Award Winners

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Award Winners 2020

2020 National Awards (for efforts in 2019)

Hall of Fame Awards

Recognizes a member’s outstanding accomplishments in furthering the mission and goals of the League.

Avifauna Program of the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Chapter (Maryland)

Barbara Pritchett (Virginia)

Conservation Awards

Recognizes member contributions to conservation in the name of the League.

Mark Matt and Cheryl Matt of the Central New York Chapter (New York)

Charles W. Causey of the Florida Keys Chapter (Florida)

David Minge of the Minnesota Valley Chapter (Minnesota)

Save Our Streams Awards

Recognizes outstanding work in environmental education and citizen activism for clean water.

Ponds and Streams Committee of the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Chapter (Maryland)

Mike Fuge of the Bill Cook Chapter (Wisconsin)

Shooting Sports Awards

Presented to individuals, groups, or organizations judged to have done outstanding work to promote shooting sports.

Charita Niedermeyer of the Fort Wayne Chapter (Indiana)

Chester "Chet" Wise of the York Chapter #67 (Pennsylvania)

Michael Scholz of the Crete Chapter (Nebraska)

Outdoor Ethics Awards

Presented to individuals, groups, or organizations judged to have done outstanding work in outdoor ethics.

Paul and Elaine Anderson of the Diana Chapter (Indiana)

Honor Roll Awards

Recognizes outstanding accomplishments in conservation, public education, and/or publicity in keeping with the League’s goals by an individual or organization.

Jason Berhardt and Bill Markle of the Carp Fishing Tournament and Family Fishing Days on Onondaga Lake (New York)

Dr. Elizabeth W. Schnabel of the Medina County Soil and Water Conservation District (Ohio)

Chapter and Division Awards

James Lawton Childs Awards

Recognizes chapter accomplishments in conservation.

Bethesda-Chevy Chase Chapter (Maryland)

Robert C. O’Hair Awards

Recognizes outstanding chapter youth programs.

Loudoun County Chapter (Virginia)

Best Chapter Newsletter Awards

Based on appearance, originality, timeliness, and news coverage, including national and state news and community conservation.

Under 500 members: Savanna View, Owatonna Chapter (Minnesota)
Over 500 members: Arlington-Fairfax Chapter, Inc. Newsletter, Arlington-Fairfax Chapter (Virginia)

Best Chapter Website Award

Based on appearance, originality, and news coverage.

Arlington-Fairfax Chapter (Virginia)

John C. Gregory Award

For the division with the overall highest numerical increase in members.

Colorado Division, increase of 122 members

Membership Achievement Award

For the chapters with the greatest numerical increase and percentage increase in members.

Greatest percent increase: Allegheny County Chapter (Pennsylvania), increase of 82 percent
Greatest numerical increase: Pikes Peak Chapter (Colorado), increase of 124 members

Membership Merit Awards

Recognize membership growth based on chapter size.

For the chapter with 50 and under members with both the greatest percent Increase and net gain: Argos Chapter (Indiana)

For the chapter with 51 to 250 members with the greatest percent increase: Allegheny County Chapter (Pennsylvania)

For the chapter with 51 to 250 members with the greatest net gain: Red Cedar Chapter (Iowa)

For the chapter with 251 to 500 members with both the greatest percent Increase and net gain: Miller Chapter (Indiana)

For the chapter with 501 and more members with the greatest percent increase: Linn County Chapter (Iowa)

For the chapter with 501 and more members with the greatest net gain: Pikes Peak Chapter (Colorado)

110-Percent Growth Awards

Further recognizes the chapters that grew by 10 percent or more in 2019.

Colorado: Pikes Peak
Florida: Cypress and Mangrove
Illinois: Chicago #1, Des Plaines and Peoria
Indiana: Argos, Miami, Michigan City #7, Miller and Wabash
Iowa: B. F. Carroll, Grundy-Tama, Linn County, Muscatine, Oakdale, Panora Conservation, Poweshiek County and Red Cedar
Maryland: Sportsman’s
Minnesota: New Ulm #79 and Prairie Woods
Nebraska: Arapahoe
Ohio: Fremont and Hamilton
Oregon: Silverton
Pennsylvania: Allegheny County and Oil City
South Dakota: Bon Homme County, Rapid City, Sioux Falls and Sunshine
Virginia: Arlington-Fairfax Juniors and Norfolk-Chesapeake
West Virginia: Zip Little
Wisconsin: A.D. Sutherland and Beloit
Wyoming: Charles E. Piersall

Defenders Chapter Achievement Awards

This year, 50 League chapters were honored with a Defenders Chapter Achievement Award for their contributions to the League’s mission through their successful programs promoting membership, education, conservation, youth involvement, community outreach, and the principles of philanthropy.

Arlington-Fairfax (Virginia)
Austin (Minnesota)
Berkeley County (West Virginia)
Bethesda-Chevy Chase (Maryland)
Bill Cook (Wisconsin)
Bon Homme County* (South Dakota)
Brown County (Wisconsin)
Bush Lake (Minnesota)
Cass County (Minnesota)
Central New York** (New York)
Clinton County* (Iowa)
Des Moines (Iowa)
Dwight Lydell (Michigan)
Elgin (Illinois)
Frederick #1 (Maryland)
Fredericksburg-Rappahannock (Virginia)
Grand Island (Nebraska)
Hamilton (Ohio)
Harford County (Maryland)
Jaques (Minnesota)
Kampeska (South Dakota)
Lincoln** (Nebraska)
Lois Green-Sligo (Maryland)
Loudoun County (Virginia) **
McCook Lake (South Dakota)

Medina (Ohio)
Mid-Shore** (Maryland)
Minnesota Valley (Minnesota)
Mountaineer (West Virginia)
New London (Minnesota)
New Ulm (Minnesota)
Owatonna (Minnesota)
Pikes Peak (Colorado)
Prairie Woods (Minnesota)
Rochester (Minnesota)
Rockville** (Maryland)
Sioux Falls (South Dakota)
Sportsman’s (Maryland)
Sunshine (South Dakota)
Tiffin-Seneca County (Ohio)
W. J. McCabe (Minnesota)
Walter J. Breckenridge (Minnesota)
Wapashaw (Minnesota)
Warren County (Iowa)
Warren County (Virginia)
Wayne County (Ohio)
Wes Libby - Northern Lakes (Minnesota)
Wildlife Achievement (Maryland)
Will Dilg (Minnesota)
York #67 (Pennsylvania)

* First-time recipient
** 20^th consecutive year!

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