The Robert Marshall Award
The Ansel Adams Conservation Award
The Olaus and Margaret Murie Award
The Gaylord Nelson Earth Day Award
The Aldo Leopold Award
The Environmental Heroes Award
Voices for the Land Award
The Gregg Liebowitz Memorial Staff Award
The Robert Marshall Award
The Robert Marshall Award is The Wilderness Society's highest award presented to a private citizen who has never held federal office but has devoted long-term service to and has had a notable influence upon conservation and the fostering of an American land ethic.
| Sigurd F. Olson | 1981 |
| George Marshall | 1982 |
| Larry Rockefeller | 1983 |
| Russell W. Peterson | 1984 |
| Theodore R. Swem | 1985 |
| Margaret Murie | 1986 |
| (Not awarded) | 1987 |
| T. H. Watkins | 1988 |
| Wallace Stegner | 1989 |
| Frances Beinecke | 1990 |
| (Not awarded) | 1991 |
| (Not awarded) | 1992 |
| Arnold Bolle | 1993 |
| David Brower | 1994 |
| Charles Crane Bradley and Nina Leopold Bradley | 1995 |
| Edmund A. Stanley, Jr. | 1996 |
| Thomas A. Barron | 1997 |
| Celia M. Hunter | 1998 |
| Clarence Petty | 1999 |
| Stewart Brandborg | 2000 |
| Edward Ames and Dr. Edgar and Peggy Wayburn | 2001 |
| (Not awarded) | 2002 |
| (Not awarded) | 2003 |
| Brant Calkin | 2004 |
| John H. Adams | 2005 |
| Terry Tempest Williams | 2006 |
The Ansel Adams Conservation Award
The Wilderness Society's Ansel Adams Conservation Award is presented to a current or former federal official who has shown exceptional commitment to the cause of conservation and the fostering of an American land ethic.
| Ansel Adams | 1980 |
| Jimmy Carter | 1981 |
| John F. Seiberling | 1982 |
| Phillip Burton | 1983 |
| Morris K. Udall | 1984 |
| Cecil D. Andrus | 1985 |
| Stewart L. Udall | 1986 |
| Sidney Yates | 1987 |
| John H. Chafee | 1988 |
| Allan Cranston and William V. Roth, Jr. | 1989 |
| Gaylord Nelson | 1990 |
| George J. Mitchell | 1991 |
| George Miller | 1992 |
| (Not awarded) | 1993 |
| Bruce F. Vento | 1994 |
| (Not awarded) | 1995 |
| (Not awarded) | 1996 |
| Albert Gore, Jr. | 1997 |
| Dale Bumpers | 1998 |
| Kathleen A. McGinty | 1999 |
| David Obey and John Porter | 2000 |
| John Lewis | 2001 |
| Sens. John Kerry and Joseph Lieberman | 2002 |
| (Not awarded) | 2003 |
| Rep. Nick Rahall, III, and Sen. Harry Reid | 2004 |
| Sen. Ernest Hollings | 2005 |
| Sen. James Jeffords and Rep. Sherwood Boehlert | 2006 |
| Sen. Maria Cantwell | 2007 |
| Norm Dicks | 2008 |
The Olaus and Margaret Murie Award
The Wilderness Society's Olaus and Margaret Murie Award is presented to a front-line federal or state land management employee, or any "young environmentalists, early in their careers, especially those who are innovative and have taken risks to promote the principles of natural resource conservation."
| Dr. Jerry Franklin | 1988 |
| Jeff DeBonis | 1989 |
| (Not awarded) | 1990 |
| Donald G. Oman & Irvin C. "Buzz" Caverly, Jr. | 1991 |
| (Not awarded) | 1992 |
| Diane Ronayne | 1993 |
| Jon Andrew & Barry Reiswig | 1994 |
| R. M. "Jim" Nelson | 1995 |
| (Not awarded) | 1996 |
| Dr. Kevin Browngoehl and Maggie Willie | 1997 |
| Dr. Kevin Browngoehl | 1998 |
| Sue Husari | 1999 |
| Gloria Flora | 2000 |
| Evelyn MacKinnon, Fred Lavigne and Rob Messick | 2001 |
| Faith Gemmill and Dave Willis | 2002 |
| Quentin Roosevelt Bass | 2003 |
| (Not awarded) | 2004 |
| (Not awarded) | 2005 |
The Gaylord Nelson Earth Day Award
The Wilderness Society's Gaylord Nelson Earth Day Award is presented to youth organizations whose activities have contributed to a sustainable environment and to the promotion of a conservation ethic. This award was established to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Earth Day and to honor its founder, Gaylord Nelson, for a life dedicated to protecting the environment.
The Aldo Leopold Award
This award is given to an editorial writer who has produced editorials forcefully making the case for protecting America's remaining wild lands. The honor is named for the author of A Sand County Almanac, Aldo Leopold, who also was a founder of The Wilderness Society.
| Jay Bookman and Martha Ezzard | The Atlanta Constitution Journal | 1998 |
| John Diaz | San Francisco Chronicle | 1999 |
| Ron Meador | Minneapolis Star Tribune | 2000 |
| Penelope Purdy | Denver Post | 2001 |
| Gary Moseman | Great Falls Tribune | 2002 |
| Robb Brady | Idaho Falls Post Register | 2003 |
| Don MacGillis | Boston Globe | 2004 |
| (Not awarded) | | 2005 |
| Tom Toles | The Washington Post | 2006 |
| Herb Field | The Patriot-News | 2007 |
The Environmental Heroes Award
This award was created to more formally recognize the efforts of outstanding grassroots activists.
Voices for the Land Award
The Voice for the Land award recognizes individuals who courageously speak out for the protection of wild and special lands.
The Gregg Liebowitz Memorial Staff Award
This award is named after former Wilderness Society staff member Gregg Liebowitz (1962-1992) and is given each year to one employee who is considered to personify the best of the attributes we treasure most in those who have joined in our work: "...enthusiasm, creativity, compassion, the gift of sharing, and a fierce dedication to the principle that our responsibilities as human beings include a loving concern for all the forms and varieties of life with which we share the natural world of this planet."
| Gary Kephart, Jr. | 1993 |
| Bennett Beach | 1994 |
| Patricia Holmes | 1995 |
| Barbara Spolter | 1996 |
| Kathleen Welsh | 1997 |
| Louise Tucker | 1998 |
| Kathy Kilmer | 1999 |
| Michael Anderson | 2000 |
| Pam Eaton | 2001 |
| Michael Francis | 2002 |
| Dina Sperling | 2003 |
| Terry New | 2004 |
| Linda Saunders | 2005 |
| Betsy Buffington | 2006 |
| Nada Culver | 2006 |
