NYFOA Statewide Awards and Honors
To nominate a member for an award submit your nomination to info@nyfoa.org
Outstanding Service Award
For the allegiance and time of many volunteer energies – “a labor of love” that brings both pleasure and satisfaction to each one. Year listed is the year it was awarded for recognition of service in the prior year.
Current Recipient (2019) – Jeff Joseph
Past Recipients – Dean Faklis, Phil Walton, Rich Taber, Jim Minor, Gary Goff, Dick Starr, Hans and Joan Kappel, Jamie Christensen, Dick Patton, Alan White, Cindy King and Kelly Smallidge, Ronald Pedersen, John Druke, Jerry Michael, Hugh & Janet Canham, Henry S. Kernan, Donald G. Brown, Billy Morris, Erwin and Polly Fullerton, Eileen and Dale Schaefer, Charles P. Mowatt, Norman Richards, Betty Densmore, Betty & Don Wagner, Alfred B. Signor, Wesley E. Suhr, Richard J. Fox, Helen & John Marchant, Earl Pfarner, Alan R. Knight, Mary & Stuart McCarty, Howard O. Ward, A. W. Roberts, Jr., David H. Hanaburgh, Dorothy Wertheimer, Evelyn Stock, Lloyd Strombeck, J. Lewis Dumond, Helen Varian, Ken Eberly, Emiel Palmer
The Heiberg Award
In Memory of Professor Svend O. Heiberg, who first proposed the establishment of an association of landowners in New York State, the award is given for outstanding contributions in the fields of forestry and conservation. Year listed is the year it was awarded for recognition of service in the prior year.
Current Recipient (2019) – Sloane Crawford
Past Recipients – Marilyn Wyman, Jerry Michael, Eric Rasmussen, Hugh Canham, Bruce Robinson, Ron Pedersen, Charles Mowatt, Michael Birmingham, Carl Wiedemann, John Sullivan, Gary Goff, James Beil, Cotton-Hanlon, Peter Smallidge, Jack McShane, David J. Colligan, Albert W. Brown, John T. Hastings, Dr. James L. Lassoie, James Coufal, Peter S. Levatich, Vernon C. Hudson, Harriet & John Hamilton, John C. Marchant, Douglas C. Allen, Michael C. Greason, Bonnie & Don Colton, Robert S. Stegemann, Ross S. Whaley, Willard G. Ives, Robert M. Sand, Henry G. Williams, Karen B. Richards, Robert G. Potter, John W. Kelley, David W. Taber, Neil B. Gutchess, Curtis H. Bauer, Dr. William Harlow, Fred C. Simmons, Ralph Nyland, Maurine Postley, Edward W. Littlefield, Alex Dickson, C. Eugene Farnsworth, Robert M. Ford, John Stock, Fred Winch, Jr., Mike Demeree, Floyd Carlson, David B. Cook, Hardy L. Shirley
Special Recognition
Periodically NYFOA will present a Special Recognition Award to an individual who has contributed their time and efforts for the good of the organization.
Past Recipients – Jerry Michael (2006) and Debbie Gill (2002)
Chapter Service Awards
Chapter Service Awards thank a volunteer individual(s) from each chapter for helping the Chapter operate in reaching members and other private forest owner outreach in the area.
Allegheny Foothills Chapter
Current Recipient (2019) – Bob Wood
Past Recipients – Michael Jabot, Ph.D., William “Bill” Dorman, Dick Vail, Otis Barber, Dick Patton, Shari Lake, Jeff Rupp, Kim Sherwood, Dan Anderson, Tony Pingitore, Charles and Marian Mowatt, Matthew Smith, Mark & JoAnn Kurtis, Bud & Marie Larson
Capital District Chapter
Current Recipient (2019) – Laura Pisarri and Jason Post
Past Recipients – Dick Gibbs, Tracy Lamanec, Ron Bernhard, Tom Wolfe, Jim and Betty Bulich, Bob Sheedy, Rolf & Debbie Wentorf, Carl Wiedemann, Marilyn Wyman, Ron Pedersen, Phillip Walton, Phyllis and Jim House, Renee Bouplan, Cindy King
Central New York Chapter
Current Recipient (2019) – Steve Kinne
Past Recipients – Carl Stearns, Ralph Meyer, Guy and Kathie Garnsey, Randi Starmer, Bruce and Charlene Revette, Maria Babcock, Peter Cann, Charley Porter, Sandy & Marie Babcock, Rich Taber
Lower Hudson Chapter
Current Recipient (2008) – Anne Osborn
Past Recipients – Keith Hedgecock, Jeffrey A. Wiegert, Elizabeth Nichols
Niagara Frontier Chapter
Current Recipient (2017) – Bob Glidden
Past Recipients – Rita Hammond, Edward Janulionis, Robert and David Preston, Ernie Van Borstel
Northern Adirondack Chapter
Current Recipient (2015) – Richard Gast
Past Recipients – Paul Schork, Steve Sherwood, Thomas Gilman, Bill LaPoint, Richard Gast, Don Brown, Bob Coupal, Greg & Carole Northway, Bill & Doris LaPointe
Southeastern Adirondack Chapter
Current Recipient (2019) – Kristie Edwards
Past Recipients – Lou Inzinna, Dave and Jane Jenks, Steve Warne, Barbara Hennig, Ed and Donna Welch, Robert Manning, Laurel Gailor, Jill Cornell, Peter and Betty Gregory, John Hastings, Debbie Wentorf
Southern Finger Lakes Chapter
Current Recipient (2019) – Kevin Mathers
Past Recipients – Brett Chedzoy, Jeff Joseph, Ed Neuhauser, Gary Goff, Dick Harrington, Charlie and Liz Stieglitz, Brett Chedzoy, Don Schaufler, Peter and Timothy Levatich, Jim Ochterski
Southern Tier Chapter
Current Recipient (2018) – Gary Sergio
Past Recipients – Ken and Sharon Semanovich, Dave Williams, Stephen Kutney, Jerry Michael, Les Lovelass, Dana Benjamin, Gerry Kachmor, Kevin Mathers, Larry Lepak, Dick Molyneaux
Western Finger Lakes Chapter
Current Recipient (2019) – Ray Cavallero
Past Recipients – Cathy Corby Gardner, Peter Muench, Ron Reitz, Jim Minor, Ed and Wanda Piestrak, Dean Faklis, Mike Seager, Anne & Tony Ross, Mark Gooding, Richard Starr, Keith and Marianne Maynard, Dale Schaefer, Harry Dieter