National Outdoor Book Award
Encyclopedia
The National Outdoor Book Award (NOBA) was formed in 1997 as a US
-based non-profit program which each year honors the best in outdoor writing
and publishing. It is housed at Idaho State University
and chaired by Ron Watters. Awards are presented in ten categories.
The award is announced in early November of each year. Winning books are promoted nationally and are entitled to display the National Outdoor Book Award gold medallion.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
-based non-profit program which each year honors the best in outdoor writing
Outdoor literature
Outdoor literature is a literature genre about or involving the outdoors. Outdoor literature encompasses several different sub-genres variously called Exploration literature, Adventure literature and Nature literature. These genres can include activities such as exploration, survival, sailing,...
and publishing. It is housed at Idaho State University
Idaho State University
Idaho State University is a public university located in Pocatello, Idaho. It has outreach programs in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho Falls, Boise, and Twin Falls....
and chaired by Ron Watters. Awards are presented in ten categories.
The award is announced in early November of each year. Winning books are promoted nationally and are entitled to display the National Outdoor Book Award gold medallion.
Outdoor Literature
- 2011: Philip ConnorsPhilip ConnorsPhilip Connors is an American essayist and author. He was born in Iowa and raised in Minnesota. He studied journalism at the University of Montana. He interned at the Nation and subsequently worked at the Wall Street Journal for several years. He left New York City in 2002 and moved to New Mexico...
, Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout - 2010: Peter Heller, Kook: What Surfing Taught Me About Love, Life and Catching the Perfect Wave
- 2010: Winton Porter, Just Passin' Thru
- 2009: Mark Obmascik, Halfway to Heaven
- 2009: Julie Angus, Rowboat in a Hurricane: My Amazing Journey Across a Changing Ocean
- 2008: Jennifer Lowe-Anker, Forget Me Not: A Memoir
- 2007: Beth A. Leonard, Blue Horizons: Dispatches from Distant Seas
- 2007: Lou Ureneck, Backcast: Fatherhood, Fly-fishing, and a River Journey Through the Heart of Alaska
- 2006: Karsten Heuer, Being Caribou
- 2005: Jennifer Jordan, Savage Summit: The True Stories of the First Five Women who climbed K2, the World's Most Feared Mountain
- 2005: Peter Stark, At the Mercy of the River: An Exploration of the Last African Wilderness
- 2004: Maria Coffey, Where The Mountain Casts Its Shadow: The Dark Side of Extreme Adventure
- 2004: Ted Kerasote, Out There: In the Wild in a Wired Age
- 2004: Angela Ballard, Duffy Ballard, A Blistered Kind of Love
- 2003: Joe SimpsonJoe Simpson (mountaineer)Joe Simpson is an English mountaineer, author and motivational speaker. He is best known for his book Touching the Void and the 2003 film adaptation of his book.-Early life:...
, The Beckoning Silence - 2002: Jill Fredston, Rowing to Latitude
- 2001: Erika Warmbrunn, Where the Pavement Ends: One Woman's Bicycle Trip Through Mongolia, China and Vietnam
- 2000: Chris DuffChris DuffChris Duff is an American expedition sea kayaker, who is most notable for his large scale projects and world-record breaking attempts. Since 1983, he has kayaked over 14,000 miles.-Expeditions:...
, On Celtic Tides: One Man's Journey Around Ireland by Sea Kayak - 1999: Richard Bangs, The Lost River: A Memoir of Life, Death, and Transformation on Wild Water
- 1998: Greg ChildGreg ChildGreg Child is an Australian-born rock climber, mountaineer, author and filmmaker.He is a writer for "Outside magazine" and has authored several books: "Thin Air: Encounters in the Himalayas", "Mixed Emotions: Mountaineering Writings of Greg Child", "Postcards from the Ledge", "Over the Edge" and...
, Postcards from the Ledge: Collected Mountaineering Writings of Greg Child - 1997: Don Gayton, Landscapes of the Interior
- 1997: Scott Olsen, Scott CairnsScott CairnsScott Cairns is an American poet, memoirist and essayist.-Life:He was educated at Western Washington University with a BA, Hollins College with an MA, Bowling Green State University with an MFA, and the University of Utah with a PhD.He taught at Kansas State University, Westminster College,...
