The Ansel Adams Award is an annual award given by The Wilderness Society of the United States. Named by American photographer and environmentalist Ansel Adams, the award is given to a current or former federal official who has been a fervent advocate of conservation.[1]
Recipients
editSource: Wilderness Society
- 2016 Dianne Feinstein
- 2015 John Podesta
- 2014 Max Baucus
- 2013 Ken Salazar
- 2012 Not awarded
- 2011 Bruce Babbitt
- 2010 Mike Dombeck (US Forest Service)
- 2009 Jeff Bingaman
- 2008 Norman D. Dicks
- 2007 James M. Jeffords ; Sherwood L. Boehlert
- 2006 Maria Cantwell
- 2005 Ernest F. Hollings
- 2004 Nick J. Rahall II ; Harry Reid
- 2002 John Kerry and Joseph Lieberman
- 2001 John Lewis
- 2000 David Obey and John Porter
- 1999 Kathleen A. McGinty
- 1998 Dale Bumpers
- 1997 Albert Gore Jr.
- 1994 Bruce F. Vento
- 1993 Not awarded
- 1991 George Miller
- 1990 Gaylord Nelson
- 1989 William V. Roth Jr. ; Allan Cranston
- 1988 John H. Chafee
- 1987 Sidney Yates
- 1986 Stewart L. Udall
- 1985 Cecil D. Andrus
- 1984 Morris K. Udall
- 1983 Phillip Burton
- 1982 John F. Seiberling
- 1981 Jimmy Carter
- 1980 Ansel Adams
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Historical Heroes Archived June 16, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. The Wilderness Society. Retrieved on May 18, 2010.