GCMP Recognition Program Awards

February 2007
  • Essex: Alexander Fleet Dillard, Jr. for his preservation and restoration of the Ritchie House in Tappahannock
  • King and Queen: Carroll Lee Walker for his numerous restoration and preservation projects throughout the county
  • King William: Marion Jones for her role in the rebuilding of the historic brick wall that surrounds the King William Courthouse
  • Middlesex: Mr. and Mrs. James DePina for their restoration and preservation of the 1871 Bradley Swamp Academy

February 2008
  • Essex: Bill Portlock for his devotion to environmental education and creation of the leadership program, Teachers on the Bay, at St. Margaret's School
  • King William: Carl Fischer for his leadership in creating the King William Historical Museum
  • King William: King William Historical Museum Council for their leadership in creating the King William Historical Museum
  • Middlesex: J. Randolph Segar, Jr. for restoration of Deer Chase and its box gardens

February 2009
  • Essex: Peter Bance for his work with Essex County Countryside Alliance
  • Middlesex: Mary Helen Morgan for her work with the Middle Peninsula Land Trust

February 2010
  • King William: Mr. and Mrs. Terry G. Stokes for their creation of a 406 acre wildlife habitat in King William County
  • King William: The Alliance to Save the Mattaponi for their persistent fight over many years to preserve the river and its surrounding habitat from being dammed to form a reservoir

February 2011
  • King and Queen: Jack Spain, Esq. for his role in the creation and preservation of the Courthouse Tavern Museum at King and Queen Courthouse, VA
  • King and Queen: King and Queen Historical Society for its role in the preservation and beautification of King and Queen County
  • Middlesex: Maritime Museum for Holly Point Park

February 2013
  • West Point School Division for landscaping of school campus 
January 2015
  •  Anderson's Neck Oyster Company for oyster cultivation in the Upper York River
January 2016
  • Christie LeBeouf and Becky Ferrel for landscaping at Deltaville Museum
February 2017
  • Kitty Cox for organizing River Clean Up day on the Mattaponi and Pamunkey Rivers
April 2022
  • Teta Kain for work in educating the public about conservation and nature on the Dragon Run
  • Hylah Boyd for her work with Scenic Virginia
​April 2023
  • Jennifer and Gary Huff for their work restoring the 1710 Tavern in Tappahannock
June 2025
  • Presented to Jay Richardson Grebe, Director, and Just Harvest, a non-profit organization of the Middle Peninsula and Northern Neck. The award was for Just Harvest's work developing and stewarding learning gardens for the community, where gardening skills can be taught and free produce can be distributed to those who need it. They continually promote the importance of the land and our vital connection to the environment through these gardens and their workshops as an avenue to help communities learn to create sustainable food infrastructures.