The amendment removed all formatting markers and line numbers from the introduced version to create a clean enrolled version ready for final passage. This is a technical cleanup with no change to the bill's substance—it still honors Shane Jordan as the 2025 winner of the Hugh Hammond Bennett Conservation Planner Award.
26.1037.11 101st Legislative Session SC815 2026 South Dakota Legislature Senate Commemoration 815 Introduced by: Senator Wipf Underscores indicate new language. Overstrikes indicate deleted language. A LEGISLATIVE COMMEMORATION honoring Shane Jordan as the 2025 winner of the 1 Hugh Hammond Bennett Conservation Planner Award. 2 WHEREAS, the Hugh Hammond Bennett National Awards for Conservation Excellence 3 honor the memory of a nationally renowned soil conservation pioneer who raised awareness 4 about the critical importance of soil conservation in the years following the Dust Bowl; and 5 WHEREAS, Hugh Hammond Bennett believed that land could be positively changed by 6 developing and following a conservation plan designed to meet the unique needs of that land, 7 taking into account financial resources, natural resources, and producer goals; and 8 WHEREAS, Shane Jordan's passion for conservation began on his family's corn and 9 soybean farm in the Loess Hills of west central Iowa, where he grew up learning to manage 10 his own sheep flock, cow herd, and tree farm; and 11 WHEREAS, Shane's work as a district conservationist in the Redfield Natural Resources 12 Conservation Service Field Office for Spink and Clark counties, resulted in more than two 13 hundred fifty conservation stewardship program contracts; and 14 WHEREAS, many producers have acknowledged that Shane’s understanding of 15 conservation planning and long-standing dedication to conservation practices have made him 16 an invaluable resource to them in their conversation efforts; 17 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT COMMEMORATED, by the One Hundred First Legislature of the 18 State of South Dakota, that Shane Jordan is recognized as the 2025 national recipient of the 19 Hugh Hammond Bennett Conservation Planner Award. 20