AWARDS AND HONORS OVER THE YEARS

October 24, 2013	Slide Ranch Silver Trowel Award
September 14, 2013	Russian River Lifetime Achievement Award from Russian RiverKeeper, Healdsburg, CA “To our founder, mentor and friend, for being the first to stand up to gravel miners and those who would harm the River for profit and lack of care, for launching so many strong durable organizations to protect our environment that continue his work today, and for being the best friend the Russian River ever had…”
June 7, 2013	Environmental Action Committee of West Marin Peter Behr Steward of the Land Award
April 20, 2013	John Muir Association Legacy Conservation Award for 2012 & Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition, Congressman George Miller
July 23, 2011	Resolution to rename Audubon Canyon Ranch Bolinas Lagoon Preserve to ACR Martin Griffin Preserve
June 24, 2011	Award of Excellence For lifetime achievement in environmental advocacy Environmental Action Committee of West Marin
January 22, 2011	One of first three “Local Hero” awards for conservation advocacy from Bay Nature
December 6, 2007	EECOM 2007 Environmental Leader of Marin Environmental Education Council of Marin
January 23, 2006	2005 City of Belvedere Citizen Emeritus Award
March 5, 2004	Excellence in Service to UC Berkeley California Alumni Association Charter Day Banquet SF
May 2001	The Western Sonoma County Rural Alliance Noted good deed doer extraordinaire!
April 20, 2001	Stanford University Library Association Special Award for Saving the Marin Sonoma Coast
April 1999	Public Health Hero Award University of California Berkeley For outstanding effort in restoring the biological health of the Russian River Watershed as documented in Saving theMarin-Sonoma Coast and for work in protecting boundariesof the threatened Point Reyes National Seashore and helping in its acquisition; and For eight years as chairmanof the Public Health Hepatitis B Task Force for the eleven California State Hospitals and eliminating the threat of Hepatitis B; and later chairing their AIDS Task Force
October 22, 1999	Stewardship of the Land Award 1999 Sierra Club Marin presented by Kerry Mazzoni, Assembly CA State Legislature
September 16, 1998	Chevron National Conservation Award presented at Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian, Washington DC
April 15, 1997	Ted Wellman Water Award for Preservation and Protection of Russian River Water Resources and successfully negotiating with CAL EPA a Watershed Management Initiative for every river in CA
April 20, 1993	Sierra Club Environmentalist of the Year for Changing county plans to strip-mine 2000 acres of the Russian River
March 18, 1992	Otto Teller Land Conservation Award Sonoma Land Trust
October 2, 1989	Gold Medal for Superior Accomplishment Department of Services of the State of California For his exemplary career with Sonoma Developmental Center, as well as his many contributions to medicine, public health, and wildlife conservation
February 27, 1988	Medical Recognition San Francisco Chronicle Words to Live By