scientific method used, logical and robust case study evidence, strong logic and supporting evidence for a management technique)

(Presenter’s name in bold)

2021 Winners

Best presentations

Luke Mashford¹, Sarah Mashford¹, Paul Theakston², Hugh Pringle³, Sarah McDonald⁴, Simon Clarendon⁵, Kirsty Yeates⁶, Ian Toole⁴ and Susan Orgill⁷
¹Katalpa Station, White Cliffs, Australia, ²Western Local Land Services, Cobar, Australia. ³Ecosystem Management Understanding, White Cliffs, Australia, ⁴NSW Department of Primary Industries, Trangie, Australia, ⁵NSW Department of Primary Industries, Tamworth, Australia. ⁶Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. ⁷NSW Department of Primary Industries, Wagga Wagga, Australia.
Rangelands rehydration: a landscape scale approach to increasing ground cover and soil carbon
Paul McDonald
Southern Queensland Landscapes Toowoomba, Australia and University of Queensland
First Nations and Water

Best Lightning Presentation

Jane Tincknell and David Phelps
Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Longreach, Australia
Pots of hope: Assessing landscape recovery through seedbank viability testing

Best Poster

Greg Bath¹, Kate Brown¹, Col Paton², Megan Willis¹ and Megan Gurnett¹
Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Brisbane¹, Townsville and Toowoomba. ²Ecorich Grazing, Goombungee, Australia.
Stocktake GLM – the App for Grazing Land Management

2019 Winners

Best presentation

Sarah McDonald (Research Officer, Pastures & Rangelands, Department of Primary Industries, Trangie, NSW)
Grazing with rest: what we know and where to from here?

Commendations

Cecile Godde (Research Scientist, CSIRO – The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD)
Global rangeland systems at threat under climate change and variability
Enke-Orchlin Lkhagvadorj (PhD Student, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT)
Herders’ preference for different grassland management policy in Mongolia
Mick Kelly¹, Geoff Simpson, Mal Ridges and Eren Turak
(¹ACH Mapping Senior Project Officer, Department of Planning, Industry and the Environment, Buronga, NSW)
Community based monitoring for tracking biodiversity change in Rangelands

Best poster

Brian Dohnt¹ and Russell Grant²
(¹Senior Land Services Officer, Western Local Land Services, Cobar, NSW
²Formerly Operations Manager, Western Local Land Services, Cobar, NSW)
Assessing the effectiveness of kangaroo management through total grazing managemenmt pressure fencing

Commendations

Matthew Fletcher and Kath Ryan
(Development Officers, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Kununurra, WA)
What can WARMS tell us about White Grass (Sehima nervosum) in Kimberley pastures?
Milou Dekkers (PhD Student, University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD)
Watching the grasses grow: using UAVs and satellites to monitor rangeland species composition
Hayley Macmillan (Senior Scientist, Beef & Sheep, Animal Science, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Brisbane, QLD)
Low volume, high concentrated splatter gun technology – a useful tool for opening up dense 'bellyache bush' (Jatropha gossypilifolia) infestations