BISMARCK – The North Dakota Grazing Lands Coalition (NDGLC) elected officers and directors to its board of directors and approved a mentor at its annual meeting in January. Officers re-elected to another three-year term are Chairman Jerry Doan of McKenzie, Vice Chairman Jay Reiser of Washburn and Secretary/Treasurer Jed Rider of Alexander.

New directors elected to the NDGLC board are Derrick Dukart of Manning and David Bauer of Regan.

Jayce Doan was approved as mentor in the NDGLC mentorship network. Doan, of Hazelton, works with his parents, brothers and wife to raise cattle and bison, as well as cover crops and other crops, on Black Leg Ranch near McKenzie. NDGLC mentors are a grassroots-based network of North Dakota grazing land managers, who have agreed to provide guidance and counsel on grassland management to interested ranchers and agency personnel.

The North Dakota Grazing Lands Coalition was organized by a grassroots group in 1996 to improve stewardship through regenerative and profitable grazing management for promoting the health and regeneration of North Dakota’s grasslands.