National Wetlands Awards Archive

Name

Award Category - Any -Business LeadershipConservation and RestorationEducation and OutreachLandowner StewardshipLand Stewardship and DevelopmentLifetime Achievement AwardLocal Government CategoryLocal StewardshipNonprofit CategoryOutstanding Program DevelopmentPrivate SectorPromoting AwarenessScience ResearchScientific ResearchSpecial Award for Public Policy LeadershipState GovernmentState, Tribal, and Local Program DevelopmentVolunteer LeadershipWetland Business LeaderWetland Community LeaderWetlands Program DevelopmentYouth Leadership20th Anniversary Award for Sustained Contributions30th Anniversary Lifetime Achievement

Year

Volunteer Leadership

Melody Hopkins

Melody Hopkins educates, cajoles, twists arms and organizes, using only a telephone, a computer, a camera and a fax machine, to get Alabama’s politicians, developers, and regulators to protect the state’s coastal wetlands. (Orange Beach, Alabama)

Volunteer Leadership

Cliff and Connie Glockner

For more than 25 years, Cliff and Connie Glockner have been advocates for wetlands protection in coastal Louisiana. (Fishermen, Lacombe, Louisiana )

Volunteer Leadership

Karen Bonner

In Canaan Valley, against the backdrop of West Virginia’s largest wetlands complex, Karen Bonner, winner in the Volunteer Leadership category, volunteers her time and energies to protect the Valley’s ecological integrity. (Canaan Valley, West Virginia)