Lifetime Achievement Award Winners
The 2022 and 2023 Lifetime Achievement awardees have demonstrated a career's worth of meaningful contributions to expanding our understanding and application of fire ecology, and have inspired and mentored a generation of fire scientists and managers. Congratulations!
2023
Harold Biswell Award: Paul Hessburg
Significant Contribution to Fire Ecology and Management in the Western United States
2022
Herbert Stoddard Award: James Furman
Significant Contribution to Fire Ecology and Management in the Eastern United States
henry Wright Award: Byron lamont
Significant Contribution to Fire Ecology and Management in Grasslands and shrublands
Harold Biswell Award: carl skinner
Significant Contribution to Fire Ecology and Management in the Western United States
Past Award Winners
2021 Herbert Stoddard Award: Margit Bucher
2021 Harold Biswell Award: Dr. Carol Miller
2019
Stoddard Award: Dr. Richard Guyette
Wright Award: Dr. Ronald Masters
Biswell Award: Dr. Robert Keane
2018
Stoddard Award: Dr. Thomas Waldrop
Wright Award: Dr. Winston Trollope
Biswell Award: Dr. Neil Sugihara
Special Award: Laurie Burk
2017
Stoddard Award: Dr. Norm Christensen
Wright Award: Dr. Tom Bragg
Biswell Award: Dr. Penny Morgan
Outstanding Staff Award: Catia Juliana
Outstanding Volunteer Award: Geoff Babb
Presidential Service Award: Dr. Leda Kobziar
2016
Biswell Award: Dr. Thomas Swetnam
2015
Wright Award: John Weir
Stoddard Award: Dr. Cecil Frost
Biswell Award: Dr. Wally Covington
Outstanding Service Award: Dr. Brian Oswald
2014
Wright Award: Dr. Richard Miller
Stoddard Award: Dr. Bill Platt
Biswell Award: Dr. Ronald H. Wakimoto
2013
Stoddard Award: Lane Green
2012
Wright Award: Dr. David M. Engle
Wright Award: Dr. Carlton Britton
Biswell Award: Dr. Jan van Wagtendonk
Stoddard Award: Dr. William Patterson
Presidential Service Award: Dr. Scott Stephens
2011
Biswell Award: Dr. Steve Bunting
2009
Stoddard Award: Dr. Bill Boyer
Biswell Award: Dr. James K. Agee
2007
Stoddard Award: Dr. Alan J. Long
Biswell Award: Dr. Leon Neuenschwander
2006
Stoddard Award: Dr. Edward R. Buckner
Biswell Award: Robert W. Mutch
2005
Stoddard Award: Dr. David H. Van Lear
Biswell Award: Dr. Bruce M. Kilgore
2004
Biswell Award: Dr. Stephen F. Arno
2003
Stoddard Award: Dale D. Wade
Biswell Award: Dr. Robert E. Martin