, The Sacred Place: Witnessing the Holy in the Physical World
History/Biography
- 2011: Dominic Gill, Take a Seat: One Man, One Tandem and Twenty Thousand Miles of Possibilities
- 2011: Edward J. Larson, An Empire of Ice: Scott, Shackleton, and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Science
- 2010: Joseph E. Taylor III, Pilgrims of the Vertical: Yosemite Rock Climbers & Nature at Risk
- 2010: Jennifer Jordan, The Last Man on the Mountain: The Death of an American Adventurer on K2
- 2010: Glyn Williams, Arctic Labyrinth: The Quest for the Northwest Passage
- 2009: Douglas BrinkleyDouglas BrinkleyDouglas Brinkley is an American author, professor of history at Rice University and a fellow at the James Baker Institute for Public Policy. Brinkley is the history commentator for CBS News and a contributing editor to the magazine Vanity Fair...
, Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America - 2008: Elias Butler, Tom Myers, Grand Obsession: Harvey Butchart and the Exploration of the Grand Canyon
- 2008: Maurice IssermanMaurice IssermanMaurice Isserman is James L. Ferguson Professor of History at Hamilton College and an important contributor to the “new history of American communism” which reinterpreted the role of the Communist Party USA during the Popular Front period of the 1930s and 1940s. His books have also traced the...
, Stewart Weaver, Fallen Giants: A History of Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes - 2007: Brad Dimock, The Very Hard Way: Bert Loper and the Colorado River
- 2007: James M. Tabor, Forever on the Mountain: The Truth Behind One of Mountaineering's Most Controversial and Mysterious Disaster
- 2006: Eric Blehm, The Last Season
- 2005: Neal PetersenNeal PetersenSouth African, Neal Petersen is an international inspirational business speaker who draws from extraordinary life experiences. Delivering a powerful and timely message of adaptability, perseverance and resilience by turning barriers into solutions, then into opportunities, and never giving up! An...
w/ William P. Baldwin & Patty Fulcher, Journey of a Hope Merchant: From Apartheid to the Elite World of Solo Yacht Racing - 2005: Arlene BlumArlene BlumArlene Blum is an American mountaineer, writer, and environmental health scientist. She is best known for leading an all-woman ascent of Annapurna , a climb that was also the first successful American ascent...
, Breaking Trail: A Climbing Life - 2004: Andy Selters, Ways to the Sky: A Historical Guide to North American Mountaineering
- 2003: Chris DuffChris DuffChris Duff is an American expedition sea kayaker, who is most notable for his large scale projects and world-record breaking attempts. Since 1983, he has kayaked over 14,000 miles.-Expeditions:...
, Southern Exposure: A Solo Sea Kayaking Journey Around New Zealand's South Island - 2003: Rebecca A. Brown, Women on High: Pioneers of Mountaineering
- 2002: Char Miller, Gifford Pinchot and the Making of Modern Environmentalism
- 2002: Jonathan Waterman, Arctic Crossing: One Man's 2,200 Mile Odyssey Among the Inuit
- 2001: Brad Dimock, Sunk Without a Sound: The Tragic Colorado Honeymoon of Glen and Bessie Hyde
- 2001: Donald WorsterDonald WorsterDonald Worster is the Hall Distinguished Professor of American History at the University of Kansas. He is considered one of the founders of, and leading figures in, the field of environmental history; and in 2009, he was named to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.-Education:Worster...
, A River Running West: The Life of John Wesley Powell - 2000: Peter GillmanPeter GillmanPeter Gillman is a British writer and journalist specialising—but not exclusively—in mountaineering topics. His book, Direttissima; the Eiger Assault, also published under the title, Eiger Direct, co-authored with Dougal Haston, published in 1967, told the story of the ascent of the Eiger North...
, Leni Gillman, The Wildest Dream: The Biography of George Mallory - 1999: Sam KeithSam KeithSam Keith edited the 1973 best seller One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey in which he edited the journals and photographs of Richard Proenneke's solo experiences in Alaska....
from the journals of Richard ProennekeRichard ProennekeRichard Louis "Dick" Proenneke was a naturalist who lived alone in the high mountains of Alaska at a place called Twin Lakes...
, One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan OdysseyOne Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan OdysseyOne Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey is a book, first published in 1973, by Sam Keith, based on the journals and photography of Richard Proenneke who, in 1968, retreated to the wilderness of Twin Lakes in Lake Clark National Park, Alaska to build a home for himself and live alone in the... - 1998: Vince WelchVince WelchVince Welch is an American radio and television personality. From 1998 to March 2007, he was the sports program director at WIBC in Indianapolis, Indiana. Prior to that job, he worked as a sports reporter at WISH-TV and as sports director for WNDY, both in Indianapolis...
