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​Earth Day Awards

2025 Earth Day Award RecipientsCelebrating environmental stewardship since 1993

Each year, Kitsap County Public Works Solid Waste Division and the Board of County Commissioners recognize individuals and groups for their dedication to environmental stewardship.

Award recipients are celebrated for their work in environmental education, habitat restoration, recycling, litter control, water quality, and more.

Nominations

Do you know an individual, group, or business that deserves to be celebrated for their environmental efforts?
Submit a nomination today.

Any business, group/organization, school, teacher, educational program/project, or individual is eligible. The nominee does not have to live in Kitsap County, but the efforts on which the nomination is based must occur in Kitsap County. If selected, your nominee will be celebrated at a Board of County Commissioners Meeting in April.

Earth Day Nomination



  2025 Award Recipients

  • 2025 Earth Day Award by Artis Melissa Pothier. Framed printed carved art of an orca, salmon, eagle and sea otter with a teal bac John Mikesell
  • Jane Martin
  • Jon Almquist
  • Dillon Corson, business owner of Holistic Tree Care
  • Neurodiverse Students Conservation Corps
  • Lost Creek Lane Road Committee






  2024 Award Recipients

  • 2024 Earth Day Awards of a orca, bird, mountains and wildlife framed art on canvasKitsap Environmental Coalition
  • Clear Creek Salmon in the Classroom Program
  • Joshua Wright
  • Kai Brock
  • Lisa Gordon Ramstad 
  • Spread Supplies





  2023 Award Recipients

  • 2023 Earth Day Awards framed printed art of a map of Kitsap CountyKitsap Environmental Coalition
  • Brandon Redinger
  • Rebecca and Richard Robins
  • A Kitchen That Works, LLC
  • Jill and Joel Bolin
  • John Foltz 
  • Phil and Karen Best

  2022 Award Recipients

  • 2022 Earth Day Awards framed watercolor art of salmon swimming in the water with a heron overlooking the waterThe Hansville Community and Hansville Greenway Association
  • Lin and Doug Murray
  • Professor Amy Lawrence
  • Kitsap Bank
  • Wendy Vanover



  2021 Award Recipients

  • 2021 Earth Day Awards, sculpures of fish with commissioner Gelder and Garrido sitting next to themDeb Rudnick
  • Sinclair Inlet Cleanup Team
  • Kitsap Conservation District’s Backyard Habitat Program
  • Northwest Hospitality
  • Magnolia Forest Preschool

Learn more about our recipients

  2020 Award Recipients

  • Alan Chessman, Kingston Community Solar
  • Spencer & Harold Fonsman
  • Modern Collision Rebuild and Service
  • NK Heritage Park Stewardship Group
  • Deborah Dubois, Keyport Saltwater Park Committee
  • Hans Daubenberger & Nicole Venneman, Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe


  2019 Award Recipients

  • Westsound Wildlife Shelter, Lisa Horn
  • Stillwaters Environmental Center, Melissa Flemming
  • Paisley Gallagher
  • Kathy Sinn
  • Donna Hollon


  2018 Award Recipients

  • Chelsie Webb, Green Team Advisor, PineCrest Elementary School
  • Laura Kneib, Owner and Founder, F.R.O.G. Soap 
  • Kris Libby and Gail Halsavor, Community Beautification Committee, Greater Kingston Chamber of Commerce
  • Colleen Miko, Horticulture Coordinator, WSU Kitsap Master Gardener Program