1954 Charles Schwartz and Jack Stanford. Bobwhite through the year (motion picture); and Whirring wings. (Booklet) Missouri Cons. Comm., 96 pp., 1952.
1955 Ted S. Pettit. Conservation good turn (Boy Scout program) 1954.
Durward L. Allen. Our Wildlife Legacy. Funk and Wagnalls Co., N.Y. x + 422 pp., 1954.
1956 Ralph A. MacMullan and Oscar Warbach. The life and times of Michigan pheasants. Game Div., Mich. Dept. Cons., 63 pp. 1954.
Benjamin Draper and Earl S. Hearld. Science in action. (Television program produced live in California, 39 weeks of the year.)
1957 Michael Hudoba. Report from Washington (a monthly presentation in Sports Afield); and New York Sportsmen's Conservation Workshop, Cornell University.
1958 David A. Arnold and Oscar Warbach. Red foxes of Michigan. Mich. Dept. Cons., 48 pp., 1956.
1959 Fred J. Schmeeckle. For developing a model conservation program at the Wisconsin State College, begun in 1945.
1960 Richard W. Westwood. For work of the nature study society and the establishment and growth of the International Union for the Protection of Nature (now Int. Union for Conservation) and as editor of Nature Magazine.
1961 Byron S. Asbaugh and Muriel Beuschlein. Things to do in science and conservation. Sponsored in 1960 by the Conservation Education Assoc. in cooperation with the Am. Nature Assoc.
1962 Ray Dale Sanders for his film "Land of the Prairie Duck" produced by Minnesota Foundation of St. Paul, Minn.
1963 Rachel Carson, "Silent Spring".
1964 Dr. Joseph P. Linduska and Remington Farms for their publications and fine demonstration areas.
1965 Robert W. Hines, authorship and art work on booklet, "Ducks at a Distance".
Dr. Douglas L. Gilbert for his book, "Public Relations in Natural Resources Management".
1966 Ernest H. Linford, conservation editorials in a prominent newspaper.
John Madson for writing benefiting public understanding of aims and objectives of professional wildlife management.
1967 Robert Scott Ellarson, Wisconsin.
1968 "New Mexico Wildlife Management", by the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish.
1969 Raymond F. Dasmann. "Environmental Conservation", and "A Different Kind of Country".
1970 David A. Munro. "A Place for Everything".
1971 Glenn D. Chambers. His film, "The Return of the Wild Turkey".
1972 Bruce E. Cowgill. "The Nebraskaland Acres for Wildlife Program".
1973 No award in Writings category.
1974 Missouri Department of Conservation. Film: "Wild Chorus".
1975 California Department of Fish and Game for outstanding agency public education programs.
University of Maine Student Chapter, The Wildlife Society, for outstanding environmental education community programs.
1976 James A. Trefethen. "An American Crusade for Wildlife". 1975. Winchester Press, NYC.
1977 Karl Maslowski and Stephen Maslowski of Cincinnati, Ohio, for their film, "Ohio's Wild Places", produced for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.
1978 William R. Hernbrode of the Arizona Game and Fish Department for continuing teacher education and volunteer conservation instructor programs in Arizona.
1979 Oscar "Ozz" Warbach of Haslett, Michigan, for his book, "Mother Nature's Michigan", Michigan Department of Natural Resources, 1976, published by Hillsdale Educational Publishers, Inc., Hillsdale, Michigan.
1980(Audio-Visual) Parks Canada, Department of the Environment, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, for their film, "Bears and Man".
1981(Program) Delwin E. Benson, Department of Fishery and Wildlife Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, for outstanding achievement in hunter, wildlife, and conservation education.
1982(Writing) Tracks Magazine, edited by Catherine Mullhaupt Rustem. Printed monthly by the Michigan United Conservation Clubs, Lansing, Michigan, Tracks Magazine distributed to grade schools.
1983 (Audio-visual) "Colorado Wildlife", by Art Shomo and the Colorado Chapter of The Wildlife Society. This is a slide show accompanied by a tape recorded narrative and lesson plans for teachers in the Colorado school system.
