2011 JSR Award Winner
 

Auden Schendler
Auden Schendler is Vice President of Sustainability at Aspen Skiing Company. He worked previously in corporate sustainability at the Rocky Mountain Institute. Auden has had numerous jobs leading to his current position from burger flipper to building goose nest islands. An avid outdoorsman, Auden has climbed Denali and kayaked the Grand Canyon in winter. His writings have been published extensively and he has authored the book Getting Green Done: Hard Truths from the Front Lines of the Sustainability Revolution. Visit Auden's website >>
Denver Botanic Gardens
Photo Credit // Scott Dressel-Martin
JSR Award
Since 1983, the Jane Silverstein Ries Award annually recognizes a person, group or organization that demonstrates a pioneering sense of awareness and stewardship of land-use values in the Rocky Mountain region. Nominations for the 2012 award are due February 13, 2012. Submit a nomination >>


Board with Denver Botanic Gardens
Photo Credit // Taran Jensvold

   Past Award Winners
2011 // Auden Schendler
2010 // Denver Botanic Gardens
2009 // High Country News
2008 // Paul Hindman
2007 // Susarn Barnes Gelt
2005-2006 // Joe Blake
2004 // Ruth Wright
2003 // Larimer County Open Lands Program
2002 // Trust for Public Lands Colorado
2001 // Denver Water Conservation Division
2000 // John Fielder
1999 // Terry Minger
1998 // The Honorable Wellington Webb
1997 // Tweet Kimball
  


1996 // Ray Printz
1995 // Maggie Fox
1994 // Don & Carolyn Etter
1993 // Ralph Tripani
1992 // Citizen’s For Great Outdoors Colorado
1991 // The Park People
1990 // The Nature Conservancy
1989 // Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado
1988 // Colorado Inactive Mine Reclamation Program
1987 // Colorado Federation of Garden Clubs
1986 // George Kelly
1985 // Joe Shoemaker
1984 // Joanne Ditmer
1983 // Jane Silverstein Ries