Past Honorees
| 2020 | Idaho Wildlife Federation |
| 2019 | Arizona Wildlife Federation |
| 2018 | Tennessee Wildlife Federation |
| 2017 | Environmental League of Massachusetts |
| 2016 | Association of Northwest Steelheaders |
| 2015 | Renewable Resources Coalition |
| 2014 | Prairie Rivers Network |
| 2013 | Conservation Council for Hawai’i |
| 2012 | Delaware Nature Society |
| 2011 | Texas Conservation Alliance |
| 2010 | North Carolina Wildlife Federation |
| 2009 | New Mexico Wildlife Federation |
| 2008 | Conservation Federation of Missouri |
| 2007 | Conservation Federation of Missouri |
| 2006 | Wisconsin Wildlife Federation |
| 2005 | Florida Wildlife Federation |
| 2004 | Arkansas Wildlife Federation |
| 2003 | Montana Wildlife Federation |
| 2002 | Nebraska Wildlife Federation |
| 2001 | Planning and Conservation League |
| 2000 | Alabama Wildlife Federation |
| 1999 | Idaho Wildlife Federation |
| 1998 | Natural Resources Council of Maine |
| 1997 | Virgin Islands Conservation Society |
| 1996 | New Hampshire Wildlife Federation |
| 1995 | Delaware Nature Society |
| 1994 | South Carolina Wildlife Federation |
| 1993 | Michigan United Conservation Clubs |
| 1992 | Georgia Wildlife Federation |
| 1991 | Environment Council of Rhode Island |
| 1990 | Montana Wildlife Federation |
| 1989 | Conservation Council of Hawai’i |
| 1988 | Vermont Natural Resources Council |
| 1987 | Louisiana Wildlife Federation |
| 1986 | Minnesota Conservation Federation |
| 1985 | Mississippi Wildlife Federation |
| 1984 | Colorado Wildlife Federation |
| 1983 | Wyoming Wildlife Federation |
| 1982 | Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM) |
| 1981 | Pennsylvania Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs |
| 1980 | Wisconsin Wildlife Federation |
| 1979 | Tennessee Conservation League |
| 1978 | IA Wildlife Federation & VA Wildlife Federation |
| 1977 | South Carolina Wildlife Federation |
| 1976 | Michigan United Conservation Clubs |
| 1975 | NC Wildlife Federation & ND Wildlife Federation |
| 1974 | GA Wildlife Federation & OK Wildlife Federation |
| 1973 | KS Wildlife Federation & MT Wildlife Federation |
| 1972 | Alabama Wildlife Federation |
| 1971 | Vermont Natural Resources Council |
| 1970 | Arkansas Wildlife Federation |
| 1969 | NRCM & NC Wildlife Federation |
| 1968 | Indiana Conservation Council |
| 1967 | Federated Sportsmen’s Clubs of New Hampshire |
| 1966 | Virginia Wildlife Federation |
| 1965 | Minnesota Conservation Federation |
| 2020 | Claude Jenkins, Alabama Wildlife Federation |
| 2019 | Dan and Connie Burkhardt, Katy Land Trust and Magnificent Missouri |
| 2018 | Dr. Katherine Stephens, South Carolina Wildlife Federation |
| 2017 | G. Richard Mode, North Carolina Wildlife Federation |
| 2016 | The Honorable Thomas B. Evans, Jr., U.S. Congress, Delaware |
| 2015 | Susan Flader, Ph.D, University of Missouri |
| 2014 | Michael Riska, Delaware Nature Society |
| 2013 | Connie Harvey, Aspen Wilderness Workshop & Hal Herring, writer and journalist |
| 2012 | Don Baugh, Chesapeake Bay Foundation |
| 2020 | Pete Pedersen, Environmental League of Massachusetts |
| 2019 | Mike McKernan, South Dakota Wildlife Federation |
| 2018 | Michelle Blair, Mississippi Wildlife Federation |
| 2017 | Lil Pipping, Wisconsin Wildlife Federation |
| 2016 | Ellen McNulty, Arkansas Wildlife Federation |
| 2015 | Pat Jones, Conservation Federation of Missouri |
| 2014 | Norm Ritchie, Association of Northwest Steelheaders |