1984 (Program) Project WILD, a joint project of the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies and the Western Regional Environmental Education Council. This is an interdisciplinary, supplementary environmental and conservation education program, emphasizing wildlife, for educators of kindergarten through high school age students.
1985(Writing) The Nature Conservancy News. November/December 1983 issue entitled "What's a Species Worth".
1986 (Audio-visual) "Home Free: Return of the Bald Eagle", by Christopher G. Knight. The film chronicles 12 months of the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife's bald eagle restoration effort, now in its 5th year, with an emphasis on raising and releasing young birds to the wild.
1987 (Program) The Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Conservation Education Program for their educational effort, despite cultural and language differences, on behalf of Arctic Geese.
1988 (Writing) "Bay Country", by Tom Horton. Published by Johns Hopkins University Press. 1987.
1989 (Audio-visual) "Sagebrush Country," by Jim and Elaine Larison. This is a video on the need for balanced solutions to provide healthy rangelands for wildlife.
"Restless Ribbons of Sand," by Ken Varden. This is a booklet on the function and importance of coastal barrier ecosystems.
1990 (Program) "Teach About Geese," by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. An educational program that addresses the decline in geese populations in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta in Western Alaska.
1991 (Writing) "America's Neighborhood Bats," by Merlin D. Tuttle. Published by University of Texas Press. 1988.
1992 (Audio-visual) "California's Tule Elk," by the California Department of Fish and Game. This is a video on how the Tule elk were nearly extirpated by the gold rush and ensuing race to develop California's natural resources.
1993 (Program) "Chesapeake Bay Public Awareness Program," U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, for engendering a land and water ethic in the people of the Chesapeake Bay area.
1994 (Writing) "About Mammals and How They Live" by Charles and Elizabeth Schwartz. Published by Missouri Department of Conservation. 1993.
1995 (Audio-visual) Glenn D. Chambers for a lifetime of artistic achievement across several media, including films, video, still photos, and paintings.
1997 (Writing - Book) "Eastern Deciduous Forest Ecology and Wildlife Conservation" by Richard H. Yahner.
(Writing - Articles/Brochures) "Wildlife and Your Land" by the Bureau of Wildlife Management of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
1998 (Audio-visual) Missouri Department of Conservation for “Habitactics” (Computer Conservation Game)
1999 (Program) “NEBRASKAland’s Trail Tales Magazine”. 2000 (Writing - Book) “Wildlife Stewardship and Recreation on Private Lands” by Texas A & M University Press, 1999.
(Writing - Article) “Environmental Education for Kids” a Wisconsin DNR electronic magazine, developed and edited by Carrie Morgan.
2001(Audio - visual) “Living with Urban White-tailed Deer-An Educator’s Guide to Involving Students in Urban Deer Management,” by Wade Nolan, Dan Bertalan, and Gary Beaton. This educational product helps students learn to think for themselves in addressing a challenging current wildlife issue.
2002 (Program) “Fur Hunting and Trapping Education Program” of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources and “Project HOME: Home for Wildlife on School Grounds” of the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department.
2003 (Writing - Book) “Feeding Wildlife...Just Say No!” by Scot J. Williamson of the Wildlife Management Institute.
2004 (Audio-Visual) Michael Forsberg is being recognized for his outstanding achievements in the area of public education. He is a free-lance writer who has contributed stories to NEBRASKAland magazine, Natural Geographic, and Nature.
2005 (Media) Christine Dorsey and Doug Inkley for the media work, organized by Ms. Dorsey with Dr. Inkley as lead spokesperson, that resulted in widespread and outstanding media coverage for The Wildlife Society's "Global Climate Change and Wildlife in North America" Technical Review.
2006 (Program) John VanNeil and William Dean for Bureau of Land Management’s publication, The Wildlife Investigator Series - Volume 1. The authors have developed educational materials to help wildlife biologists and others give presentations on various wildlife topics. These presentations are provided for students from kindergarten through high school.
