Past Award Recipients
The Idaho Chapter is pleased to announce the past recipients of the Chapter awards. The award recipients since 2000 are listed below. For a list of award recipients prior to 2000, please see The History of the Idaho Chapter of the American Fisheries Society (PDF).
Lifetime Achievement Award
| 2023 | Sharon Kiefer | |
| 2022 | Sue Ireland Jeff Dillon | |
| 2021 | Paul Kline | |
| 2020 | Dr. Don Zaroban Chip Corsi | |
| 2019 | Charlie Petrosky Mark Gamblin Dan Schill | |
| 2018 | Russ Thurow | |
| 2017 | Bill Horton Virgil Moore | |
| 2016 | Al Van Vooren | |
| 2015 | Steve Elle | |
| 2014 | Not Awarded | |
| 2013 | Don Martin Vaughn Paragamian | |
| 2012 | Ned Horner Christine Moffitt | |
| 2011 | Not Awarded | |
| 2010 | Edward L. Lider | |
| 2009 | Susan B. Martin Timothy Burton | |
| 2008 | Bruce Rieman | |
| 2007 | Dave Burns | |
| 2006 | Not Awarded | |
| 2005 | Not Awarded | |
| 2004 | Tim Cochnauer | |
| 2003 | Dave Bennett | |
| 2002 | Dick Wallace | |
| 2001 | Ted Bjornn | |
| 2000 | Not Awarded |
Annual Merit Award*
| 2023 | Rob Van Kirk | Service as President 2022-2023 |
| Rebekah Horn | Service as Secretary-Treasurer 2021-2023 | |
| 2022 | Tim Copeland | Service as President 2021-2022 |
| Lytle Denny | Service as Secretary-Treasurer 2020-2022 | 2021 | Ryan Hardy | Service as President 2020-2021 |
| Lauren Andrews | Service as Secretary-Treasurer 2019-2021 | |
| 2020 | Brett High | Service as President 2019-2020 |
| Matt Belnap | Service as Secretary-Treasurer 2018-2020 | |
| 2019 | Dan Schill | Service as President 2018-2019 |
| Rob Ryan | Service as Secretary-Treasurer 2017-2019 | |
| 2018 | Helen Neville | Service as President 2017-2018 |
| Carson Watkins | Service as Secretary-Treasurer 2016-2018 | |
| 2017 | Jay Hesse | Service as President 2016-2017 |
| Kevin Meyer | Service as Secretary-Treasurer 2015-2017 | |
| 2016 | Jim Chandler | Service as President 2015-2016 |
| Steve Anglea | Service as Secretary-Treasurer 2014-2016 | |
| 2015 | Tom Curet | Service as President 2014-2015 |
| Jessica Buelow | Service as Secretary-Treasurer 2013-2015 | |
| 2014 | Joe DuPont | Service as President 2013-2014 |
| Craig Rabe | Service as Secretary-Treasurer 2012-2014 | |
| 2013 | Dmitri Vidergar | Service as President 2012-2013 |
| Bill Horton | Service as Secretary-Treasurer 2011-2013 | |
| 2012 | Jason Vogel | Service as President 2011-2012 |
| Tim Copeland | Service as Secretary-Treasurer 2010-2012 | |
| 2011 | Ernest Keeley | Service as President 2010-2011 |
| Mick Hoover | Service as Secretary-Treasurer 2009-2011 | |
| 2010 | Jim Fredericks | Service as President 2008-2010 |
| Christine Kozfkay | Service as Secretary-Treasurer 2008-2010 | |
| 2009 | Matthew A. Davis | Service as Secretary-Treasurer 2007-2009 |
| 2008 | Bart Gamett | Service as President 2007-2008 |
| Brian Kennedy | Service as Secretary-Treasurer 2006-2008 | |
| Mike Peterson | Service as Fundraising Chair 2007-2008 | |
| Ed Schreiver | Service as Fundraising Chair 2007-2008 | |
| Rob Ryan | Service as Fundraising Chair 2007-2008 | |
| Dmitri Videgar | Service as Fundraising Chair 2005-2006 | |
| Art Butts | Service as Fundraising Chair 2005-2006 | |
| 2007 | Jim Capurso | Service as President 2006-2007 |
| Tammy Hoem | Service as Secretary-Treasurer 2005-2007 | |
| 2006 | Russ Kiefer | Service as President 2005-2006 |
| Liz Mamer | Service as Secretary-Treasurer 2004-2006 | |
| Jimmy and Marilynn Gabettas (Jimmy's All Seasons Angler) | Sponsorship | |
| 2005 | Matt Powell | Service as President 2004-2005 |
| Kristine Vollmer | Service as Secretary-Treasurer 2003-2004 | |
| Brian Leth | Service as Fundraising Chair | |
| 2004 | Vaughn Paragamian | Service as President 2003-2004 |
| Steve Elle | Service as President 2002-2003 | |
| Brett Roper | Service as President 2000-2002 | |
| Rob Van Kirk | Service as Secretary/Treasurer 2002-2003 | |
| Jim Capurso | Service as Native Fish Committee Chair | |
| Lance Hebdon | Service as Fundraising Chair | |
| 2003 | Liz Mamer | Personal Contribution |
| 2002 | Dana Weigel | Cutthroat Trout Introgression Symposium |
| Jim Capurso | Cutthroat Trout Introgression Symposium |
* Prior to 2009, this award was given for various types of service to the Idaho Chapter. Since 2009, this award has been awarded only to the outgoing Chapter President and outgoing Chapter Treasurer with other types of service to the Chapter being recognized through the Distinguished Service Award.
