Congratulations to our past Okanogan County Ecology Scholarship Winners!

The Ecology Scholarship Fund so appreciates all the dedicated, hard-working young people who have applied for our scholarship. Every year, we work hard to encourage a diverse and inclusive community of young folks to apply, who can demonstrate their passion for the environment, sustainable living, and community service.  Whether they were ultimately award winners or not, we give thanks for each applicant and their efforts to build a better world.

 2020 Award Winners

Alexandrea Bevan-Church, Conconully-Omak

David Ray, Oroville

Haileyl Shiflett, Okanogan

Stella Gitchos, Twisp

2021 Award Winners

Mathew Zesiger, Okanogan

Lena Nelson, Winthrop

Anna Williams, Pateros

2022 Award Winners

Madison Wirth, Tonasket

Devon Ramos, Tonasket

2023 Award Winners

Joseph Kammeyer-Lazano --- Choice Alternative High School, Tonasket

Abby Steinshouer --- Tonasket High School, Wenatchee Valley College, Omak

Paige Wirth --- Wenatchee Valley High School, Omak

Dan Keane --- Tonasket Valley High School

2024 Award Winners

Joseph Kammeyer-Lazano --- Choice Alternative High School, Tonasket

Savannah Romine - Omak High School

Abbey Steinshouer - Western Washington University

Maia Seebach - Tonasket High School

Our award winners have shown outstanding leadership and initiative in a wide variety of activities, including leading their school environmental club, organizing climate awareness forums in their school and community, pursuing ecology studies in college, collecting data and working to enhance river habitat, advocating for low income families to access healthy, sustainable food, and lobbying our state legislature about climate change. 

Through the years, the Okanogan County Ecology Scholarship Fund will continue to advocate and support our award winners, and strive to raise enough funds to recognize and support many more of these great young people who give us so much hope for our future!