Each year, NRCM presents its Environmental Award to a few individuals or groups who have gone to great lengths to protect Maine’s environment. The awards are presented in conjunction with our annual meeting, held this year on September 23rd at the University of Southern Maine, with keynote address by Senator George J. Mitchell.
Full award citations are available by clicking on the award winner’s name below.
- Brownie Carson, 2011 Environmental Award for Lifetime Achievement
- Judy Kellogg Markowsky, 2011 Environmental Award for Lifetime Achievement
- Sandra Wright, 2011 Environmental Award
- Belfast Co-housing and Ecovillage, 2011 People’s Choice Award

NRCM Executive Director Lisa Pohlmann presents Brownie Carson with a 2011 Environmental Award for Lifetime Achievement.

Zip Kellogg (right) accepts a 2011 Environmental Award for Lifetime Achievement awarded posthumously to his sister, Judy Kellogg Markowsky, a long-time naturalist and environmental educator.

Lisa Pohlmann presents Sandra Wright with her 2011 Environmental Award for her work engaging her members of her community in legislative action.

NRCM Board President Bill Houston (far right) presents the 2011 People’s Choice Award to members of the Belfast Co-housing and Ecovillage community.