Awards
  The Kane-DuPage Soil & Water Conservation District recognizes excellence in individuals, businesses and/or organizations that go “above and beyond” to further natural resources and/or agriculture in Kane and DuPage Counties. Winners are recognized at the SWCD Annual Meeting in February. We welcome nominations from the community.  
Awards Nomination Form   Deadline for 2012 was Jan. 6             Awards Descriptions
The following awards have been presented at the Kane-DuPage Soil & Water Conservation District Annual Meetings
Award Recipients
2011
Mike Kenyon
Mike Kenyon
John C. Biddle Award

Pictured with Chairman Gerald Fabrizius,
and Director Maureen McAllister


Conservation Award
Stearns Road Bridge Corridor Project
Excellence in Promotion and Conservation
of Land and Water Resources

Pictured: Manny Gomez and Tom Rickert from the Kane County Division of Transportation, Cathy Hurlbutt, Kane County Board and Randy Newkirk of Hampton, Lenzini and Renwick (also a KCSWCD associate director)

Sue Harney
Dick Young Award

Education Award

Kane County Certified Naturalist Program
Excellence in Conservation Education

Pictured: Pam Otto, St. Charles Park District, Valerie Blaine, Kane County Forest Preserve District, Margaret Gazdacka, Fox Valley Park District, Trish Burns, Geneva Park District and Elizabeth Hagen-Moeller, KDSWCD
 
2010 Dave Compton (posthumous)
John C. Biddle Award

Aquascape Inc.
Excellence in Promotion and Conservation
of Land and Water Resources


Phil Bus
Dick Young Award

Judy Fitchett

Judy Fitchett, The Conservation Foundation
(pictured with Gerard Fabrizuis)
Excellence in Conservation Education

 
2009
City of Chicago-O'Hare Modernization Program South Airfield construction sites  
Award for Excellence for Efforts in SESC

Deb Perryman  
Excellence In Education Award


Chuck & Beulah (above) Swanson  
John C. Biddle Award

2008 Dan Mitchell, Bartlett Park District  
Dedication to Conservation Education

2007 Mary Ochsenschlager, St. Charles Park District  
Dick Young Award    

John C. Biddle Family  
Lifetime Achievement Conservation Farming    

Pat and Peggy Hanley, Dundee Highlands  
Dedication to Conservation Education    

Rebecca Mathiewson, Homeowner  
Recognition of Excellence in the area of Conservation  

Greg VanZandt, Campton Township Solid Waste District  Excellence in the Promotion, Preservation, and/or Restoration of Natural Resources    

Jack Berry, Mark Gordon, Dave Phillips, Rebecca Lambe. Campton Township Solid Waste District Excellence in the Promotion and Conservation of Land and Water Resources
 
2007 - Biddle Family
 
2007 - Campton Township
2006 Maryanne Nelson, Fox Valley Land Foundation  
Dick Young Award    

Ann LeClerq, Aurora Downtown  
Dedication to Preservation of Natural Resources
 
Elizabeth Smid, James "Pate" Philip Visitor Center Dedication to Conservation Education    

Steve Wyland, Del Webb, Huntley  
Dedication to Soil Erosion and Sediment Control
2005 John Duerr  
Dick Young Award    

Renae Frigo  
Dedication to Conservation Education    

Jack Shouba, Campton Township
Dedication to Restoration and Preservation    

Gary Swick, Friends of the Fox River  
Dedication to Recycling
2004 Eva Biddle and Family
Dick Young Award - Lifetime Achievement Award

Roger Morris  
Dedication to Recycling
    
Roger Lootens  
Dedication to the Promotion, Restoration and Preservation of Natural Areas
    
Mike McCoy  
Dedication to Farmland Protection
Dick Young Award Recipients
Sue Harney
2011 -
Sue Harney
(pictured with Gerald Fabrizius, chairman,
and Mary Ochsenschlager, director)

2009 - John Rogner

2007 - Mary Ochsenschlager

2006  - Kevin Bohlin, Marianne Nelson, Dick Young

2005 - John Duerr and Kevin Bohlin

2004 Dick Young, Eva Biddle and son,
Chairman Kevin Bohlin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Kane-DuPage Soil & Water Conservation District
2315 Dean Street, Suite 100, St. Charles, Illinois 60175
630/584-7961, Ext. 3      FAX  630/584-9534