2008 Scenic Beauty Award
On October 3, 2008, Citizens for a Scenic Wisconsin (www.scenicwisconsin.org) presented the Green Circle Trail with its 2008 Scenic Beauty Award. The award recognizes the valuable contributions of government agencies, communities, businesses, institutions, associations, and individuals to preserve and protect our Scenic Wisconsin.
The Green Circle was nominated based on its impact to the attractiveness of the state, its potential to be used as a model by others, its uniqueness and originality, and its support by a diversity of citizens, organizations, and agencies.
2003 Great Lakes Region Partnership Award
On July 26, 2003, the Green Circle committee was awarded with the Great Lakes Region Partnership Award from the National Recreation and Park Association (www.nrpa.org). This award is presented to an organization that has developed a successful partnership to create a project that benefits the community, region, or state and increases awareness of the importance of parks, recreation, and leisure services in quality of life.
1993 Land and Water Conservation Fund Partnership Award
The U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Midwest Region awarded the Green Circle committee its Land and Water Conservation Fund Partnership Award in 1993 (www.nps.gov/lwcf). This was in recognition of the group's efforts to create the Green Circle Trail, which is an outstanding example of the partnership of the public and private sectors to provide high-quality outdoor recreation opportunities for the public in Wisconsin.