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Owners of outside cattle would have been told, up front, what could happen if drought withered the forage supply. They would know about Pelster's concern for the long-term health of the range. His management decisions would ref ect an understanding that recovery from extreme drought takes time, as well as rain. "In 2013, we cut our stocking rate by half. Last summer, we stocked at about 75% of normal," says Pelster. "In 2015, I hope we're back to near normal. We'll see." At Pelster Angus Ranch, "normal" still means stocking the range conservatively. That practice is representative of the serious stewardship that earned Pelster and his wife, Nancy, the Leopold Conservation Award in 2014. Likened to a "Nobel Prize" for agriculture, the award is named for famed conservationist Aldo Leopold. Sponsored by the Wisconsin-based Sand County Foundation, the award celebrates landowners who voluntarily apply ethical and scientif cally sound management practices. Nebraska recipient Duane Pelster says he has followed the example set by two conservation-minded managers — his wife's father and grandfather. Pelster has tried to build upon their legacy, through management focused on enhancing soil and plant health, water resources and wildlife while simultaneously achieving prof tability. All are essential to ranch sustainability. Early guidance Duane and Nancy Pelster headquarter near the north-central Nebraska community of Ericson, on a spread straddling the Garf eld and Wheeler county line. Yet it was on a place located about 18 miles up the Cedar River that, in 1961, the newlywed couple began ranching with her dad. Early on, Pelster was impressed by his father-in-law's land ethic. He remembers Marden Malmsten's counsel: "If you're good to the land, the land will be good to you and future generations." 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Above: Over time, some 25 miles of water pipeline have been laid to increase the number of watering sites and reduce dependence on windmills. All of the improvements have enabled Duane Pelster to better plan how various groups of cattle will be managed during the fi ve-month summer grazing season. PHOTOS COURTESY OF NRCS, BURWELL, NEB. July 2015 ■ ANGUSJournal ■ 79