, Cort Conley, Brad Dimock, The Doing of the Thing: The Brief, Brilliant Whitewater Career of Buzz Holmstrom - 1997: (no award)
Outdoor Classic
- 2011: Life-time Achievement Recognition: John MuirJohn MuirJohn Muir was a Scottish-born American naturalist, author, and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in nature, especially in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, have been read by millions...
for My First Summer in the Sierra and other works. - 2010: Maurice HerzogMaurice HerzogMaurice Herzog is a French mountaineer and sports administrator who was born in Lyon, France. He led the expedition that first climbed a peak over 8000m, Annapurna, in 1950, and reached the summit with Louis Lachenal. Upon his return, he wrote a best-selling book about the expedition...
, Annapurna: First Conquest of an 8000-meter Peak - 2009: William Nealy, Kayak: The New Frontier
- 2009: Steve Sherman, Julia Older, Appalachian Odyssey: Walking the Trail from Georgia to Maine
- 2008: Ellsworth L. Kolb, Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico
- 2008: Thomas Winnett, Ben Schifrin, Jeffrey Schaffer, Ruby Johnson Jenkins, Andy Selters, The Pacific Crest Trail (Series). In three volumes: Southern California, Northern California and Oregon & Washington
- 2007: Donald Culross Peattie, A Natural History of North American Trees
- 2006: P.G. Downes, Sleeping Island: A Journey to the Edge of the Barrens
- 2005: Life-time Achievement Recognition: Farley MowatFarley MowatFarley McGill Mowat, , born May 12, 1921 is a conservationist and one of Canada's most widely-read authors.His works have been translated into 52 languages and he has sold more than 14 million books. He achieved fame with the publication of his books on the Canadian North, such as People of the...
for Sea of Slaughter, Never Cry Wolf and other works. - 2004: Henry David ThoreauHenry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau was an American author, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, historian, and leading transcendentalist...
, Jeffrey S. Cramer (ed.), WaldenWaldenWalden is an American book written by noted Transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau... - 2003: Richard E. Byrd, Alone
- 2002: Laura Waterman, Guy Waterman, Backwoods Ethics: A Guide to Low-Impact Camping and Hiking
- 2001: Roderick NashRoderick NashRoderick Nash is a history and environmental studies professor at the University of California Santa Barbara. Nash is the first person to descend the Tuolumne River .- Scholarly biography :...
, Wilderness and the American Mind - 2000: Aldo LeopoldAldo LeopoldAldo Leopold was an American author, scientist, ecologist, forester, and environmentalist. He was a professor at the University of Wisconsin and is best known for his book A Sand County Almanac , which has sold over two million copies...
, A Sand County AlmanacA Sand County AlmanacA Sand County Almanac: And Sketches Here and There is a 1949 non-fiction book by American ecologist, forester, and environmentalist Aldo Leopold. Describing the land around the author's home in Sauk County, Wisconsin, the collection of essays advocate Leopold's idea of a "land ethic", or a... - 1999: John J. Rowlands, Henry B. Kane (illus.), Cache Lake Country: Life in the North Woods
- 1998: Margaret MurieMargaret MurieMargaret Thomas "Mardy" Murie was a naturalist, author, adventurer, and conservationist. Dubbed the "Grandmother of the Conservation Movement" by both the Sierra Club and the Wilderness Society, she helped in the passage of the Wilderness Act, and was instrumental in creating the Arctic...
, Two in the Far North - 1998: Don Graydon, Kurt Hanson, Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills
- 1997: (no award)
Nature and the Environment
- 2011: Nancy Ross Hugo, Robert Llewellyn (photo), Seeing Trees: Discover the Extraordinary Secrets of Everyday Trees
- 2010: Mark W. MoffettMark W. MoffettMark Moffett “…has developed a career that combines science and photography, in spite of being a high school dropout. Although his family was not academic, encouraged by his parents he sought out biologists by the age of 12.” He continues to travel to conduct research on ecology and behavior,...
, Adventures Among Ants: A Global Safari With a Cast of Trillions - 2009: Yann Arthus-BertrandYann Arthus-BertrandYann Arthus-Bertrand is a French photographer, journalist, reporter and environmentalist.- Early life :Yann Arthus-Bertrand was born in Paris on March 13, 1946 in a renowned jewellers' family founded in 1803 by Claude Arthus-Bertrand and Michel-Ange Marion. His sister Catherine is one of his...
, Our Living Earth - 2009: Michael Welland, Sand: The Never Ending Story
- 2008: Steven Kazlowski, The Last Polar Bear: Facing the Truth of a Warming World
- 2008: Wayne GradyWayne Grady (author)Wayne Grady is a Canadian writer, editor, and translator; currently working as the science editor of Equinox.Grady won the 1989 Governor General's Award for French to English translation for On the Eighth Day, the John Glassco Prize for Literary Translation for Christopher Cartier of Hazelnut and...
