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NYFOA Statewide Awards and Honors

Outstanding Service Award Recipients
For the allegiance and time of many volunteer energies - "a labor of love" that brings both pleasure and satisfaction to each one.

• 2008 Alan White, Cindy King and Kelly Smallidge
• 2007 Ronald Pedersen
• 2006 John Druke
• 2005 Jerry Michael
• 2004 Hugh & Janet Canham
• 2003 Henry S. Kernan
• 2002 Donald G. Brown
• 2001 Billy Morris
• 2000 Erwin and Polly Fullerton
• 1999  Eileen and Dale Schaefer
• 1998 Charles P. Mowatt
• 1997 Norman Richards
• 1996 Betty Densmore
• 1995 Betty & Don Wagner
• 1994 Alfred B. Signor
• 1993 Wesley E. Suhr
• 1992 Richard J. Fox
• 1991 Helen & John Marchant
• 1990 Earl Pfarner
• 1989 Alan R. Knight
• 1988 Mary & Stuart McCarty
• 1987 Howard O. Ward
• 1986 A. W. Roberts, Jr.
• 1985 David H. Hanaburgh
• 1984 Dorothy Wertheimer
• 1983 Evelyn Stock
• 1982 Lloyd Strombeck
• 1981 J. Lewis Dumond
• 1980 Helen Varian
• 1979 Ken Eberly
• 1978 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.

• 2008 Gary Goff
• 2007 James Beil
• 2006 Cotton-Hanlon
• 2005 Peter Smallidge
• 2004 Jack McShane
• 2003 David J. Colligan
• 2002 Albert W. Brown
• 2001 John T. Hastings
• 2000 Dr. James L. Lassoie
• 1999  James Coufal
• 1998 Peter S. Levatich
• 1997 Vernon C. Hudson
• 1996 Harriet & John Hamilton
• 1995 John C. Marchant
• 1994 Douglas C. Allen
• 1993 Michael C. Greason
• 1992 Bonnie & Don Colton
• 1991 Robert S. Stegemann
• 1990 Ross S. Whaley
• 1989 Willard G. Ives
• 1988 Robert M. Sand
• 1987 Henry G. Williams
• 1986 Karen B. Richards
• 1985 Robert G. Potter
• 1984 John W. Kelley
• 1983 David W. Taber
• 1982 Neil B. Gutchess
• 1981 Curtis H. Bauer
• 1980 Dr. William Harlow
• 1979 Fred C. Simmons
• 1978 Ralph Nyland
• 1977 Maurine Postley
• 1976 Edward W. Littlefield
• 1975 Alex Dickson
• 1974 C. Eugene Farnsworth
• 1973 Robert M. Ford
• 1972 John Stock
• 1971 Fred Winch, Jr.
• 1970 No Award
• 1969 Mike Demeree
• 1968 Floyd Carlson
• 1967 David B. Cook

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.

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.

Chapter Service Awards- 2008

Allegheny Foothills Chapter- Tony Pingitore
Capital District Chapter- Ron Pedersen
Lower Hudson Chapter- Anne Osborn
Northern Adirondack Chapter- Richard Gast
Southern Adirondack Chapter- Laurel Gailor
Southern Finger Lakes Chapter-Brett Chedzoy
Southern Tier Chapter- Gerry Kachmor
Western Finger Lakes Chapter- Richard Starr

Chapter Service Awards- 2007

Allegheny Foothills Chapter- Charles and Marian Mowatt, Frankinville, NY
Capital District Chapter- Phillip Walton, Delanson, NY
Central New York Chapter- Charley Porter, Cortland, NY
Lower Hudson Chapter- Keith Hedgecock, Pleasant Valley, NY
Northern Adirondack Chapter- Don Brown, Ogdensburg, NY
Southern Adirondack Chapter- Jill Cornell, Johnsonville, NY
Southern Finger Lakes Chapter- Don Schaufler, Van Etten, NY
Southern Tier Chapter- Kevin Mathers, Binghamton, NY
Western Finger Lakes Chapter- Richard Dennison, Pittsford, NY

Chapter Service Awards- 2006

Allegheny Foothills Chapter- Matthew Smith, Cherry Creek, NY
Capital District Chapter- Phyllis and Jim House, Averill Park, NY
Lower Hudson Chapter- Jeffrey A. Wiegert, New Paltz, NY
Niagara Frontier Chapter- Robert and David Preston, Williamsville, NY
Northern Adirondack Chapter- Bob Coupal, Parishville, NY
Southern Adirondack Chapter- Peter and Betty Gregory, Burnt Hills, NY
Southern Finger Lakes Chapter- Peter and Timothy Levatich, Brooktondale, NY
Southern Tier Chapter- Larry Lepak, Greene, NY
Western Finger Lakes Chapter- Keith and Marianne Maynard, Bloomfield, NY