Conservation Champions
Dennis Collins
Dennis Collins has many passions and interests in life, but the one dearest to his heart is land protection. His involvement in this field, as an avocation or a vocation, has spanned three decades. In that time, he has crafted deals for the protection of many thousands of ac...
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Ralph “Bud” Cook
Over the past 29 years, Ralph “Bud” Cook of The Nature Conservancy has protected special places from Great Marsh to Goat Hill in Pennsylvania to the Chilean grasslands and the Ecuadoran cloud forest. Beneficiaries of his work include the golden-winged warbler, the river ...
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R. John Dawes
John Dawes has provided Pennsylvania with environmental and conservation leadership for more than 25 years. He not only works in conservation, but also practices it on his Huntingdon County Farm. As Executive Director of the Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds since 1994,...
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Phoebe Driscoll
On a personal, community and national level Phoebe Driscoll has committed her adult life to volunteer activism in protecting the land and environment. Tenacious commitment, unquestioned sincerity, boundless energy, and insightful leadership characterize her efforts as keysto...
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Peter Hausmann
Peter Hausmann is passionate about ensuring that future generations have the opportunity to be inspired by nature – not, as he likes to say, “by viewing it on the National Geographic channel, but by experiencing it firsthand.” In fact, his passion is such that he has d...
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Eleanor May Morris
Eleanor May Morris, a pioneer in using conservation easements to save open space, died peacefully at her home in Pughtown on Sunday, September 11, 2011. She was 92 and was the widow of former state Representative Samuel W. Morris. A resident of South Coventry Township for 65...
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William Hart Rufe III
On a community, county, and state level, Judge Rufe has committed his adult life to volunteer activism in protecting the land and environment. Steadfast dedication, unquestioned sincerity, interminable energy and insightful leadership characterize his efforts on behalf of pr...
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Bill Sellers
For 23 years, Bill Sellers directed the Brandywine Conservancy’s Environmental Management Center, during which time the Conservancy placed conservation easements on over 27,000 acres and established state-of-the-art consulting assistance programs. Bill has helped organize ...
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George “Frolic” Weymouth
Artist and conservationist, George A. “Frolic” Weymouth has had a tremendous impact on land preservation, cultural and historic resources, and American art. In 1967, he persuaded friends, F.I. du Pont and William Prickett, to help him buy two parcels of land along the Br...
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Larry Williamson
Larry Williamson truly understands the connection between nature and quality of life. He has worked hard to assist communities and conservation partners to improve the quality of life for Pennsylvanians. In the last 37 years, we have all benefited from his dedicated servic...
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Barbara Yeaman
In 1995, at the age of 70, Barbara Yeaman organized a group of volunteers to found the Delaware Highlands Conservancy (DHC), a land trust based in Hawley, PA. Barbara knew she would need to make strong strides against the tide of development sweeping across the region. She f...
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John C. Oliver, III
Through John’s leadership as President of Western Pennsylvania Conservancy and as Secretary of the PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR), over 206,000 acres of land were conserved for the benefit of all Pennsylvanians for all time. These lands...
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Thomas J. Kerr
In his forty-year conservation career, Thomas “Tom” Kerr has contributed greatly to the conservation of Pennsylvania’s natural resources and worked to energize and mobilize the state’s conservation community. For twenty years, Tom served as President of the Wildlan...
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Troy Firth
For over 45 years, Troy Firth has set himself apart as a responsible and thoughtful pioneer in sustainable forestry. Since 1971, Firth has practiced sustainable forestry as the owner and manager of Firth Maple Products, producing and selling certified organic maple syrup whi...
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