Distinguished Service Award
| 2023 | Christine Stewart | Service as Nominations Committee Chair 2022-2023 |
| Conor McClure | Service as Fundraising Committee Chair 2021-2023 | |
| Luciano Chiaramonte | Service as Fundraising Committee Chair 2021-2023 | |
| Pat Kennedy | Service as Native Fish Committee Chair 2017-2022 | |
| Carson Watkins | Service as Continuing Education Committee Chair 2019-2022 | |
| Robert Hand | Service as Mentoring Committee Chair 2016-2022 | |
| Lonnie Parry | Service as BYU-Idaho Unit President 2022-2023 | |
| Sage Unsworth | Service as Palouse Unit President 2022-2023 | |
| Tyler Breech | Service as Portneuf Unit President 2022-2023 | |
| 2022 | Katharine Coykendall | Service as Nominations Committee Chair 2021-2022 |
| Martin Koenig | Service as Fundraising Committee Chair 2019-2021 | |
| Carlos Camacho | Service as Fundraising Committee Chair 2019-2021 | |
| Heiden Bliss | Service as Fundraising Committee Chair 2020-2022 | |
| Nicky Mucciarone | Service as Native Fish Committee Chair 2018-2022 | |
| Don Zaroban | Service as Native Fish Committee Chair 2020-2022 | |
| Jeanne McFall | Service as Aquatic Habitat Committee Chair 2016-2022 | |
| Mike Edmondson | Service as Anadromous Fish Committee Chair 2013-2022 | |
| Shawn Young | Service as Aquaculture Committee Chair 2018-2022 | |
| Trevor Wheeler | Service as BYU-Idaho Unit President 2021-2022 | |
| Lynsey Harris | Service as Palouse Unit President 2021-2022 | |
| Laurel Faurot | Service as Portneuf Unit President 2021-2022 | 2021 | Keats Conley | Service as Nominations Committee Chair 2020-2021 |
| Joe Thiessen | Service as Fundraising Committee Chair 2017-2019 | |
| Jessica Buelow | Service as Mentoring Committee Chair 2016-2020 | |
| Ken Cain | Service as Aquaculture Committee Chair 2004-2020 | |
| Dona Horan | Service as Membership Committee Chair | |
| Hannah Bluth | Service as BYU-Idaho Unit President 2020-2021 | |
| Kade Holling | Service as Palouse Unit President 2020-2021 | |
| Ben Kline | Service as Portneuf Unit President 2020-2021 | |
| 2020 | Micah Davison | Service as Nominations Committee Chair 2019-2020 |
| Lance Hebdon | Service as Mentoring Committee Chair 2016-2020 | |
| Jessica Buelow | Service as Mentoring Committee Chair 2016-2020 | |
| Phil Branigan | Service as Funraising Committee Chair 2018-2020 | |
| Bill Young | Service as Anadromous Committee Chair 2002-2019 | |
| Drew Suchomel | Service as BYU-Idaho Unit President 2019-2020 | |
| Darcy McCarrick | Service as Palouse Unit President 2019-2020 | |
| Ryan Whitworth | Service as Portneuf Unit President 2019-2020 | |
| 2019 | Marika Dobos | Service as Nominations Committee Chair 2018-2019 |
| Sklyer Smith | Service as BYU-Idaho Unit President 2017-2018 | |
| Katherine Gillies-Rector | Service as Palouse Unit President 2017-2018 | |
| Jorge Rosales | Service as Portneuf Unit President 2017-2018 | |
| Steve Angela | Service as Fundraising Committee Chair 2016-2018 | |
| Jamie Mitchell | Service as Aquaculture Committee Chair 2014-2018 | |
| Laura Sprague | Service as Auaculture Committee Chair 2014-2018 | |
| Matt Corsi | Service as Continuing Education Committee Chair 2013-2018 | |
| Zach Klein | Service as Native Fish Committee Chair 2016-2018 | |
| Dan Dauwalter | Service as Native Fish Committee Chair 2014-2017 | |
| 2018 | Zach Klein | Service as Nominations Committee Chair 2017-2018 |
| Jim Chandler | Service on the Idaho Climate Summit 2016-2017 | |
| Darcy McCarrick | Service as BYU-Idaho Unit President 2016-2017 | |
| Laura Jenkins | Service as Palouse Unit President 2016-2017 | |
| Tyson Hallbert | Service as Portneuf Unit President 2016-2017 | |
| Jason Spillett | Service as BYU-Idaho Unit President 2017-2018 | |
| Shannon Blackburn | Service as Palouse Unit President 2017-2018 | |
| Adam Eckersell | Service as Portneuf Unit President 2017-2018 | |
| 2017 | Eric Pankau | Serving as Nominations Chair 2016-2017 |
