Previous Honorees: Keesee Awards Luncheon

The annual Keesee Awards Luncheon is held in honor of Thomas W. Keesee, Jr., to recognize those who show remarkable leadership and commitment to protecting birds and the places they need with the Keesee Conservation Award.

We are also proud to recognize print, broadcast, and other media makers who influence positive change in the world of bird conservation with the Audubon New York Award for Environmental Media.

We are honored to have celebrated the following award winners:

THOMAS W. KEESEE, JR., CONSERVATION AWARD

2024 - Douglas W. Tallamy, PhD
2023 - Bahamas National Trust, NYC Plover Project, and Massachusetts Audubon
2022 - Save NYS Wetlands Coalition
2021 -  20th Anniversary Celebration featuring Scott Weidensaul and the Audubon Mural Project
2019 - Gregory Long
2018 - Laura O'Donohue
2017 - Sheila Brady and Susan & Coleman Burke with Special Recognition of Patricia H. Keesee
2016 - Christopher (Kim) Elliman
2015 - Honeywell
2014 - Alexander E. Zagoreos
2013 - Allison Whipple Rockefeller
2012 - Virginia Stowe and Margot Ernst
2011 - Carol Browner and Toyota
2010 - John Flicker
2009 - Audubon New York's Founding Chairman Constantine Sidamon-Eristoff
2008 - George E. Pataki and Peter Berle*
2007 - New York State and City Parks Commissioners Carol Ash and Adrian Benepe
2006 - Wendy Paulson
2004 - Marian S. Heiskell
2003 - Samuel F. Pryor
2002 - John Bierwirth
2001 - Donal C. O'Brien*

*In Memoriam

AWARD FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA

2024 - BirdNote
2023 - David Sibley
2022 - Jennifer Ackerman
2021 - 20th Anniversary Celebration featuring Scott Weidensaul and the Audubon Mural Project
2019 - David Quammen
2018 - John McPhee
2017 - Terry Tempest Williams
2016 - Dr. Edward O. Wilson
2015 - Scott Weidensaul