Past Recipients

• 2018: John Parish
• 2017: Marilyn Murray
• 2016: David Lamble
• 2015: Brad Whitcombe
• 2014: Hillside Festival
• 2013: Ron and Nancy Clark
• 2012: Grand Valley Trails Association
• 2010: Allan Holmes
• 2009: Peter Krause
• 2007: Betty Schneider
• 2006: Archie MacRobbie
• 2005: SC Johnson and Son, Limited
• 2002: Brant Waterways Foundation
• 2000: Gil Henderson
• 1999: Howard Cranston
• 1998: Ken Peers
• 1997: Mary Welsh
• 1995: Ron Fox
• 1993: Lorne Murray
• 1992: G. M. (Mac) Coutts
• 1991: Arthur D. Latornell
• 1988: Robert S. Dorney, Ilmar Kao
• 1987: John W. Murray, Maurice A. Mackrell
• 1984: Wilfred J. Schneller, G. Alex Forbes, CAP Communications
• 1983: Whitney L. Bradley
• 1982: Alison Jackson, T.J. (Ted) Heeg, Robert K. Pequegnat
• 1981: Robert H. Haworth
• 1980: William E. Hamilton, Alexander G. Skinner
• 1979: Archie W. Beattie, Hugh A. Cameron
• 1977: Stanley Potter, Hector A. Stewart, Hugh C. Templin
• 1976: Garfield Disher, Hugh C. Elliott, George E. Fisher, Percy R. Hilborn, Charles H. Janzen, Horace G. Mack, I.C. (Ike) Marritt, Katharine A. Marston, Elliot I. McLoughry, Albert McWilliams, Marcel Pequegnat, William A. Philip, E. Fred Roberts, Gerald N. Ruhnke, Clarence D. Sutor, Oliver J. Wright

Watershed Awards have been presented annually since 1983, originally as Certificates of Appreciation, to recognize individuals, agencies, groups and businesses who have undertaken one or more major projects to support conservation in the Grand River watershed.

