1.0 Conservation Award Recipients
Year Recipients
1979 Stewart Hilts, Ed Kelly, Tom Nudds, Upper Thames River Conservation
Authority
1980 Marge Wake
1981 Frank Cook, John Strickland, 3M Canada
1982 Bill Jarmain, Canadian Wildlife Society, Thames Valley Trail Association
1983 Bonnie Mahon, Jim Mahon, Southwestern Ontario Parks Branch MNR, Frances
Girling, Bill Girling
1984 Spencer Inch, Richard Ivey Foundation, Richard & Jean Ivey Fund, Helen Inch
1985 Bill Stewart, Rose Klinkenberg, Brian Klinkenberg, Pottersburg Creek
Pollution Committee, Eileene Stewart
1986 Mary Smith (Kerr)
1987 Canadian Wildlife Service, London Office, Carl Hearn, Citizens’ Advisory
Committee on the Medway
1988 Dianne Fahselt, David Stephenson, Township of North Dorchester
1989 John Abel, Janet McEwen, Arlene Monger, Sharon Weames, Eye Masters Ltd.,
David McLeod
1990 Tom Benner, Thames Region Ecological Association, Jack Mayos, Ann Mayos,
Dick Huard, Jane Bowles, 3M Canada, Peter Geigen-Miller, Strathroy Save the
Woods Committee
1991 Joe Swan, Sharon Critchley, Turner Bedggood, Cheryl M. Pearce
1992 A.E. Duffield Public School, Lambeth, Mike Oldham
1993 Rosemary Dickinson, Maaike Froelich, Anne Hurd
1994 Trojan Technologies, Pete Read
1995 Northern Lights Outfitters, Helen Kirk, Sandy Levin
1996 Kee Dewdney, Shirley Lorimer, Dave Martin, Winifred Wake
1997 Celebrate the Thames Steering Committee, Urban League of London
1998 Sifton Properties Ltd., Doug Bocking, Emerald Property Services Inc.
1999 Keith Oliver, Canadian Environmental Law Association, Friends of Sharon Creek
2000 Joni Baechler, Clara Brenton Woods Committee
2001 Snake Creek Coalition
2002 Don Gordon, Jack Lorimer, YMCA/YWCA of London Earthkeepers Program
2003 Ian Carmichael
2004 None
2005 Friends of the Coves Subwatershed Inc., Sue Read
2006 Tom Hayman
2007 Thames Talbot Land Trust
2008 None
2009 None
2010 Scott Gillingwater
2011 Carolinian Canada Coalition
2012 Stan Caveney, Anita Caveney
2013 The Rotary Club of London West
2014 Swift Care Ontario, David Crockett
2015 Dean Sheppard
2016 Bruce Parker, Bill Maddeford
2017 David Wake
2018 Pat & Kee Dewdney, Thames River Anglers Association, Thom McClenaghan
2019 None
2020 Brendon Samuels, Delaware Sportsmen’s Conservation Association
2021 Sandy and Ric Symmes, Cathy Quinlan
2022 Karen and Eric Auzins
2023 None
2.0 W. E. Saunders Award of Merit Recipients
Year Recipients
1988 Dorothy Cook, Frank Cook, Marge Wake, Walter Wake
1990 Bill Judd, Bill Jarmain
1992 David Thomson
1994 Sharon Critchley
1996 Rosemary Kelley, Eileene Stewart and Bill Stewart, Frances Girling and Bill
Girling
1999 Winifred Wake, David Wake
2000 Mary Kerr
2002 Marshall Field
2003 Ann White
2004 Pete Read, Dave Martin
2005 Barb Yeo, Rick Hayman
2006 Cathy Quinlan
2007 Shirley Lorimer, Jack Lorimer
2010 Anita Caveney
2013 Hugh Casbourn, Betsy Baldwin
2014 Gail McNeil
2015 Sandy Levin
2016 Barbara Bain
2017 Ian Platt
2018 Karen Auzins
2019 Jim Cushing
2020 Muriel Andreae
2021 Leslie Rockwell
2022 None
2023 Bernie VanDenBelt
2024 None
3.0 Thank You (Suncatcher) Award Recipients
Year Recipients
1992 Pat Ballantyne, Barb Campbell, Jean Campbell, Claudia Cochrane, Doreen
Frayle, Janet Frayle, Helen Inch, Helen Kirk, Ruth Kirkham, Shirley Lorimer, David D. Martin, Ann White
1993 Mike Dawdy
1995 Claudia Cochrane, Donna Cork, Steve Ellefson, Harriet Loyer, Mary Lynn
Metras, Wayne Tingle, Doug van Hemmessen
1997 Dorothy Cook
2000 Neala MacDonald, Ian Platt*, Earl Litchfield*
2001 Daisy McCallum*, Pat Tripp* (* means the year is approximate)
2002 Bernie VanDenBelt, Margie Wake*
2004 Stan Caveney, Shirley Lorimer, Dorothy McCallum, Ann White, Barbara
Yurkoski
2005 Harley Smith*
2006 Karen Auzins, Mary Kerr, Cathy Quinlan, Grace Lumbers
2007 Eric Auzins, Barbara Bain, Jack Lorimer
2008 Katherine Turner
2009 Leslie Rockwell, Joan Taylor
2010 Cathy McCrae, Pat Tripp, Glen Winegarden
2012 Sharon Lisson
2013 Blaine Prentice, Will Lyons, Sue Read, Jim Cushing, Chuck Sperlich, Susan
Legeza, Don Perrie
2014 Pete Read, Eric Auzins, Roslyn Moorhead, Rick Martin, Bernie VanDenBelt,
Ann Day, Sharon Jorgensen
2015 Carol Agocs, Bob McGee, Shirley and Denzil D’Mello.
2016 Herb Bax, Jack Blocker, Cathy Quinlan
2017 Karen Auzins, Mady Hymowitz
2018 Lisa Bildy, Ken Dimson, Leslie Kostal, Ron Martin, Cathy McCrae, Paul
Nicholson, Winnie Wake
2019 Muriel Andreae, Kathy Ellis, Bob McGee, Gail McNeil, Henry Przysiezny
2020 Shirley and Denzil D’Mello, Tom Reaume, Leslie Rockwell
2021 Ron Martin, Irma Harris, Paul Stevens
2022 Jane Edwards
2023 None?
2024 None?
4.0 Special Recognition Award Recipients
Year Recipients
2004 Frances Girling, Winifred and David Wake
2007 William (Bill) W. Judd
2008 Sandy Levin, Winifred Wake
2009 Hugh Casbourn, Pete Read
2011 Don Lodge
2015 Roslyn & Jim Moorhead, Barbara Bain
2016 Ann White, Dave Martin and Pete Read
2017 None
2018 Paul Nicholson
2019 Norm Corrin
2020 Roslyn Moorhead and Jim Moorhead, Herb Bax
2021 Pat Tripp
2022 Susan Relecom (Note: Chris Baldock was also nominated for an award, but declined to accept it.)
2023 None?
2024 Ann Henderson, Evelyn Rogers