, The Great Lakes: The Natural History of a Changing Region - 2007: Sophie A. H. Osborn, Condors in Canyon Country: The Return of the California Condor to the Grand Canyon Region
- 2007: Francis Latreille, White Paradise: Journeys to the North Pole
- 2006: David AttenboroughDavid AttenboroughSir David Frederick Attenborough OM, CH, CVO, CBE, FRS, FZS, FSA is a British broadcaster and naturalist. His career as the face and voice of natural history programmes has endured for more than 50 years...
, Life in the Underground - 2006: David Zurick, Julsun Pacheco, Illustrated Atlas of the Himalaya
- 2006: Wayne Ranney, Carving Grand Canyon: Evidence, Theories, and Mystery
- 2005: James R. Spotila, Sea Turtles: A Complete Guide to their Biology, Behavior and Conservation
- 2004: Kenneth G. LibbrechtKenneth G. LibbrechtKenneth Libbrecht is a professor of physics at Caltech.Libbrecht was originally trained as a solar astronomer, studying under Robert Dicke at Princeton and receiving his PhD in 1984. However, much of his recent research has focused on the properties of ice crystals, particularly the structure of...
, Patricia Rasmussen (photo), The Snowflake: Winter's Secret Beauty - 2003: Gregory S. Stone, Ice Island: Expedition to Antarctica's Largest Iceberg
- 2002: Ted Steinberg, Down to Earth: Nature's Role in American History
- 2002: Alexandra MortonAlexandra MortonAlexandra Bryant Hubbard Morton is a Canadian American marine biologist best known for her 30-year study of wild killer whales in the Broughton Archipelago in British Columbia...
, Listening to Whales: What the Orcas Have Taught Us - 2002: Thomas Wiewandt, Maureen Wilks, The Southwest Inside Out: An Illustrated Guide to the Land and It's History
- 2001: Andrew Beattie, Paul R. EhrlichPaul R. EhrlichPaul Ralph Ehrlich is an American biologist and educator who is the Bing Professor of Population Studies in the department of Biological Sciences at Stanford University and president of Stanford's Center for Conservation Biology. By training he is an entomologist specializing in Lepidoptera , but...
, Wild Solutions: How Biodiversity is Money in the Bank - 2001: Terry Grosz, For Love of Wildness: The Journal of a U.S. Game Management Agent
- 2001: Douglas Steakley, Ric Masten (poetry), Pacific Light: Images of the Monterey Peninsula
- 2000: Terry Grosz, Wildlife Wars: The Life and Times of a Fish and Game Warden
- 2000: Kevin Schafer, Penguin Planet: Their World, Our World
- 1999: Tim McNulty, Pat O'Hara (photo), Washington's Mount Rainier National Park: A Centennial Celebration
- 1999: Phillip Manning, Islands of Hope: Lessons from North America's Great Wildlife Sanctuaries
- 1998: Tim Palmer, The Columbia: Sustaining a Modern Resource
- 1998: David MechL. David MechLucyan David "Dave" Mech is an internationally recognized wolf expert, a senior research scientist for the U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey , and an adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota in St. Paul...
, The Arctic Wolf: Ten Years with the Pack - 1997: (no award)
Natural History Literature
- 2011: Bill Belleville, Salvaging the Real Florida: Lost and Found in the State of Dreams
- 2010: Elisabeth Tova Bailey, The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating
- 2010: Anders Halverson, An Entirely Synthetic Fish: How Rainbow Trout Beguiled America and Overran the World
- 2009: Rob Dunn, Every Living Thing: Man's Obsessive Quest to Catalog Life, from Nanobacteria to New Monkeys
- 2008: Susan Freinkel, The American Chestnut: The Life, Death, and Rebirth of a Perfect Tree
- 2007: Robert Michael PyleRobert Michael PyleRobert Michael Pyle is a lepidopterist and author who has published twelve books and hundreds of papers, essays, stories and poems. He has a Ph.D. from the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies at Yale University. He founded the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation in 1974...
, Sky Time in Gray's River: Living for Keeps in a Forgotten Place - 2007: Michael Punke, Last Stand: George Bird Grinnell, the Battle to Save the Buffalo, and the Birth of the New West
- 2006: John NielsenJohn NielsenJohn Nielsen won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1990. Previously, he won the Macau Grand Prix in 1984. He was also a 3-time champion of the European Formula Super Vee Championship from 1979 to 1981....
