Awards & Honors

SCA

2010: Liz Cushman Titus Putnam receives 2010 Presidential Citizens Medal
2010: SCA Wilderness Restoration Crew receives Yosemite Volunteer Award
2010: Yosemite Individual Youth Volunteer Award won by SCA intern Brina Mocsny
2009: Community Catalyst Award, Seattle, WA
2009: U.S. Conference of Mayor's Best Practices Award
2009: Greater Newark Conservancy - Urban Conservation Award, Newark, NJ
2009: Nielsen Distinguished Citizen Award to NH Conservation Corps
2009: Mayor's Proud Partner Award - Won by SCA Houston, TX
2009: SCA wins U.S. Conference of Mayors' Green Jobs Training Initiative Grant
2009: SCA receives Walter J. Dunfey Nonprofit Management Award
2009: SCA intern Erica Ball receives Acadia National Park "Champlain Volunteer of the Year Award"
2009: Do Something Award - Won by the Great Allegheny Passage Interns
2009: Mayor's Environmental Excellence Awards - City of Dallas
2009: Mt Dew Energize Your Community Grant - Won by the SCA New Jersey Green Team
2007: SCA is awarded the Margaret Douglas Medal from the Garden Club of America
2006: SCA earns US Department of the Interior's "Take Pride in America" volunteerism award for work with native and invasive plants.
2005: SCA earns USDA Forest Service Centennial Award for conservation leadership.
2004: Heroes in Conservation Award
2000: National Partnership Award for Education
1994: Regional Civil Rights Action Group Award
1993: National Wildlife Federation Award
1989: Take Pride in America Award – Greater Yellowstone Recovery Corps

2007: Chatham University Rachel Carson Leadership Award
2007: LL Bean Outdoor Hero Award
2007: Sterling College Trustees Environmental Leadership Award
2006: SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Honorary Doctorate
2006: University of Vermont Honorary Degree
2003: ChevronTexaco Conservation Award
1996: National Wildlife Federation Conservation Achievement Award
1996: SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Sol Feinstone Environmental Award
1989: National Park Service Honorary Park Ranger Award
1989: Vermont Youth Conservation Corps Commendation
1987: U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary’s Commendation Award
1987: Student Conservation Association Resolution
1982: President Reagan presents the President’s Volunteer Action Award
1982: Student Conservation Association 25th Anniversary Award
1980: Garden Club of America Conservation Achievement Award
1974: U.S. Department of the Interior Distinguished Service Award
1971: Arizona Federated Garden Clubs Distinguished Service Award
1966: Garden Club of America Margaret Douglas Award