Outstanding Educator
Laura Beiser
Laura Beiser is an environmental administrator with the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality in Jackson who works with nonprofits that do watershed environmental education.
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Outstanding Educator
Laurie Root
Laurie Root, a naturalist with South Dakota Game, Fish, and Parks in Rapid City, is a hub connecting environmental educators in South Dakota.
Outstanding Educator
Michael Murphrey
Michael Murphrey, a staff forester for the Texas Forest Service in Lufkin, Texas, educates the public about conservation, especially invasives like the southern pine beetle.
Outstanding Educator
Kayleen Pritchard
Kayleen Pritchard is a consultant on science education for the Pacific Education Institute in Indianola, Washington. She integrated PLT into curricula for her school district.
“Green Teens” Lead Nature-Based Activities at Local Museum
A new volunteer program at Long Island Children’s Museum trains teens to become museum educators. The volunteers develop interactive nature and science programming for children and adults.
Outstanding Educator
Patricia Dunlap
Patricia Dunlap is a science and environmental education consultant for Stanislaus and Tuolumne County Schools in Sonora, California.
Outstanding Educator
Lucy Diggins-Wold
Lucy Diggins-Wold is an information and education specialist with Wyoming Game & Fish in Green River, a mainstay for PLT Wyoming, and dedicated environmental educator.
Outstanding Educator
Jay Schneider
Jay Schneider is a naturalist and interpreter at Lake Fort Smith State Park in Mountainburg, Arkansas, who helped incorporate PLT in all state park programming.
Outstanding Educator
Michael Mansour
Michael Mansour is a naturalist and environmental educator who uses PLT in many programs at Hawk Woods Nature Center in Auburn Hills, Michigan.
Outstanding Educator
Jeannine May
Jeannine May is a 25-year veteran of the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service who serves as a public affairs officer in Jackson, Mississippi.