Outstanding Service to EE Award

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The Outstanding Service to Environmental Education Awards are presented to individuals and organizations to recognize their efforts to lead EE efforts.

2024 Outstanding Service to EE (Individual)

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Heidi McAllister, US Forest Service


2024 Outstanding Service to EE (Organization)

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The National Center for Science Education

Qualifications

Known for one or more of the following:

  • Visible contributions to EE (e.g. research, innovations, curricula, legislation, publications, etc.)
  • Dedicated service in the field of EE
  • Outstanding environmental contribution by a person whose primary function is not environmental (e.g. a politician supportive of EE programs or legislation, etc.)
  • Excellence in reporting environmental issues in the media for the purpose of educating the public (e.g. a writer; newspaper, radio, or television program that regularly gives space or time to present environmental information; or any network, foundation, or entity that makes such reporting possible)
Past Recipients

2022 Winner Individual
Donna Rogler, Project Learning Tree

2022 Winner Organization
S.C.R.A.P. Gallery

2019 Winner Individual-Local
Jennifer Hubbard-Sánchez, Recreation Manager at Raven Run Nature Sanctuary

2019 Winner Individual-Global
Jill Korach, Assistant Director of Field Programs for Miami University's Project Dragonfly

2019 Winner Organization-Local/Regional
Berea College

2018 Winner Individual-Local
Jamie Nakama, Curriculum Specialist, Hawai’i Nature Center

2018 Winner Individual-National
Yash Bhagwanji, Executive Editor for International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education (IJECEE)

2018 Winner Individual-Regional
Katie Navin, Executive Director, Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education

2018 Winner Individual-Global
Gayatri Raghwa, Senior Specialist at the Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi

2018 Winner Organization-Local
Thorne Nature Experience

2018 Winner Organization-Global
Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful

2017 Winner Individual-National
Josetta Hawthorne, Executive Director, Council for Environmental Education

2017 Winner Individual-Global
Ginger Potter, Senior Education Specialist for US EPA

2017 Winner Organization-Local/Regional
Mojave Environmental Education Consortium

2017 Winner Organization-Global
The Foundation for Environmental Education

2016 Winner Individual-Local
Polly Knowlton Cockett, Environmental and Geoscience Education Specialist

2016 Winner Individual-Regional
Adrian Ayson, Executive Director, NEEEA

2016 Winner Organization-Local
Santa Clarita Environmental Education Consortium (SCEEC)

2016 Winner Organization-Regional
Audubon Rockies

2016 Winner Organization-Global
Zayed Future Energy Prize (ZFEP)

2015 Winner Individual-Local
Joshua York, Education Supervisor for the Five Rivers MetroParks in Dayton, Ohio

2015 Winner Individual-Regional
Lisa Bardwell, Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Earth Force

2015 Winner Organization-Local
S.C.R.A.P. Gallery, The Art Museum for the Environmen

2015 Winner Organization-Regional
Prairie Science Class

2015 Winner Organization-Global
Agrium, Inc.

2014 Winner Individual-Local
Ashley Hoffman, Executive Director of Kentucky Association for Environmental Education (KAEE) and Southeastern Environmental Education Alliance (SEEA) 

2014 Winner Individual-Regional
Don Baugh, Chesapeake Bay Foundation Educator; Founder and Director of the No Child Left Inside Coalition

2014 Winner Individual-Global
Shin-Cheng Yeh, Deputy Minister of the EPA-Taiwan

2014 Winner Organization-Local
City of Fort Collins Natural Areas

2014 Winner Organization-Regional
Inside Education, Ottawa, Canada

2014 Winner Organization-Global
Earth Forcewww.earthforce.org

2013 Winner Individual-Local
Maureen Stine, Conservation Educator, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

2013 Winner Individual-Regional
Thom Benedict, Director, Utah Society for Environmental Education 

2013 Winner Individual-Global
Edward McCrea, President and CEO, Environmental Education and Conservation Global 

2013 Winner Organization-Local
Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park

2013 Winner Organization-Regional
Green Schools

2012 Winner Individual-Local
Leslie Pieters, Interim Director of Health, Physical Education & Athletics at the Roosevelt Union Free School District

