Past recipients of the Richard A. Johnson Environmental Education Award include:
- Annie Stark
- Francis "Champ" Zumbrun
- Craig Hartsock
- Liz McDowell
- Charles Hager
- Marcellus Shale Stream Monitoring Coalition
- Janice Keene
- Tom Mathews
- Forestry Technology Program at Allegany College
- Dana McCauley
- Caroline Blizzard
- Sarah Milbourne
- Robert Miller
- Jeffrey Ruark
- Kevin Dodge
- Patrick Delaney
- Alan Hammond
- Ken Baxter
- Melvin Brown
- Joseph L. Winters
- Bernard C. Zlomek
- Kent B. Fuller
- Charles F. Strauss, Sr.
- Nan Livingstone
- Don A. Emerson
- Kendrick Y. Hodgdon