Highlights include:
2016 Rise To The Future Award, Public Awareness, State-Fish Art Contest, Karen Hollingsworth, Manager, U.S. Forest Service
2015 Conservation Leadership, Partner of the Year Award, Bureau of Land Management & U.S. Forest Service
2011 32nd Annual Telly Awards, Playing Smart Against Invasive Species, DVD, Bronze, with U.S. Forest Service
2011 32nd Annual Telly Awards, Silent Invaders, Bronze, “Information”, with NAMG
2011 32nd Annual Telly Awards, Silent Invaders, Bronze “Wildlife/Nature”, with NAMG
2010 National Invasive Species Program Award: National Forest System, Education and Awareness on Invasive Species – Partner Award, U.S. Forest Service
2010 Bright Ideas Award, recognizing creative and promising government programs and partnership, Innovations in Government Program, Harvard Kennedy School
2010 Conservation Achievement Award, Fish Management Section, American Fisheries Society
2010 Stop Aquatic Hitchhikers! Leadership Award, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and the Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS) Task Force
2010 Carol Mortensen Invasive Species Management Award given in memory. Leech Lake Band of Ojibwa and the Minnesota Invasive Species Council
2009 Presidents Award, Midwest Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
2009 Partners in Conservation Award, U.S. Department of Interior, SW Alaska Salmon Habitat
2008 Rise To The Future Award, Chief Award, Public Awareness, U. S. Forest Service
2008 Honor Award, Connect Citizens to the Land: Invasive Species Threat Campaign, Eastern Region, U.S. Forest Service
2008 Meet The Artists, Federal Duck Stamp, MN, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
2006 Goose Creek, CA, Western Rivers Conservancy
2005 White House, Cooperative Conservation, Downeast Lakes Partnership
2005 Excellence in Riparian Management, Mid-MS River, Shawnee N.F., U.S. Forest Service
2004 Jones Confluence Point Acquisition, Missouri State Park, Missouri Department of Conservation
2004 Nature Watch, Telluride Kiosk, U.S. Forest Service
2002 Commissioners Meritorious Service, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
2001 22nd Annual Telly Awards, Gold, “Conservation”, WF Video with The Zimmerman Group
2001 Honor Award, Chippewa NF, U.S. Forest Service
2000 Governor’s Certificate of Commendation, State of Minnesota
2000 Symposium North American Hunting Heritage, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
2000 Taking Wing, Henry’s Fork Wetland & Waterfowl Habitat, U.S. Forest Service
1999 Golden Eagle, International Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies
1999 Hackberry Flat, Oklahoma Department of Wildlife
1999 Partners in Conservation, Quail Unlimited
1998 Governor’s Cooperative Public Service, State of Minnesota
1998 The Dean’s Ring, College of Natural Resources, University of Minnesota
1998 Allegheny National Forest, U.S. Department of Agriculture
1997 Wildlife Habitat Evaluation Invitational, 4-H
1997 Partners in Conservation, Quail Unlimited
1997 The Golden Glow Award, AGLOW
1997-1995 Marine Research, The Billfish Foundation
1996 Partners in Conservation, Quail Unlimited
1996 Platinum Award, National Outdoor Ethics, IWLA and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
1996 Outstanding Wetland Protection, Environmental Protection Agency
1996 Bear Award, Kodiak NWR, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
1996 Bronze Benefactor, Habitat Council, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
1996 Adopt-A-Moose, Minnesota DNR and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
1996 – 1994 Becoming an Outdoors Woman, UWSP
1995 Return to Chequamegon, Elk Reintroduction, WI, Wisconsin DNR
1995 National Wetlands Conservation Award – Group Winner, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
1995 Manitou Lake Boardwalk, U.S. Department of Agriculture
1995 Benefactor, Habitat Council, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
1995 Partners in Conservation, Quail Unlimited
1994 Outstanding Support, Wildlife Conservation, Pheasant Forever
1994 Wildlife Art in America, James Bell Ford Museum
1994 Abram’s Creek, Chilhowee Bear Reserve, TN, Foothills Land Conservancy
1994 Minnesota State Fair Wildlife Building, Minnesota DNR
1994 Patron Life, National Wild Turkey Federation
1994 Governor’s Symposium on North American’s Hunting Heritage, Arkansas Game & Fish Commission
1994 Hunters of the Sky, Science Museum of Minnesota
1994 Partners in Conservation, Quail Unlimited
1994 Head Lake WMA, Minnesota Deer Hunters Association
1993 Platinum Pintail Award, Waterfowl USA
1993 Pembina Gorge, ND, Elk Habitat, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
1993 Chevron Conservation Award, Paul S. Burke, Founder WF