Wilderness Spirit Award
Each year, the California Nature Art Museum presents the Wilderness Spirit Award to a person or group who strives to bring awareness to natural places through various platforms.
In 2018 Joan Easton Lentz received the Wilderness Spirit Award, pictured above with Stacey Otte-Demangate, Executive Director of the California Nature Art Museum. Photo by George Rose.
Karl Hutterer, Ph.D. was the California Nature Art Museum’s 2022 Wilderness Spirit Award recipient. Photo by George Rose.
Honorees
Ray Strong, 2002
Ansel Adams, 2003
Land Trust for Santa Barbara County, 2004
Bob Kuhn, 2005
Dick Smith, 2006
Fred & Nancy Emerson, 2008
Peter C. Howorth, 2009
Gretel Ehrlich, 2010
Patti Jacquemain, 2012
The Oak Group, 2013
Bud Bottoms, 2015
Jan Hamber, 2017
Joan Easton Lentz, 2018
Jean Kellogg Schuyler, 2019
Richard Salas, 2021
Karl Hutterer, Ph.D., 2022
Beth Pratt, 2023
Community Environmental Council, 2024