Dodson's Buddy and Sheila Walsh win Good Neighbor conservation award

A perfect example of cooperation, community spirit and good stewardship are this year's winners of the Montana Neighbor Award presented by The Nature Conservancy, including ranchers Buddy and Sheila Walsh of Dodson.

Founding members of the The Nature Conservancy's Matador Grassbank, both are active with a long list of other groups, from the Fort Belknap Livestock Marketing Cooperative to the Ranchers Stewardship Alliance, where Sheila serves as treasurer.

"It came as quite a surprise," Bud Walsh said of the award. "I really didn't know it existed, but it is certainly a great honor."

He was qui...