2012 Winner Individual-Global
Safiya Samman, US Forest Service 

2012 Winner Organization-Local
City of Plano - Sustainability & Environmental Services in Texas

2012 Winner Organization-Regional
Acorn Naturalists and The Acorn Group

2011 Winner Individual-Local
Sean Miller, Washington, DC 

2011 Winner Individual-Regional
Elizabeth Burke, Virginia 

2011 Winner Organization-Local
Audubon Wyoming

2011 Winner Organization-Regional
The Campaign for Environmental Literacy

2011 Winner Organization-Regional
Earth Day Network

2011 Winner Organization-Regional
National Wildlife Federation

2011 Winner Organization-Regional
U.S. Green Building Council, Washington DC

2010 Winner Individual-Local
Tracy Hollis, Texas 

2010 Winner Individual-Regional
James Elder, Council for Environmental Literacy, Washington DC 

2010 Winner Individual-Global
Al Stenstrup, Project Learning Tree, Washington DC 

2010 Winner Organization-Local
REAL School Gardens, Texas

2010 Winner Organization-Regional
Facing the Future, Washington

2010 Winner Organization-Global
Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, Kentucky

2009 Winner Individual-Local
Laura Downey, Kansas Association for Conservation and Environmental Education (KACEE) 

2009 Winner Individual-Local
Dr. Duane Keown, Wyoming 

2009 Winner Individual-Regional
Kim Bailey, Georgia 

2009 Winner Individual-Global
Bora Simmons, National Project for Excellence in Environmental Education 

2009 Winner Organization-Local
Golden Gate Audubon Society

2009 Winner Organization-Regional
NatureBridge

2009 Winner Organization-Global
Environmental Education Exchange

2008 Winner Individual-Local
Kay Antunez de Mayolo, California Project Learning Tree 

2008 Winner Individual-Regional
Bunyan Bryant, University of Michigan 

2008 Winner Organization-Local
Kids for the Bay, San Francisco, CA

2008 Winner Organization-Regional
North Cascades Institute, Woolley, WA

2008 Winner Organization-Global
Project Dragonfly, Miami University, Oxford, OH

2007 Winner Individual-Local
Chris Adam, Quebec 

2007 Winner Individual-Regional
Fran McTamaney, San Francisco Bay Area

2007 Winner Individual-Global
Rosalyn McKeown, Portland, Oregon 

2007 Winner Organization-Local
Willow Bend Environmental Education Center, Flagstaff, Arizona

2007 Winner Organization-Regional
The NEED Project, Manassas, Virginia

2007 Winner Organization-Global
Laurel Springs K-12 Distance Learning Program, Ojai, California

2006 Winner Individual-Local
Lanny Smith, Earthman

2006 Winner Individual-Regional
William F Hammond, Florida Coast University 

2006 Winner Organization-Local
Facing the Future

2006 Winner Organization-Regional
Audubon of North Woods

2006 Winner Organization-Global
Green Teacher Magazine

2006 Winner Organization-Global
Project Learning Tree

2005 Winner Individual-Local
Tanya Oznowich, New Jersey Dept. of Env. Protection 

2005 Winner Individual-Regional
Ken Strom, Director of Bird Conservation & Public Policy, Audubon Colorado

2005 Winner Individual-Global
Tiahoga Ruge, Mexico City, Mexico

2005 Winner Organization-Local
Chihuahuan Desert Nature Park, Las Cruces. New Mexico

2005 Winner Organization-Regional
Sierra Youth Coalition, Ottawa, Ontario

2005 Winner Organization-Global
The Centre for Environment Education (CEE), Ahmedabad, India

2004 Winner Individual-Local
Art Shomo, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources-Wildlife Resources Section

2004 Winner Individual-Regional
Gene Eidson, Southeastern Natural Sciences Academy

2004 Winner Organization-Local
Shaver's Creek Environmental Center

2004 Winner Organization-Regional
Earth Day Canada

2003 Winner Individual-Local
Bernie Samm, Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education

2003 Winner Individual-Regional
Mike Way, Executive Director, Colorado Alliance for EE

2003 Winner Organization-Local
Aspen Center for Environmental Studies

2003 Winner Organization-Regional
ForEd BC

2002 Winner Individual-Local
Greg Stumbo, Kentucky

2002 Winner Individual-Regional
Tim Brown, Utah Society for Environmental Education

2002 Winner Individual-Global
Martha Monroe, School of Forest Resources and Conservation University of Florida 

2002 Winner Organization-Local
New Jersey School of Conservation

2002 Winner Organization-Regional
National Wildlife Federation

2001 Winner Individual-Local
Kurt Mason, District Conservationist, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resource Conservation Service, and Jefferson County Conservation District

