From left to right: Acting BLM Director Tom Fry, volunteer winner Sherry Hayes (sitting), volunteer winners Ed Walheim, Bill Cook, and Amy Craig, and BLM winner David Erickson. Standing in front of him is volunteer winner Barbara Robb, then Willie Robb, BLM winner Doug Huntington and volunteer winner Davis Farrar, representing the Red Hill Council. Not pictured are four representatives of the Friends of the Mustang group from Colorado: Judy Cady, president of the group, and members Patsy Davis, Beverly Madaris, and Debbie Welsh, whose plane was delayed; and Shirley Craig (mother of Amy Craig) also a winner. She was not able to attend due to an injury.

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Bill Cook of Yermo, California, is recognized for his volunteer work patrolling canyons in the Calico Mountains outside BLM's Barstow Field Office.	Amy Craig (not pictured, Shirley Craig): This mother and daughter team is recognized for their volunteer work documenting ancient rock art at the Little Black Mountain Rock Art Site for BLM's Arizona Strip Field Office. Shirley was unable to attend the ceremony, but participated via conference call.	Willie and Barbara Robb are recognized for donating more than 1,600 hours to welcome visitors to the public lands near Twentynine Palms, California.
Sherry Hayes of Bisbee, Arizona, is recognized for significant volunteer contributions to BLM's beautiful San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area, the most extensive and healthy riparian complex in the desert southwest	David Erickson, an Outdoor Recreation Planner for the BLM in Roseburg, Oregon, is recognized for professional management of a BLM volunteer program that has contributed work valued at $200,000.	Ed Waldheim, of Glendale, California, is recognized for 9 years of volunteer service in the BLM's Ridgecrest Field Office promoting responsible off-highway vehicle (OHV) use on the public lands in Southern California.
The Red Hill Council, a grass-roots volunteer group, is recognized for helping BLM preserve the recreation and aesthetic values of the Red Hills area in central Colorado. Davis Farrar accepts the award for the Council.	Doug Huntington, a BLM employee in the Eugene, Oregon, District is recognized for his management of 277 volunteers who contributed more than 35,000 hours of service to the public lands.	(From left to right, Nina Hatfield, Deputy Director BLM; Debbie Welsh; Judy Cady; Patsy Davis; and Beverly Madaris ) Friends of the Mustangs. This group is recognized for 17 years assisting at the BLM's Little Book Cliffs Wild Horse Area, just north of Grand Junction, Colorado. Judy Cady, president of the group, accepted the award later in the day, as their plane was delayed due to bad weather. Accompanying Judy were members Patsy Davis, Beverly Madaris, and Debbie Welsh.