[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 23 (Monday, March 9, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S1657]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                        TRIBUTE TO TONY MALMBERG

   Mr. THOMAS. Mr. President, today I rise to recognize Tony 
Malmberg, who manages the Three Quarter Circle Ranch near Lander, 
Wyoming. Mr. Malmberg was recognized recently for his superior 
stewardship practices that demonstrate a healthy environment, such as 
cleaner water and thriving fauna and flora, go hand in hand with 
successful ranching.
  Tony Malmberg's Three Quarter Circle Ranch is the national winner of 
the National Cattlemen's Beef Association Environmental Stewardship 
Award for using innovative practices to protect and enhance natural 
resources, while increasing the profits of the business. With its over 
900 cow/calf pairs and 1,000 yearlings, rotational grazing practices 
and success in showing profits while safeguarding natural resources 
such as land and water, Three Quarter Circle Ranch was the clear 
winner.
  Unique in his accomplishments, Mr. Malmberg developed a partnership 
with schools to provide an educational site where students can learn 
about wildlife and habitats, streams, vegetation, geology and 
archaeology, birds and riparian areas. In addition, his ranch was one 
of the first ranches in the west to develop a ranch/recreation program 
where guests are able to participate in ranch activities, including 
livestock herding.
  This award should come as no surprise to those who know him. The land 
is his most important resource and it gives him clear signals when his 
approaches work and do not work. Therefore, he makes many of his 
management decisions based on the rhythms of nature. For example, using 
more tolerant species of plants in meadows to decrease demand for 
water, reduce irrigation, and enhance stream flows and riparian 
conditions. Also he adjusts the timing of grazing in riparian areas to 
encourage beavers to build dams and changing grazing rotations each 
year to accommodate species diversity.
  Mule dear, pronghorn antelope and elk live on the Three Quarter 
Circle Ranch during the winter. A pond on the ranch is stocked with 
fish, and nesting structures were added to attract geese.
  Obviously Tony Malmberg feels strongly about his role as a steward of 
natural resources because it not only affects his bottom line, but it 
helps him demonstrate how ranching benefits other species and the 
general public.
  Three Quarter Circle Ranch was selected by a committee of 
representatives of the Environmental Protection Agency, USDA's Soil 
Conservation Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Nature 
Conservancy, American Farmland Trust, American Sportfishing 
Association, Texas Tech University, Texas A&M Research and Extension 
Center, South Utah University and NCBA.
  I commend Tony Malmberg for this award and for what he has 
accomplished on his ranch in Lander. He represents the best of the 
industry and the very best of working people in the West.

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