• 2018: Jack Benham, Dr. Derek Coleman, Grand River Fisheries Management Plan (GRFMP) Implementation Committee, Jeff Grant, Philip Holst, Ontario Stone, Sand and Gravel Association (OSSGA)
• 2017: Apotex Pharmachem, Karen Bateman and Marilyn Swaby, Cambridge City Green, Nature Guelph, Stuart Wright
• 2016: Youth Outdoors Day, The Neighbourhood Group of Companies (NGC), Dr. Paul Karrow, John Rowe.
• 2015: Bill Christmas, The Grand River Adventure, Barry Lee, Bob Scott, Waterloo Region Nature, Hugh Whiteley
• 2014: Guelph Hiking Trail Club, Bird Studies Canada, Fraser Gibson, Emil Frind, Buck Ross and Joyce Spies
• 2013: Paul Clarke, Turtle Island News, Lynne Woolstencroft (posthumous), Bernd Brandt, George and Peggy Sarson
• 2012: Rick Ludkin, Waterloo Cattlemen's Association, Friends of Mill Creek, Len and Sue King, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada, Ken Rosin
• 2011: Barbara Kidd, Jim Phillips, Fergus Lions Club, Cambridge WATERS, Conestogo River Enhancement Workgroup (CREW)
• 2010: Chuck Beach, Steve & Paul Cressman, Clare Rennie, Wellington Green Legacy, Ducks Unlimited Canada
• 2009: Murray Schlueter, Tom Sitak, Norman Lundvall, Blount Canada (Guelph), Trout Unlimited Canada (Speed Valley Chapter)
• 2008: Dave Belleville, Richard Cook, Port Maitland "On the Grand" Historical Association, Katie and Phillip Wilman, Doug Ratz, Woolwich Clean Waterways Group
• 2007: Joe Kral, Ignatius Jesuit Centre of Guelph, Dufferin Aggregates & Capital Paving, Dennis Wendland
• 2006: John Harris, Bob Murray and Marilyn Murray, Cambridge Rotary Clubs, Trees for Peel, Walt Crawford, David Morris, Tom & Barb Parker, Reuter Walkers Club (Cambridge)
• 2005: Greentec International, Waterloo Region District School Board & Waterloo Catholic District School Board, W.L.U./Mohawk Environmental Group, Hillside Festival, John Jackson, Rosewood Farms, Arnold Vervoort Family
• 2004: Jason and Aaron Richardson, Larry Mellors, Ancient Mariners Canoe Club, Cambridge Sculpture Garden, Tim Horton Children's Foundation Onondaga Farms
• 2003: Ontario Pork, Walter Martin, Walter Bean Grand River Community Trail, Puslinch Lake Conservation Association, Suncor Energy Products Inc., Waterloo-Wellington Children's Groundwater Festival
• 2002: Home Depot Waterloo Green Team, Bill Thompson, Lower Grand River Land Trust, Erlhaven Farms, Peggy Lang
• 2001: Warren Stauch, Mary Johnston Public School, Paul & Yvonne Day, Chuck & Marcia Dew, McNeil Consumer Healthcare
• 2000: Mike & Mary Konkle, Jean Steckle, Ken Hunsberger, Six Nations Ecocentre, Conestoga-Winterbourne Optimists
• 1999: David Lamble, Dan Crumb, Stewart Cressman, Bob McMullen, Linda Risacher-Copp, Ilse Kraemer
• 1998: Wellington Roadside Heritage Trees, Donna MacKenzie - University of Guelph, John Benham, Klaus & Lydia Friesecke, Elinor Hueton, Don Wills
• 1997: Mike Murray, Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario, Mike Lobsinger, Elton & Shelton Papple, Reg & Elizabeth Samis, Friends of the Grand
• 1996: Elizabeth (Samm) MacKay, Harvey Miller, George & Sandy Barrie, Heyer Family, Susan Bryant
• 1995: Elora Cataract Trailway Association, Ian Martin & Jane Rutherford, Steve & Sandra Eastep, Wilmot Citizens' Environmental Advisory Committee, Union Gas, Dunnville District Hunters & Anglers Conservation Club
• 1994: Gordon Nelson, Marg Dickson, Casey deBoer, Jack Speelziek, Ducks Unlimited Canada, Alma Public School
• 1993: The Nature Conservancy of Canada, Trout Unlimited (The Grand River Chapter), Philip & Jean Gosling, Brantford Steelheaders & the students of Pauline Johnson Collegiate Vocational School, Martin deGroot & Ineke Booy, Hugh Lemon, John Gal
• 1992: Friends Of The Environment Foundation, Optimist Club of Southwest Kitchener, Dan Daly, Fred & Jane Schneider, Blaindale Farms, Hank Radstake, Stan Litch, Walter Brubacher, Heiti Jaason
• 1991: George Stormont, Sid & Ray Hester, Wayne Houston, Sheldon Cosens, Cayuga Secondary School, Frank Glew, Ann Smith, Mary E. Tyler, Ed Reinhart, Chris & Mary-Jean Page
• 1990: Guy Guardhouse, Harold Freure, Cleo Bender, Students of Courtland Senior Public School, Fred Quinn, Eric Thomlinson, Mr. & Mrs. Robert Edgeworth
• 1989: Guelph Chapter of OPIRG (Ontario Public Interest Research Group), Township of Mornington, Grand River Chapter of the United Empire Loyalists, St. David Secondary School, Jeff Buckland & Mat Wilson, William & Fred Kabbes, Douglas Albin, Oskar Dumpe
• 1988: City Of Cambridge, Reg Cooper, Jim & Eileen Coulton, Albert Erb, Nik Kiidumae, William Law, Wellington Staats, City of Waterloo
• 1987: City of Guelph, Bob Hamilton, Preston Panhandlers (National Campers & Hikers Association), Jim Romahn, Ed Reist, Joe Turner, Carl & Kay Rosebrugh, Mary Nelles, Ross Wilhelm, Cressy McCatty, Donald Brooks, H.G. Downie, Clinton Pottruff, David Ghent, Quentin Martin, Carl McLean
• 1986: Ron & Ruth Zehr, John & Luella Albin, Gail Robinson, Nancy & Clifford Winder, Belwood Lions Club, Woodbury Farms, Edna & Mansell Nellis, Howard Smith, Jack & Joyce Steffler, Bob & Ruth Hughes, Ray & Fern Nash, Erik Jorgensen, Adolfs Ridzins, Gordon Glaves
• 1985: Norman R. Richards, City Of Kitchener, County Of Wellington, Allan R. Holmes, Benjamin J. E. Teskey, Donald N. Graham, Roger & Val Van De Cappelle, Teofil Malecki, Arthur G. Horne, Murray Harnack, Edward R. Meadows, Ronald S. Middleton, Mennonite Disaster Service
• 1984: Ralph Shantz, George Kollman, Andrew Stanners, Art Grubbe, Stewart Paddock, Douglas Fletcher, Lloyd & Wilma Flear
• 1983: Merle Colman, Fredrick S. Graham, Frederick Grespan, Kenneth O. Hammill, Henry C. Janzen, Albert J. Lorentz, Erwin S. Nelson, Norman Roszell, Betty Schneider, Howard Zeigler, Russell Faulkner, Holger Hansen, William Miller, Victor A. Ross, H. Emerson MacMillan, Peter Templin, Ed Long, Mary Welsh, Kinsmen Club Of Caledonia, National Campers and Hikers Association (Brantford) Sundowners Chapter, Kinsmen Club of Preston, Kiwanis Club of the Twin Cities