This award was established by the Conservation Commission to honor the person who has demonstrated a high regard for the environment. Nominations are sought in the spring and the award is presented annually at the Carlisle Old Home Day ceremonies. (See below for list of past recipients.)
2021 Conservationist of the Year Award Notice and Nomination Form HERE
1988 Adalbert E. Benfield
1989 Kenneth J. Harte
1990 Judith A. Lane
1991 Lois H. Surgenor
1992 Sally Zielinski
1993 Mark Duffy
1994 Steven W. Hinton
1995 Jay Luby
1996 Susan Emmons/Betsy Fell
1997 Eunice Knight
1998 Steve Tobin
1999 Greg Peterson
2000 Seba Gaines
2001 Janet Lovejoy, Jack & Betty Valentine, George and Jill Reichenbach, Fred Rundlett, Adalbert Benfield
2002 Marjorie Findlay
2003 Wayne Davis
2004 Art Milliken
2005 Alex Parra
2006 Kay Fairweather
2007 Louise Hara
2008 Steve Spang, David Freedman, Mary Zoll
2009 John D. Lee
2010 Tricia Smith
2011 Sally Swift
2012 Warren Lyman. Junior Award to Claire Brandhorst
2013 The Elliott Family
2014 Lynn Knight
2015 Alan Ankers
2016 Liz Carpenter
2017 Katharine Endicott, Leslie Thomas
2018 J. Thomas Brownrigg
2019 Marc Lamere
2020 Peter Burn