NE LR438

Congratulates the Pribbeno family (Jeff, Connie, Logan, and Brianna) for winning the National Cattlemen's Beef Association's 2025 National Environmental Stewardship Award, announced February 3, 2026

Wine Glass Ranch in Imperial, Nebraska was established in 1888 as Lonestar Ranch and has grown from nearly 8,000 acres to 30,000 acres of crops, rangeland, and grazing lands under the Pribbeno family's management

Conservation efforts implemented since 2012 include ecological edges with perennial and native grasses, planned grazing systems, and winter grazing of cover crops to minimize wind erosion

More than 10,000 trees and shrubs planted to provide windbreak protection and wildlife habitat areas

Directs that a copy of the resolution be sent to the Pribbeno family