| George B. Fell Lifetime Achievement Award | Carl N. Becker Stewardship Award | Rising Leader Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Kelly Kindscher | 2024 | Linda Lehrbaum | ||
| 2023 | Rick Myers, Ph.D. | 2023 | Garrett Altmann | ||
| 2022 | Thomas Meyer | 2022 | Ellen Jacquart | 2022 | Samuel King |
| 2021 | Glenn Juday | 2021 | Ken McCarty | ||
| 2020 | Thomas Foti | ||||
| 2019 | Reed Noss | 2019 | Mentor Marsh Stewardship Team, Cleveland Museum of Natural History | ||
| 2018 | William (Bill) Weeks | 2018 | Joyce Bender | ||
| 2017 | Larry Smith | 2017 | Bill Kleiman | ||
| 2016 | John O. Sawyer | 2016 | Jenny Cruse-Sanders | ||
| 2015 | Sylvia Taylor | 2015 | Martin Blaney | ||
| 2014 | Paul Knoop | 2014 | Lee Casebere | ||
| 2013 | Fran Harty | 2013 | The Stewardship Network | ||
| 2012 | Joan Seevers | 2012 | Southern Illinois Invasives Strike Team | ||
| 2011 | Richard Thom | 2011 | Brevard County Environmentally Endangered Lands Program | ||
| 2010 | David Brunckhorst | 2010 | Joe Woolbright | ||
| 2009 | Hal DeSelm | ||||
| 2008 | Elsie Quarterman | 2008 | Gary Milano | ||
| 2007 | John Bacone | 2007 | Jeff Krause | ||
| 2006 | Charles Van Riper III | 2006 | Wilton Wildlife Preserve and Park, Diablo Trust, Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission | ||
| 2005 | John Humke | 2005 | Okefenokee Wildlife League (OWL) | ||
| 2004 | James Bissell | 2004 | Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Keith and Mary Blackmore | ||
| 2003 | Wilbur Mayhew | 2003 | Wilton Wildlife Preserve and Park | ||
| 2002 | W. Leon Neel | 2002 | Dr. Dennis Nyberg | ||
| 2001 | Margaret Hames | 2001 | Monterey Pine Forest Watch | ||
| 2000 | John Schwegman | ||||
| 1999 | The Babbit Family | ||||
| 1998 | Dr. Edward G. Voss and Bertha Daubendick | ||||
| 1997 | Dr. Robert E. Frenkel | ||||
| 1996 | The Prairie Triad pioneers of prairie preservation in northern Illinois:
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| 1995 | Dr. Alton A. Lindsay and John Wylie Chief, Natural History Division, Missouri Department of Conservation | ||||
| 1994 | William Barnes | ||||
| 1993 | Dr. Richard Goodwin | ||||
| 1991 | Charles A. Wellner | ||||
| 1990 | Jerry F. Franklin | ||||
| 1989 | Dr. Robert E. Jenkins | ||||
| 1987 | Clifford E. Germain | ||||
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