National Wetlands Awards Archive

Wetland Community Leader
Mr. Chester A. McConnell has devoted his professional and personal energies to researching, monitoring, and protecting wildlife species, and has focused for decades on wetlands and streams. (Mobile, Alabama)
Wetland Community Leader
Ms. Hazel Sinclair, a high school biology teacher and a New Orleans and southeastern Louisiana native, is passionate about nature, her state’s coastal wetlands, and public education. (Covington, Louisiana)
Wetland Community Leader
Mr. Barth Crouch has spent his career monitoring and protecting wildlife species and enhancing their habitats. (Salina, Kansas)
Wetland Community Leader
Barbara Salzman was raised in Philadelphia, where as a child she noticed that “everything was built up.” (Larkspur, California)
Wetland Community Leader
Grassroots activist Florence LaRiviere has worked countless hours to protect wetlands in the San Francisco Bay area. (Palo Alto, California)