North Dakota Leopold Conservation Award® Winners

The Leopold Conservation Award recipient receives $10,000 and a crystal award.

Congratulations to Spring Valley Ranch, who was named the 2022 North Dakota Leopold Conservation Award® winner.

​Previous winners (click to their video):

2021 - Sand Ranch - Ellendale
2020 - Dockter-Jensen Ranch, Denhoff
2019 - Gene and Christine Goven, Turtle Lake
2018 - Jeremy and Sarah Wilson, Jamestown
2017 - Ken and Bonnie Miller, Fort Rice
2016 - Jerry and Renae Doan, McKenzie

Program Partners

  • Sand County Foundation
  • American Farmland Trust
  • ND Association of Soil Conservation Districts
  • ND Stockmen's Association
  • ND Grazing Lands Coalition

Program Sponsors

Gold Sponsors

  • Starion Financial
  • ND Game & Fish Dept

Silver Sponsors

  • Cow Chip Ranch 
  • Audubon Great Plains
  • ND Chapter of the Wildlife Society
  • Delta Waterfowl 
  • Ducks Unlimited 
  • Pheasants Forever 
  • The Nature Conservancy 
  • Burleigh County Soil Conservation District 
  • Emmons County Soil Conservation District
  • ND Department of Environmental Quality 
  • ND Natural Resources Trust 
  • ND Partners for Fish and Wildlife
  • McDonald’s
  • APEX Clean Energy
  • ConocoPhillips 
  • Mor-Gran-Sou Electric Coop. 
  • Basin Electric Power Coop.
  • Roughrider Electric Coop. 
  • Slope Electric Cooperative 
  • KEM Electric Cooperative
  • USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service