| 2013 | Phil Taunton, Kansas Wildlife Federation |
| 2012 | Jane Tillman, Texas Conservation Alliance |
| 2011 | Peter Schutt, Tennessee Wildlife Federation |
| 2010 | Lorraine and Dick Fleming, Delaware Nature Society |
| 2009 | Peg Baseden, Delaware Nature Society |
| 2008 | Peter Brann, Natural Resources Council of Maine |
| 2007 | Ed Zygmunt, Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future |
| 2006 | Bob Johnson, Washington Wildlife Federation |
| 2020 | Manoj Sarathy, Conservation Northwest |
| 2018 | Dakin Hewlett, Delaware Nature Society |
| 2017 | David Calandro, Conservation Federation of Missouri |
| 2016 | Daniel Romero |
| 2015 | Jomar Floyd |
| 2014 | Michael Roles |
| 2013 | Jessica Howe |
| 2010 | Grace Breitenbeck |
| 2009 | Taylor Francis |
| 2007 | Carlos Morenos |
| 2006 | Colby Davidson |
| 2005 | Welland Burnside |
| 2004 | Alexis Kuiper |
| 2003 | Shelley Cheung |
| 2002 | Nicole Halpin |
| 2001 | Angela and Lauren Strong |
| 2000 | Danae Drashner |
| 1999 | United Anglers of Casa Grande High School |
| 1998 | Ney Frog Project Students |
| 1997 | La’Moyne Williams |
| 1994 | The Dolphin Defenders |
| 1993 | Brenda Lee Haylett |
| 1992 | Zoe Adams Ferguson |
| 2020 | George Meyer, Wisconsin Wildlife Federation & Frank Szollosi, NWF |
| 2019 | Bob Rees, Association of Northwest Steelheaders & Lisa Moore, NWF |
| 2018 | Dave Chadwick, Montana Wildlife Federation & Tiffany Woods, NWF |
| 2017 | Angie Rosser, West Virginia Rivers Coalition & Jim Lyon, NWF |
| 2016 | Janice Bezanson, Texas Conservation Alliance & Don Hooper, NWF |
| 2015 | Tom Mackin, Arizona Wildlife Federation & Doug Inkley, NWF |
| 2014 | Mack Turner, Texas Conservation Alliance & Jan Goldman-Carter, NWF |
| 2013 | Dan Chu, NWF |
| 2012 | Tim Gestwicki, North Carolina Wildlife Federation & Trudy Kerr, NWF |
| 2011 | Jack Schempp, Environment Council of Rhode Island & Claudia Malloy, NWF |
| 2009 | John Goss, Indiana Wildlife Federation |
| 2008 | Andy McDaniels, Oklahoma Wildlife Federation & Sarah Gannon-Nagle, NWF |
| 2007 | G. Richard Mode, North Carolina Wildlife Federation & Felice Stadler, NWF |
| 2006 | Oscar Simpson, New Mexico Wildlife Federation & FG Courtney, NWF |
| 2005 | Dennis Beuchler, Colorado Wildlife Federation & Ben Deeble, NWF |
| 2004 | Dick Fleming, Delaware Nature Society & Julie Sibbing, Eliza Russell, and Mark Winland; NWF |
| 2003 | Jim Wood, Arkansas Wildlife Federation & David Mizejewski and Tom Lustig, NWF |
| 2002 | Keith Saucier, Louisiana Wildlife Federation & Tom Dougherty and Vicki Seastrom, NWF |
| 2001 | Chuck Rice, North Carolina Wildlife Federation & David Conrad, NWF |
| 2000 | Duane Hovorka, NE Wildlife Federation; Angela Viney, SC Wildlife Federation & Jerry Mulligan, NWF |
| 1999 | Dave Dittloff, Wyoming Wildlife Federation & Glenn Sugameli, NWF |
| 1998 | Chris Kilian, Vermont Natural Resources Council & Rick Spencer, NWF |
| 1997 | Paul Beaudette, Environment Council of Rhode Island & Susan Witek, NWF |
| 1996 | Mary Shriver, New Hampshire Wildlife Federation & Jim Irwin, NWF |
| 1995 | Jerry McCollum, GA Wildlife Federation; Al Rollo, MT Wildlife Federation & Laura Hickey, NWF |
| 1994 | Chip Brown, Pennsylvania Federation of Sportsmen Clubs & Craig Tufts, NWF |
| 1993 | Manley Fuller, FL Wildlife Federation; Becky Scheibelhut, IN Wildlife Federation & Deehon Ferris, NWF |
| 1992 | Loren Forbes, IA Wildlife Federation; John Eichinger, MI United Conservation Clubs & Catherine Malinin, NWF |