The John Muir Award encourages people of all backgrounds to connect with, enjoy and care for wild places.
February 2025 update
We are delighted to inform you that the eagerly awaited redesigned John Muir Award will be open for registrations on Tuesday 25th March.
We will initially be launching the Wild Places Guardian level, previously known as the Discovery Award. Further levels, referred to as the Wild Places Protector and Wild Places Champion will be rolled out in due course.
The best way to stay up to date with Award news is to sign up for our Award update emails. You can do that here. Our February update with more information about the new process and resources can be found here.
We hope that you will join us in delivering the refreshed Award and inspire people to help conserve, protect and restore wild places.
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