Awards & Honors

SCA

• 2012: SCA Highlands Crew at Blue Ridge Parkway receives Outstanding Youth Award
• 2010: Liz Cushman Titus Putnam receives 2010 Presidential Citizens Medal
• 2010: SCA Wilderness Restoration Crew receives Yosemite Volunteer Award
• 2010: Yosemite Individual Youth Volunteer Award won by SCA intern Brina Mocsny
• 2009: Community Catalyst Award, Seattle, WA
• 2009: U.S. Conference of Mayor's Best Practices Award
• 2009: Greater Newark Conservancy - Urban Conservation Award, Newark, NJ
• 2009: Nielsen Distinguished Citizen Award to NH Conservation Corps
• 2009: Mayor's Proud Partner Award - Won by SCA Houston, TX
• 2009: SCA wins U.S. Conference of Mayors' Green Jobs Training Initiative Grant
• 2009: SCA receives Walter J. Dunfey Nonprofit Management Award
• 2009: SCA intern Erica Ball receives Acadia National Park "Champlain Volunteer of the Year Award"
• 2009: Do Something Award - Won by the Great Allegheny Passage Interns
• 2009: Mayor's Environmental Excellence Awards - City of Dallas
• 2009: Mt Dew Energize Your Community Grant - Won by the SCA New Jersey Green Team
• 2007: SCA is awarded the Margaret Douglas Medal from the Garden Club of America
• 2006: SCA earns US Department of the Interior's "Take Pride in America" volunteerism award for work with native and invasive plants.
• 2005: SCA earns USDA Forest Service Centennial Award for conservation leadership.
• 2004: Heroes in Conservation Award
• 2000: National Partnership Award for Education
• 1994: Regional Civil Rights Action Group Award
• 1993: National Wildlife Federation Award
• 1989: Take Pride in America Award – Greater Yellowstone Recovery Corps

Elizabeth Cushman Titus Putnam

• 2007: Chatham University Rachel Carson Leadership Award
• 2007: LL Bean Outdoor Hero Award
• 2007: Sterling College Trustees Environmental Leadership Award
• 2006: SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Honorary Doctorate
• 2006: University of Vermont Honorary Degree
• 2003: ChevronTexaco Conservation Award
• 1996: National Wildlife Federation Conservation Achievement Award
• 1996: SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Sol Feinstone Environmental Award
• 1989: National Park Service Honorary Park Ranger Award
• 1989: Vermont Youth Conservation Corps Commendation
• 1987: U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary’s Commendation Award
• 1987: Student Conservation Association Resolution
• 1982: President Reagan presents the President’s Volunteer Action Award
• 1982: Student Conservation Association 25th Anniversary Award
• 1980: Garden Club of America Conservation Achievement Award
• 1974: U.S. Department of the Interior Distinguished Service Award
• 1971: Arizona Federated Garden Clubs Distinguished Service Award
• 1966: Garden Club of America Margaret Douglas Award