CHADRON, NE (01/20/2011)(readMedia)-- Soil and Water Conservation Society member Robin Foulk, at left, presents a $750 scholarship to Chadron State College student Kelly Troester of Marsland, Neb. Troester, who is studying rangeland management, was awarded one of four scholarships from the SWCS's Nebraska chapter. The SWCS is a nonprofit scientific and education organization that serves as an advocate for conservation professionals and for science-based conservation, practice, programs and policy. The organization fosters the science and art of natural resource conservation through research, education and advocacy. It was founded in 1943.