Creme de la Club: environmental leaders honored at annual ceremony - The Sierra Club bulletin news for members - Brief Article

Sierra, Jan-Feb, 2003

Best known for his high-profile defection from the Republican Party in 2001, Senator Jim Jeffords (I-Vt.) is also a long-time environmental advocate. In September, the Sierra Club gave Jeffords its highest honor, the John Muir Award, for his efforts to clean up power plants and encourage renewable-energy production.

At the Club's annual banquet in San Francisco, Maryland governor Parris Glendening received the Edgar Wayburn Award for his leadership on smart growth. Maryland now preserves more land than it develops each year, and other states are beginning to follow suit. Seattle Post-Intelligencer writer Joel Connelly netted the David R. Brower Environmental Journalism Award for his column, In the Northwest. Other winners of the 2002 Club awards include:

Jack Jeffrey (Ansel Adams Award for conservation photography); Jack Tuholske (William O. Douglas Award for environmental law); Dr. Marvin W. Baker Jr. (William E. Colby Award for leadership); Elizabeth May (EarthCare Award for international work); Amy McCormick (the $2,000 Joseph Barbosa Earth Fund Award for young activists); Lucienne de Naie (Environmental Alliance Award, which includes a $1,000 prize from the Barbosa Fund); Andy Johnson and Jim Maas (Oliver Kehrlein Award for service to the Outings program); Richard Colby (Susan E. Miller Award for service to Club chapters); Allison Chin (One Club Award for combining conservation and outings); Sanford Tepfer (Raymond J. Sherwin International Award); Don Richardson (Special Achievement Award for a single initiative); Rita Bering, Robin Mann, and Mark Rorick (Special Service Award for longtime commitment to conservation); Richard Fiddler (Walter A. Starr Award for continuing support by a former director); and the Napa Group (Ida and Denny Wilcher Award for fundraising and membership development).

MORE INFORMATION To nominate someone for the 2003 awards, contact Ellen Mayou at (817) 283-5489 or go to www.sierraclub.org/awards for complete details.