Conservation Commissioner for Area III

Grant Victor

appointed july 10, 2023

Grant Victor, a member of the Ottawa County Conservation District board of directors, represents the northeast portion of the state as Area III member of the Oklahoma Conservation Commission. Governor Kevin Stitt appointed Victor to a five-year term beginning July 10, 2023.

Grant Victor is a fourth-generation farmer and rancher on his family’s land in Afton, OK. The land has been in his family since 1892 and is where he currently owns and operates Victor Ranch Partnership with his wife Donna, their three sons and their families. Victor Ranch Partnership has grown beyond the original allotment to 2,800 acres, 925 of which is in cultivation. The Ranch lies in the Ottawa County Conservation District, which was formed in 1946. Victor’s grandfather was one of the original board members, and now Victor serves on the same board, having been a district cooperator many years before.

Victor serves in various leadership positions and has won numerous awards. He has served on the Ottawa County Conservation District Board of Directors, the Oklahoma Association of Conservation Districts, and the Farm Service Agency County Committee. In 2015, Victor was named Outstanding Conservation District Cooperator for Ottawa County and went on to be named the 2016 OACD Outstanding Cooperator. In 2020, Victor received the Oklahoma Leopold Conservation Award, and in 2022, he was announced as one of seven members of the National Conservation Foundation’s (NCF) Next Generation Leadership Institute (NGLI). The NGLI program provides year-long comprehensive training to build future conservation leaders.

conservation districts in area III

Adair County
Caney Valley
Cherokee County
Craig County
Creek County
Delaware County
Mayes County
Muskogee County
Nowata County
Okmulgee County
Osage County
Ottawa County
Rogers County
Sequoyah County
Tulsa County
Wagoner County