, Condor: To the Brink and Back - 2005: Alan Burdick, Out of Eden: An Odyssey of Ecological Invasion
- 1997-2004: (no award)
Children's
- 2011: Judy Burris, Wayne Richards, The Secret Lives of Backyard Bugs
- 2011: Nikki McClure, To Market, To Market
- 2010: Ginger Wadsworth, Karen Dugan (illus.), Camping With the President
- 2010: Mary Morton Cowan, Captain Mac: The Life of Donald Baxter MacMillan, Arctic Explorer
- 2009: Laura Goering, Whistling Wings
- 2009: S. Terrell French, Operation Redwood
- 2008: Eric WaltersEric WaltersEric Robert Walters is a Canadian author of children's literature. His novels have been enthusiastically received by children and young adults and critically acclaimed by teachers, reviewers and parents.-Background:...
, The Pole - 2007: Roland SmithRoland SmithRoland Smith is an American author of young adult fiction as well as nonfiction books for children.-Early life and education:...
, Peak - 2006: Robbyn Smith van Frankenhuysen, Gijsbert van Frankenhuysen (illus.), Kelly of Hazel Ridge
- 2006: Lee Welles, Gaia Girls Enter the Earth
- 2005: Sharon Lovejoy, The Little Green Island With a Little Red House: A Book of Colors and Critters
- 2005: Lois EhlertLois EhlertLois Ehlert is an author and illustrator of children's books, most having to do with nature. Ehlert won the Caldecott Honor for Color Zoo . She lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.-Background:...
, The Leaf Man - 2004: Mary Ann Hoberman, Jane Dyer (illus.), Whose Garden Is It?
- 2003: Gloria WhelanGloria WhelanGloria Whelan is a poet, short story writer, and novelist for children and adults. She has won the National Book Award for her novel Homeless Bird. Her books include many historical fiction novels, including a trilogy set on Mackinac Island and a quartet series set in communist Russia...
, Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen (illus.), Jam & Jelly by Holly & Nellie - 2003: Ellen Stoll Walsh, Dot and Jabber and the Big Bug Mystery
- 2002: Jane YolenJane YolenJane Hyatt Yolen is an American author and editor of almost 300 books. These include folklore, fantasy, science fiction, and children's books...
, Jason Stemple (photos), Wild Wings: Poems for Young People - 2002: Mia Posada, Ladybugs: Red, Fiery and Bright
- 2001: Nancy White Carlstrom, Tim Ladwig (illus.), What Does the Sky Say?
- 2001: Bruce Hiscock, Coyote and Badger: Desert Hunters of the Southwest
- 2000: Twig C. George, Jellies: The Life of Jellyfish
- 2000: Ann Dixon, Evon Zerbetz (illus.), Blueberry Shoe
- 1999: Mary Wallace, The Inuksuk Book
- 1998: (no award)
- 1997: (no award)
Design and Artistic Merit
- 2011: Kate Davis, Rob Palmer, Nick Dunlop, Raptors of the West Captured in Photographs
- 2010: David A. PattersonDavid A. PattersonDavid Andrew Patterson is an American computer pioneer and academic who has held the position of Professor of Computer Science at the University of California, Berkeley since 1977....
, Matt Patterson (illus.), Freshwater Fish of the Northeast - 2009: Lars Jonsson, Lars Jonsson's Birds
- 2008: Guy Motil, Surfboards
- 2008: Susan Hallsten McGarry, Bruce Aiken (paintings), Bruce Aiken's Grand Canyon: An Intimate Affair
- 2008: Ed Cooper, Soul of the Heights: 50 Years Going to the Mountains
- 2007: Kevin StarrKevin StarrKevin Starr is an American historian, best known for his multi-volume series on the history of California, collectively called "Americans and the California Dream."-Life:Kevin Starr was born in San Francisco, California....
, Steve RoperSteve RoperSteve Roper is a noted climber and historian of the Sierra Nevada in the United States. He along with Allen Steck are the founding editors of the Sierra Club journal Ascent.Roper is the winner of the Sierra Club's Francis P...
, Glen Denny, Yosemite in the Sixties - 2007: Stephen BrownStephen BrownStephen Brown may refer to:* Stephen Brown , member of the British privy council* Stephen Brown , competitor at the 2000 Summer Olympics* Stephen Brown , contemporary classical composer...
, Arctic Wings: Birds of the Artic National Wildlife Refuge - 2006: Tom Vezo (photo), Chuck Hagner, Wings of Spring: Courtship, Nesting and Fledging
- 2006: Jeffrey C. Miller, Daniel H. Janzen, Winifred Hallwachs, 100 Caterpillars
- 2005: John FielderJohn FielderJohn Fielder is an American landscape photographer and nature writer. He specializes in photography and writings of the US state of Colorado...
