The Missoula Conservation Roundtable is an informally organized group of persons all of whom have made important contributions to natural resource conservation in the Missoula area. Each year the group selects outstanding individuals to receive awards recognizing their achievements. Awardees become Roundtable members and join in the tradition of annual recognition. The handful of persons who started the Roundtable has grown to over a hundred. We intend our awards process as one offering encouragement and inspiration to others who carry on the process of recognizing, preserving, and protecting our priceless natural resource heritage.