The Aldo Leopold Award is given to a Junior or Senior student who is preparing for a career in Environmental Science or Environmental Education. It goes to the student who exemplifies Aldo Leopold's conservation values, including scientific competence and a deep dedication to protecting natural ecosystems.
2024 Recipient: Preston Fuerbacher
- 2023: Emily Miller
- 2022: Jessica Meyer
- 2021: Marissa Kordal
- 2020: Kiley Stoj
- 2019: Jeremy Collings
- 2018: Gabriella Cerrati
- 2017: Brandon Williams
- 2016: Andrew Dellavilla
- 2015: Claire Hartl
- 2014: Claire Hartl
- 2013: Jeremy Kraus
- 2012: Laura Platt
- 2011: Daniel Inserillo
- 2010: Matthew Rankin
- 2009: Mark Morrell
- 2008: Jack Ruggirello
- 2007: David McCartt
- 2006: Tammy Kubinec
- 2005: Charlene Blackwolf
- 2004: Lauren McChesney
- 2003: Cara Fiore
- 2002: Mary Penney
- 2001: John Baran
- 2000: Kimberly Sweeney
- 1999: Kevin Douglass
- 1998: John Schembri
- 1997: Nathan Leaman
- 1996: Brian Callahan
- 1995: Candice Aaroe
- 1994: Jeff Weibly
- 1993: Krista Schramm
- 1992: Michael Breed
- 1991: Mary Jane Hutchinson
- 1989: Christopher Crawford
- 1988: Daryl Jean Birdsey
- 1987: Jeanine Dykstra
- 1986: Jeanine Dykstra
- 1985: James Costa
- 1984: James Costa
- 1983: Theresa Casey
- 1982: Jean Schiller