, Mark Mulvany (design), Mountain Ranges of Colorado - 2004: Michael Collier (photo), Rose Houk (text), Mary Winkelmann Velgos (design), The Mountains Know Arizona
- 2004: Art WolfeArt WolfeArt Wolfe is an American photographer, television host, conservationist, photography teacher and artist. He is most notably known for his color photographs of wildlife, nature and cultures.- Image manipulation :...
(photo), Art Davidson, Edge of the Earth, Corner of the Sky - 2003: Tom Blagden, Jr. (photo), Charles R. Tyson, Jr., First Light: Acadia National Park and Maine's Mount Desert Island
- 2002: Stephen Kirkpatrick (photo), Marlo Carter Kirkpatrick (text), Heidi Flynn Allen (design), Wilder Mississippi
- 2002: Craig Childs, Mary Winkelman Velgos (design), Peter Ensenberger (photo), The Southwest's Contrary Land: Forever Changing Between Four Corners and the Sea of Cortes
- 2001: Art WolfeArt WolfeArt Wolfe is an American photographer, television host, conservationist, photography teacher and artist. He is most notably known for his color photographs of wildlife, nature and cultures.- Image manipulation :...
, The Living Wild - 2000: Bradford WashburnBradford WashburnHenry Bradford Washburn, Jr. was an American explorer, mountaineer, photographer, and cartographer. He established the Boston Museum of Science, served as its director from 1939–1980, and from 1985 until his death served as its Honorary Director .Washburn is especially noted for exploits in four...
(photo), Antony Decaneas (ed.), Bradford Washburn: Mountain Photography - 1999: Leonard Adkins, Joe Cook and Monica Cook (photo), Grant M. Tatum (director), Wildflowers of the Appalachian Trail
- 1999: Hanneke Ippisch, Hedvig Rappe-Flowers (illus.), Kim Ericsson (design), Kathleen Ort (ed.), Spotted Bear: A Rocky Mountain Folktale
- 1998: Maurice Hornocker, Andy Lewis (art dir.), Tom Lewis (design), Track of the Tiger
- 1998: Ira SpringIra SpringIra Spring was an American photographer, author, mountaineer and hiking advocate. He was the photographer and co-author, with Harvey Manning, of the "100 Hikes" series of books published by The Mountaineers. He co-founded the trails advocacy and maintenance organization Washington Trails...
, Harvey ManningHarvey ManningHarvey Manning was a noted author of hiking guides and climbing textbooks, and a tireless hiking advocate. Manning lived on Cougar Mountain, within the city limits of Bellevue, Washington, calling his home the "200 meter hut"...
, Jennifer Shontz (graphics), Marge Mueller (cartography), 100 Classic Hikes in Washington - 1997: Darcy Williamson, Larry Milligan (cover art), Teresa Sales (design), The Rocky Mountain Foods Cookbook
Instructional
- 2011: Robin Barton, The Cycling Bible: The Complete Guide for all Cyclists from Novice to Expert
- 2010: Andrew Bisharat, Sport Climbing: From Top Rope to Redpoint, Techniques for Climbing Success
- 2009: Katie BrownKatie BrownKatie Brown is an American home and gardening television show host, author, and trained art historian.- Personal life :...
, Ben MoonBen MoonBen Moon is a rock climber from England. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Ben Moon, along with his climbing partner Jerry Moffatt drove forward the level of sport climbing in the UK especially, but also throughout the world. He was the first person to climb a route at the grade of 8c+,...
(photo), Girl on the Rocks: A Woman's Guide to Climbing with Strength, Grace and Courage - 2008: Guy Andrews, Road Bike Maintenance
- 2008: Ken WhitingKen WhitingKen Whiting , was the 1997/98 World Freestyle Kayaking Champion, the 1998 Japan Open Champion, and a five-time Canadian National Champion in freestyle or whitewater kayaking....
, Kevin Varette, Whitewater Kayaking: The Ultimate Guide - 2007: Tim Brink, The Complete Mountain Biking Manual
- 2006: Scott Graham, Extreme Kids: How to connect with your children through today's extreme (and not so extreme) outdoor sports
- 2005: Andy Tyson, Mike Clelland (illus.), Michael KennedyMichael Kennedy (climber)Michael Kennedy is an American rock climber, alpinist, photographer, writer and editor.From 1974 to 1998 he was the editor of Climbing magazine, the most influential of American climbing magazines...
