Nominations for 2026 ANROSP Awards now OPEN:

Nominations in the following ANROSP Awards categories will be accepted:

• Outstanding Educational Materials
• Outstanding Program Evaluation
• Outstanding Team
• Outstanding Volunteer Project
• Program of the Year

Use the link below to access our GoogleForm to submit a nomination for an annual ANROSP Award by Sept 1, and note that self-nominations are accepted:

https://forms.gle/w8Z6DDe9Ca86Vd93A

Please limit nomination to one award category per member program. Provide copies of the materials where appropriate via links to online materials in your response (preferred) or submit files via email to the committee chair, Joy Rafey at jrafey@umd.edu

Questions? Please email Joy Rafey at jrafey@umd.edu

Also recruiting Awards Committee Members, so if you would like to serve on the Awards Committee, please email Joy Rafey at jrafey@umd.edu

2025 ANROSP Awards Winners

At the 2025 ANROSP Annual National Conference in Destin, Florida, the following awards were presented:

• Outstanding Educational Materials
  Maryland Master Naturalist Program: 
  The Maryland Master Naturalist's Handbook
  
  
• Outstanding Program Evaluation
  Minnesota Master Naturalist Program:
  20 Years of Exploring, Teaching, and Conserving
  
  
• Outstanding Team
  Oregon Naturalist Program
  Mid-Willamette Valley Chapter
  
  
• Outstanding Volunteer Project
  Virginia Master Naturalist Program:
  Living with Black Bears
  
  

Nominations for 2026 will open in the spring:

Nominations in the following ANROSP Awards categories will be accepted:

• Outstanding Educational Materials
• Outstanding Program Evaluation
• Outstanding Team
• Outstanding Volunteer Project
• Program of the Year

When the nomination period opens, please use the link that will be added below to access our GoogleForm to submit a nomination for an annual ANROSP Award, and note that self-nominations are accepted. Please limit nomination to one award category per member program. Provide copies of the materials where appropriate via links to online materials in your response (preferred) or submit files via email to the committee chair (TBA)

Questions? Please email the committee chair (TBA)

Also recruiting Awards Committee Members, so if you would like to serve on the Awards Committee, please email the committee chair (TBA)