The Winners are:

Michael Cameron - Individual For the successful acquisition of 3,350 acres of the Truckee River between Floriston Ca and the Nevada State Line from Sierra Pacific Power Company to the Nature Conservancy. "This gateway between California and Nevada will now remain forever wild," said by Michael Cameron the Associate Director fo the Nature Conservancy. And the restoration project of the 305-acre McCarran Ranch along the Truckee River east of Reno.

Sierra Pacific Power Company - Business - For the partnership with the Nature Conservancy in the perservation of the Truckee River Project, in addition to the CFL campaign, Solar Generations, replacing senior citizen light bulbs, energy star appliance and solar panel rebate, and refrigerator recycling.

David Bobzien - Public Servant - For his exceptional freshmen term in the Assembly especially on land use, green building and renewable energy, water rights, urban sprawl and wildlife.

Bill Whitney- Agency Representative - For his dedication over the past 13 years to the Washoe County Open Space Plan. His ability to work with a number of different agencies and organizations including Nevada Land Conservancy, Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful and Scenic Nevada.

Local Food System Network including Community Supported Agriculture, Great Basin Food-Coop, Nevada Farmers Market Assoc- Nonprofit For their triumphant year in opening the Great Basin Food-Coop at Wonder St. and Wells St., the Great Basin Baskets bringing local food to families homes each week and the planning of a permanent farmers market in Reno as part of the Redevelopment Plan.

The Golden Pinecone Ball Awards was started by Tod Bedrosian, Bob Fulkerson and Bob Loux to bring the environmental community together as friends and initially to get the community excited about stopping the dump of nuclear waste. It was nicknamed the "conservation casual drab event" and the pinecone awards were handmade out of plywood, an ironic twist on formal award ceremonies to honor the environmental accomplishments of the past year. It is has now grown into a special evening among the environmental community and a great honor among award recipients. Nominations are accepted at Nevada EcoNet all year round. An advisory board of past winners convenes in August of each year to pick the award winners.

Past winners PConeprogram.pdf

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