2005 National Arbor Day Awards

Award winners are recognized for their leadership in the cause of tree planting, conservation, and environmental stewardship.

Leaders in tree planting, conservation, and environmental stewardship from around the country and world are honored each year at our annual Arbor Day Awards celebration held in Nebraska City, Nebraska. The awards ceremony is part of the annual Arbor Day weekend celebration held at Lied Lodge & Conference Center.

J. Sterling Morton Award
• Dr. Pedro Sanchez, Palisades, New York

Frederick Law Olmsted Award
• Huey Johnson, San Francisco, California

Lawrence Enersen Award
• Bob Bickelhaupt, Clinton, Iowa
• Alan Hirsch, Sacramento, California

Good Steward Award
• Henry Kernan, Albany, New York
• Dr. Lawrence Burtner, Harrisonburg, Virginia

Lady Bird Johnson Award
• Interstate MAX Yellow Line, Portland, Oregon
• Texas Department of Transportation, Houston, Texas

Project Award
• Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust
• TREE POWER, Washington, DC
• International Olympic Committee, Switzerland
• Burnham Park Association, Morris Township, New Jersey>
• OPPD Arboretum, Omaha, Nebraska

Education Award
• TreeKeepers Kids, Detroit, Michigan
• Take a Tree Walk, written by Jane Kirkland and published by Stillwater Publishing, Lionville, Pennsylvania

Media Award
• Arboretum America, by Diana Beresford Kroeger
• Native Trees for North American Landscapes, by Guy Sternberg with Jim Wilson, published by the Timber Press, Portland, Oregon

Celebration Award
• The Fairbanks Arbor Day Committee, Fairbanks, Alaska
• Arborfest 2004 - Grand Junction, Colorado

Promise to the Earth Award
• Albertsons Inc., Boise, Idaho