
This award is for an individual that, like previous board member and trail advocate Hulet Hornbeck, exemplifies long-standing vision and wisdom in support of trails.
2023 Hulet Hornbeck Lifetime Service Award
Janet Phillips was no stranger to the complexity of water politics in the West. She toiled for years on heated issues involving the Truckee River.
2019 Hulet Hornbeck Lifetime Service Award
During his 36 year career with the National Park Service (NPS), Rory worked in five different NPS units, primarily in the fields of interpretation and cultural resources management.
2017 Hulet Hornbeck Lifetime Service Award
Reese’s keen sense of purpose and visionary ideas have helped organizations to grow and prosper.
2015 Hulet Hornbeck Award
Steve Griswold dedicated his career in service to championing good trail practices and molding successful trail programs and crews within countless National Parks across America.
2015 Hulet Hornbeck Award
Mel Huie has been an enthusiastic supporter, advocate, and planner of trails in the Portland area for more than three decades and serves as Metro’s Trails Coordinator.
2013 Hulet Hornbeck Award
In 1989, Steve Elkinton was selected as the program leader for the National Trails System in the National Park Service’s Washington headquarters office.
2010 Hulet Hornbeck Award
Kurt Loheit is a passionate outdoorsman, who has been instrumental in organizing and leading trail programs with the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy (PVPLC) and numerous other organizations across the nation.
2010 Hulet Hornbeck Award
Carroll Vogel was the most accomplished trail bridge builder of his generation.
2008 Hulet Hornbeck Award
Trail development requires patience, gumption, and inventiveness. Ron began the Pacific Northwest Trail project in 1970.
2008 Hulet Hornbeck Award
O. L. “Leff” Moore was the “father” of the Hatfield-McCoy Recreation Area, the most innovative motorized trail system in the eastern United States.
2004 Hulet Hornbeck Award
Deb Schnack, retired director of the Planning and Development Division of the Missouri Dept. of Natural Resources for demonstrating longstanding, significant, and exemplary service to trail planning, implementation and recreation in the State of Missouri.