2003 WACD Annual Convention

"Wyoming - Conserving the Best"

Outstanding Conservationist

(pictured from left to right, Roger Cox, NRCS, 2003 Outstanding 
Conservationist; Olin Sims, WACD President.)

Roger Cox, District Conservationist for the Saratoga-Encampment-Rawlins Conservation District, is this year’s WACD Outstanding Conservationist of the Year.  Roger has been instrumental in helping Carbon County conservation districts handle their animal feeding operation issues.  Roger has shown great leadership and expertise in the area of AFO/CAFOs, demonstrating an outstanding ability to work with local landowners to develop practical, reasonable solutions to animal waste problems.  Subsequently, he was also tapped to serve as one of the NRCS’s three multi-county AFO/CAFO positions.  His straightforward approach helps landowners develop attainable, cost-effective plans that put conservation practices where they are needed most – on the ground.  Roger also worked closely with Carbon County conservation districts in determining EQIP cost-share rates on rangeland and irrigation practices.  For more than 16 years, Roger has been sensitive to the needs and concerns of local producers, developing plans and objectives that are common sense and beneficial to everyone involved.