(ed.), Glacier Mountaineering: An Illustrated Guide to Glacier Travel and Crevasse Rescue - 2005: Wayne DickertWayne DickertWayne Dickert is an American slalom canoer who competed in the mid 1990s. He finished 11th in the C-2 event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.-Works:...
, Jon Rounds, Skip Brown (photo), Roberto Sabas (illus.), Basic Kayaking: All the Skills and Gear You Need to Get Started - 2004: Craig LuebbenCraig LuebbenCraig Luebben was an American rock climber and author. A climber since the early 80s, Luebben wrote a number of climbing-oriented books, designed the "Big Bro" wide-crack climbing protection device, and was a senior contributing editor for Climbing Magazine.- Biography :Craig Luebben was killed on...
, Rock Climbing: Mastering the Basic Skills - 2003: Jon Rounds, Wayne DickertWayne DickertWayne Dickert is an American slalom canoer who competed in the mid 1990s. He finished 11th in the C-2 event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.-Works:...
, Skip Brown (photo), Taina Litwak (illus.), Basic Canoeing: All the Skills and Tools You Need to Get Started - 2002: Shelley Johnson, The Complete Sea Kayaker's Handbook
- 2002: Paul Deegan, The Mountain Traveller's Handbook
- 2001: Tom RosenbauerTom RosenbauerTom Rosenbauer is a fly fishing mentor and author who currently works and resides in the Manchester, Vermont area. He has published books for Orvis, which he has been with for over 30 years....
, Rod Walinchus (illus.), Henry Ambrose (photo), The Orvis Fly-Tying Guide - 2000: Mark Harvey, The National Outdoor Leadership School's Wilderness Guide
- 1999: Mark F. Twight, James Martin, Extreme Alpinism: Climbing Light, Fast and High
- 1998: Duane Raleigh, Knots and Ropes for Climbers
- 1997: Jonathan Hanson, Roseann Hanson, Ragged Mountain Press Guide to Outdoor Sports
Nature Guidebook
- 2011: Mary Holland, Naturally Curious: A Photographic Field Guide through the Fields, Woods and Marshes of New England
- 2010: Charley Eiseman, Noah Charney, Tracks and Sign of Insects and Other Invertebrates: A Guide to North American Species
- 2010: Jonathan Poppele, Night Sky: A Field Guide to the Constellations
- 2010: Steven N. G. Howell, Molt in North American Birds
- 2009: Roger Tory PetersonRoger Tory PetersonRoger Tory Peterson , was an American naturalist, ornithologist, artist, and educator, and held to be one of the founding inspirations for the 20th century environmental movement.-Background:...
, Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America - 2009: Dennis Paulson, Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West
- 2008: Tomas S. Schulenberg, Douglas F. Stotz, Daniel F. Lane, John P. O'Neill, Theodore A. Parker IIITheodore A. Parker IIITheodore A. "Ted" Parker III was an American ornithologist who specialized in the Neotropics. He "was widely considered the finest field birder / ornithologist that the world had ever seen." .-Biography:...
, Birds of Peru - 2007: Robin Restall, Clemencia Rodner, Miguel Lentino, Birds of Northern South America: An Identification Guide
- 2006: Charissa Reid, Yellowstone Expedition Guide: The Modern Way to Explore America's Oldest National Park
- 2006: David L. WagnerDavid L. WagnerDavid L. Wagner is an entomologist and a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Connecticut. He is the author of Caterpillars of Eastern North America, widely regarded as one of the most authoritative field guides on caterpillars...
, Caterpillars of Eastern North America - 2005: Whit Gibbons, Mike Dorcas, Snakes of the Southeast
- 2005: Laura Riley, William Riley, Nature's Strongholds: The World's Great Wildlife Reserves
- 2004: Kurt Mead, Dragonflies of the North Woods
- 2003: Mark Elbroch, Mammal Tracks and Sign: A Guide to North American Species
- 2003: Milton S. Love, Mary Yoklavich, Lyman Thorsteinson, The Rockfishes of the Northeast Pacific
- 2002: Irwin M. Brodo, Sylvia Duran Sharnoff, Stephen Sharnoff, Lichens of North America
- 2002: Mark Elbroch, Eleanor Marks, Bird Tracks & Sign: A Guide to North American Species
- 2001: Jeffrey Glassberg, Butterflies Through Binoculars: A Field Guide to the Butterflies of Western North America
- 2001: Scott WeidensaulScott WeidensaulScott Weidensaul is a Pennsylvania-based naturalist and author. He has been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in the non-fiction category for his book Living on the Wind: Across the Hemisphere With Migratory Birds.-Profile and works:...
