The Individual Service Award is presented annually to up to three recipients who have made significant and lasting contributions to the outdoor recreation profession. The award may recognize one specific contribution or a series of contributions over one’s career.
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2022
Ayn Weiskamp, East Bay Regional Parks District
Greg Corio, West Virginia University
Tim Young, Wyoming Pathways
2020
Smith, Utah Office of Outdoor Recreation, Minnesota Land Trust
Yu-Fai Leung, North Carolina State University
Shawn Lindsey, State of Virginia
2019
Derrick Crandall, American Recreation Coalition
Dr. Gary Green, U.S. Forest Service, retired
Tom Keith, Logan Simpson
Tara McKee, Utah Office of Outdoor Recreation
2018
Barbara Nelson-Jameson
Charlie Jacobi
Aaron Lowden
2017
Mary Donze, Missouri State Parks
Nick Morris, Stark County Park District
Arnold Randall, Forest Preserves of Cook County
2016
Mary Coulombe, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Francisco Valenzuela, U.S. Forest Service
2015
Andy Windsor, Bureau of Land Management, Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area
Danette Poole, Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
Bob Campbell, National Park Service, Chesapeake Bay Office
2014
Dr. Robert Manning, The University of Vermont
Kathleen Hooper, Santa Clara County Parks
Carol Severin, East Bay Regional Parks District and San Francisco State University
2013
Dr. Lowell Caneday, Oklahoma State University
Robert A. Fonte, Stark County (Ohio) Park District
Dusty Shultz, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
2012
Joe Elton, Virginia State Parks
Kate Schutt, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department
2011
Ron Stewart, Boulder County Parks and Open Space
Roger Lewis, Lower Colorado River Authority
2010
Terry Slider, USDA Forest Service
Jim Eychaner, State of Washington Recreation and Conservation Office
2009
Wayne Strum, National Park Service
John Davy, Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
2008
Tim Bradle, Lower Colorado River Authority
Merdith "Cam" Lockwood, USDA Forest Service, Trails Unlimited
2007
Bob Ditton, Texas A&M University
Dan Wiley, National Park Service, the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail
2006
Marlene Finley, USDA Forest Service
Joseph Stephen Weaver, Nevada State Parks
Vernon Lovejoy, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
2005
Gloria Shinn, National Parks Service, Seattle WA
Keith Demetrak, California State Parks
2004
Ray Murray, National Park Service, California
2003
Wayne Sames, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Craig Karr, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
2002
Mary Fitch, Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Charles Van Genderen, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks
2001
Robert Reinhardt, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation
2000
Roxane Eley, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
Don Bruns, Bureau of Land Management
1999
Beth McClure, South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism
1998
Charles R. Jordan, Parks & Recreation, City of Portland, OR and Board of Directors, The Conservation Fund
Greg Super, USDA Forest Service
D. Thomas Ross, Recreation & Conservation, National Park Service
Jeff Packer, Utah Division of Parks & Recreation
1997
Sue Spear, USDA Forest Service
1996
Fran Mainella, Recreation & Parks, Florida Department of Environmental Protection
David Dahlquist, David L. Dahlquist Associates
1995
Albert Gregory, Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Leslie Reid, Texas A&M University
1994
Bruce Kennedy, California Department of Parks and Recreation
1993
Dick Westfall, Illinois Department of Conservation