2001 Winner Individual-Global
Bob Jickling, Canada 

2001 Winner Organization-Local
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of State Parks

2001 Winner Organization-Regional
Four Corners School of Outdoor Education

2001 Winner Organization-Global
World Wildlife Fund

2000 Winner Individual-Local
Claudia Fowler, Louisiana Environmental Education Association 

2000 Winner Individual-Regional
Don Baugh, Chesapeake Bay Foundation 

2000 Winner Individual-Global
Brian Day, GreenCOM, the Environmental Education and Communication Project of USAID 

2000 Winner Organization-Local
School Yard Nature Program

2000 Winner Organization-Global
Rostov Region of Russia

2000 Winner Organization-Global
Tennessee Valley Authority

1999 Winner Individual-Local
Diane Davies, Georgia

1999 Winner Individual-Regional
Max Peterson

1999 Winner Organization-Local
Moanalua Gardens Foundation

1999 Winner Organization-Global
CISDE

1998 Winner Individual-Local
Mayor David L. Armstrong, Louisville KY

1998 Winner Organization-Local
Eco-Cycle

1998 Winner Organization-Regional
Environmental News Network

1997 Winner Individual-Local
Tom Bennett, Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Resources

1997 Winner Individual-Regional
Robert Haas, River of Words Project

1997 Winner Organization-Local
Los Angeles Conservation Corp

1997 Winner Organization-Regional
The National Environmental Education and Training Foundation (NEETF)

1996 Winner Individual-Local
Pamela Landers, GreenPrint Council

1996 Winner Individual-Regional
George R. Francis, University of Waterloo, Canada

1996 Winner Organization-Local
The Metropolitan Sewer District

1996 Winner Organization-Regional
American Forest Foundation

1995 Winner Individual-Local
Vern Fridley, Utah Society for Environmental Education

1995 Winner Individual-Regional
Richard Wheeler, The Great Auk Project

1995 Winner Organization-Local
Wisconsin Center for Environmental Education, Stevens Point, WI

1995 Winner Organization-Regional
Council of State Governments, Lexington KY

1994 Winner Individual-Regional
Karen Armstrong-Cummings, Frankfort, KY

1994 Winner Organization-Regional
Phillips Petroleum Company

1993 Winner Individual-Regional
Lynne Cherry, Washington, DC 

1993 Winner Organization-Regional
Boys & Girls Clubs of America

1992 Winner Individual-Regional
Judy Braus, World Wildlife Fund 

1992 Winner Organization-Regional
Profauna (Proteccion de la Fauna)

1991 Winner Individual-Regional
David C. Engleson, Supervisor of Environmental Education, WI

1991 Winner Organization-Regional
WSMT TV Channel 4, Nashville

1990 Winner Individual-Regional
Edward Radatz, Biology Teacher, Oak Park, IL

1990 Winner Individual-Regional
Karen Hollweg, Denver Audubon Society 

1990 Winner Organization-Regional
Alberta Environment, Environmental Education Branch

1989 Winner Individual-Regional
Kathy O'Hara, Center for Marine Conservation

1989 Winner Individual-Regional
Barry Fox, Virginia State University 

1989 Winner Organization-Regional
Tennessee Valley Authority, Environmental Education Program

1988 Winner Individual-Regional
James Murray, Television producer, Canada

1988 Winner Organization-Regional
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

1987 Winner Individual-Regional
Charles Roth, Massachusetts Audubon Society

1987 Winner Organization-Regional
Kentucky Division of Water

1986 Winner Organization-Regional
Project WIZE (Wildlife Inquiry through Zoo Education), New York Zoological Society

1985 Winner Individual-Regional
Paul F. Brandwein, Unionville, NY

1985 Winner Organization-Regional
National Wildlife Federation

1984 Winner Individual-Regional
Charles Hopkins, Boyne River Natural Science School, Canada 

1984 Winner Organization-Regional
Western Regional Environmental Education Council

1983 Winner Individual-Regional
Steven E. Landfried, Stoughton (WI) High School

1983 Winner Organization-Regional
Michigan Environmental Education Association

1982 Winner Individual-Regional
Richard Dunn, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

1982 Winner Individual-Regional
John A. Weeks, Centers for Nature Education, Baldwinsville, NY

1981 Winner Individual-Regional
Thomas F. Williams, Consultant, Environmental Affairs

1981 Winner Organization-Regional
Environmental Education Association of South Dakota

1980 Winner Individual-Regional
Amory Lovins, Rocky Mountain Institute

1980 Winner Organization-Regional
ERIC Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education

1979 Winner Individual-Regional
Glenn Linnert, New Albany

1979 Winner Individual-Regional
John Moody, New Albany 

1979 Winner Organization-Regional
Journal of Environmental Education

1978 Winner Individual-Regional
William B. Stapp, The University of Michigan

1978 Winner Organization-Regional
League of Women Voters Education Fund

1976 Winner Individual-Regional
Odom Fanning, Washington, DC

1976 Winner Individual-Regional
Kay Blackwelder, Atlanta Schools

1976 Winner Individual-Regional
Lewis Shelton, Fernbank Science Center

1976 Winner Individual-Regional
Philip Greear, Shorter College

1975 Winner Organization-Regional
Weyerhauser Corporation

1974 Winner Individual-Regional
Governor Tom McCall, Oregon

1974 Winner Individual-Regional
Mayor Pete Wilson, San Diego,CA