The McLean County Conservationist of the Year is awarded to farmers and landowners that strive to protect and preserve our precious resources through conservation efforts. McLean County has a long history of conservation champions. To nominate a farmer or landowner, please contact our office.
2019 Conservationist of the Year
Congratulations to Ben Peters!
Previous McLean County “Conservationist of the Year”
Jim Rutherford, 1984
Bill Freed, 1985
Jim Kinsella, 1986
Bill Beeler, 1987
Virgil Andrews, 1988
Dan Koons, 1989
Robert Hartzold, 1990
Dale Ernst, 1991
Virgil/MaryAnn Hinthorn, 1992
Don Pleines, 1993
Bill Bryan, 1994
Harold/Joe Necessary, 1995
Mark Freed, 1996
Sally Breese, 1997
John English, 1998
Al Weishar, 1999
Paul Duzan, 2000
Terry Schneider, 2001
Bob Whitwood, 2002
Paul Kelley, 2003
Randy Rengel, 2004
Michael C. Miller, 2005
Chris Anderson, 2006
Erik Sloneker, 2007
Larry L. Schaefer, 2008
Franklin Family Partnership/Barbara Franklin-Allsup, 2009
Steve Myers, 2010
Ed Kline, 2011
David Freed, 2012
Howard Heatherwick, 2013
Chip Henrichs, 2014
Scott Clement, 2015
Brian Carlson, 2016
Bruce Thomas, 2017
Irvin Bane, 2018
Ben Peters, 2019
