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Applications for the 2025 Environmental Stewardship Award are due on February 17, 2025. Any individual, group or organization is eligible to nominate one individual/business who raises or feeds cattle. Individuals and families may not nominate themselves. However, we expect nominees will be involved in the preparation of the application. 

Past nominees are eligible and encouraged to resubmit their application; previous winners may not reapply. The full nomination application and directions for its completion are linked to in PDF format below.  Along with the typed application, one nomination letter and three letters of recommendation highlighting the nominee’s leadership in conservation are expected.

2025 ESAP Application Packet - Subject to change ahead of the call for 2026 nominations. 

NEW FOR 2025: ESAP Statement of Authenticity - Must be included with nomination packet at time of submission. 

If you would like assistance or to request a hard copy of the nomination packet, contact [email protected].

Sample applications from past winners: 

2022: Carter Cattle Co.

2021: JY Ferry & Son, Inc.

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