, The Raptor Almanac: A Comprehensive Guide to Eagles, Hawks, Falcons and Vultures - 2000: Kate Wynne, Malia Schwartz, Garth Mix (illus.), Guide to Marine Mammals & Turtles of the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
- 1999: James Halfpenny, Todd Telander (illus.), Dana Kim-Wincapaw (design), Scats and Tracks of the Rocky Mountains: A Field Guide to the Signs of 70 Wildlife Species
- 1998: Alan Tennant, A Field Guide to Snakes of Florida
- 1998: Stephen R. Jones, Ruth Carol Cushman, Colorado Nature Almanac
- 1997: Mark Stensaas, Jeff Sonstegard (illus.), Canoe Country Flora
Outdoor Adventure Guidebook
- 2011: Paul W. Bauer, The Rio Grande: A River Guide to the Geology and Landscapes of Northern New Mexico
- 2010: Greg Witt, Exploring Havasupai: A Guide to the Heart of the Grand Canyon
- 2009: Duwain Whitis, Barbara Vinson, Guide to the Green and Yampa Rivers in Dinosaur National Monument
- 2009: Dave Eckardt, The Guide to Baja Sea Kayaking
- 2008: Bill Burnham, Mary Burnham, Florida Keys Paddling Atlas
- 2007: Tom Martin, Duwain Whitis, Guide to the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon
- 2006: Matt Leidecker, The Middle Fork of the Salmon River: A Comprehensive Guide
- 2005: Andrew Dean Nystrom, Top Trails Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks
- 2005: Roxanna Brook, Jared McMillen, Red Rock Canyon: A Climbing Guide
- 2005: Eric J. Newell, Allison J. Newell, Idaho's Salmon River: A River Runner's Guide to the River of No Return
- 2004: Douglas Lorain, 100 Classic Hikes in Oregon
- 2003: Marc J. Soares, 100 Hikes in Yosemite National Park
- 2003: Mike Woodmansee, Trekking Washington
- 2003: Rich Landers, 100 Hikes in the Inland Northwest: Eastern Washington, Northern Rockies, Wallowas
- 2002: John Mock, Kimberley O'Neil, Hiking the Sierra Nevada
- 2002: Michael Wood, Colby Coombs, Alaska: A Climbing Guide
- 2001: Mark Kroese, Fifty Favorite Climbs: The Ultimate North American Tick List
- 2001: Bill Burnham, Mary Burnham, Hike America Virginia: An Atlas of Virginia's Greatest Hiking Adventures
- 2001: Matt Heid, 101 Hikes in Northern California: Exploring Mountains, Valleys, and Seashore
- 2000: Roger Schumann, Jan Shriner, Guide to Sea Kayaking Central and Northern California
- 2000: Lynna Howard, Montana and Idaho's Continental Divide Trail
- 1999: John Ross, Jeff Wincapaw (art dir.), Trout Unlimited's Guide to America's 100 Best Trout Streams
- 1999: Marty Basch, Vermont and New Hampshire Winter Trails
- 1998: Tom Lorang Jones, John FielderJohn FielderJohn Fielder is an American landscape photographer and nature writer. He specializes in photography and writings of the US state of Colorado...
(photo), Colorado's Continental Divide Trail - 1997: (no award)
Works of Significance
- 2008-2011: (no award)
- 2007: Ann T. Colson (ed.), Connecticut Walk Book: The Guide to the Blue-Blazed Hiking Trails of Western Connecticut
- 2004-2006: (no award)
- 2003: Gene Daniell, Steven D. Smith, AMC White Mountain Guide: Hiking Trails of the White Mountain National Forest
- 2000-2002: (no award)
- 1999: John Hart, Walking Softy in the Wilderness: The Sierra Club Guide to Backpacking
- 1999: William Nealy, Kayaking: An Animated Guide of Intermediate and Advanced Whitewater Technique
- 1999: John LongJohn Long (climber)John Long is an acclaimed American rock climber and author whose stories, ranging from adventure yarns to literary fiction, have been translated into many languages. He has more than forty titles and two million books in print...
, How to Rock Climb - 1999: Derek Hutchinson, Expedition Kayaking
- 1999: Karl RohnkeKarl RohnkeKarl Rohnke is a key figure in the development of adventure education, and was instrumental in the creation of Project Adventure in the early 1970s.-Biography:...
, Cowstails and Cobras II: A Guide to Games, Initiatives, Ropes Courses, & Adventure Curriculum - 1997-1998: (no award)