| Darcy McCarrick | Service as BYU SubUnit President 2016-2017 | |
| Laura Jenkins | Service as UofI Palouse SubUnit President 2016-2017 | |
| Tyson Halbert | Service as ISU Portneuf SubUnit President 2016-2017 | |
| 2016 | Bart Gamett | Awarded for many capacities of service, most recently for Website volunteering since 2007 |
| Bryan Grant | Service as Nominations Chair 2015-2016 | |
| Mike Peterson | Service as Anadromous Committee Co-Chair 2011-2015 | |
| Corey Lyman | Service as Riparian Committee Co-Chair 2005-2009 and Committee Co-Chair 2010-2015 | |
| Dan Scaife | Service as Fish Habitat Committee Co-Chair 2010-2014 | |
| Chad Chorney | Service in Fundraising 2015-2016 | |
| Stephanie Hallock | Service as Water Quality Committee Co-Chair 2008-2010 and Fish Habitat Committee Co-Chair 2010-2015 | |
| Philip Branigan | Service as UofI Palouse SubUnit President 2015-2016 | |
| James Paris | Service as ISU Portneuf SubUnit President 2015-2016 | |
| Jon Flinders | Service as AV Volunteer | |
| Kristi Stevenson | Service as AV Volunteer | |
| Liz Mamer | Service as AV Volunteer | |
| Carson Watkins | Service as AV Volunteer | |
| 2015 | Sabrina Beus | Work with the Trout-in-the-Classroom program |
| Howard Davis | Promoting sport fishing | |
| Greg Schoby | Service as Fundraising Committee Chair 2012-2014 | |
| Ryan Hillyard | Service as Fundraising Committee Chair 2013-2015 | |
| Casey Watson | Service as Native Fish Committee Chair 2011-2014 | |
| Jason Vogel | Service as Mentoring Committee Chair 2013-2015 | |
| 2014 | Not Awarded | |
| 2013 | Steve Elle | Service as Mentoring Committee Chair 2010-2013 |
| Bryan Grant | Service as Aquaculture Committee Co-Chair 2011-2013 | |
| Patrick Kennedy | Service as Fundraising Committee Co-Chair 2010-2013 | |
| Doug Munson | Service as Aquaculture Committee Co-Chair 2011-2013 | |
| Chris Sullivan | Service as Fundraising Committee Co-Chair 2010-2013 | |
| Donald Zaroban | Production of "Native Fishes of Idaho" | |
| 2012 | Not Awarded | |
| 2011 | Bryan Grant | Service as Aquaculture Committee Chair |
| Tarah Johnson | Service as Technical Coordinator for the 2010 and 2011 annual meetings | |
| Vaughn Paragamian | Service as Native Fish Committee Chair | |
| 2010 | Dan Garren | Service as Native Fish Committee Chair |
| Kevin Meyer | Service as Mentoring Committee Chair | |
| Jeff Heindel | Service as Fish Culture Committee Chair | |
| Tom Bassista | Service as Membership Committee Chair | |
| Jason Vogel | Service as Anadromous Fish Committee Chair and as Fundraising Committee Co-Chair | |
| John Cassinelli | Service as Fundraising Committee Co-Chair | |
| Eric Stark | Service as Fundraising Committee Co-Chair | |
| 2009 | Brett High | Service as Technical Coordinator for the 2007 and 2008 annual meetings |
| 2008 | Not Awarded | |
| 2007 | Rick Alsager | Four Sockeye fundraising contributions |
| Dan Baker | Four Sockeye fundraising contributions | |
| Doug Young | Four Sockeye fundraising contributions | |
| 2006 | Judy Hall-Griswold | Donation of time and art work |
Outstanding Fishery Professional Award
| 2023 | |
| 2022 | Josh McCormick |
| Tim Copeland | |
| Herb Roerick | |
| 2021 | Andy Dux |
| 2020 | Jordan Messner |
| Ernest Keeley | |
| 2019 | Curtis Roth, Brett High, Matthew Campbell, Daniel Schill, Don Whitney, Kevin Meyer, Brett Bowersox, Luciano Chiaramonte, Joshua McCormick, Tony Lamansky, Michael Quist and Ninh Vu |
| 2018 | Not Awarded |
| 2017 | Kevin Meyer |
| 2016 | MISSING INFO |
| 2015 | Cindy Robertson |
| 2014 | Brett High |
| Dan Isaak | |
| 2013 | Jim Chandler |
| 2012 | Matt Campbell |
| Christine Kozfkay | |
| 2011 | Jim Gregory |
| Paddy Murphy | |
| 2010 | Matt Woodard |
| Charlie Petrosky | |
| Warren Colyer | |
| Dan Axness |
Outstanding Early Career Professional Award
| 2023 | Audrey Harris |
Richard L. Wallace Native Fish
Conservationist of the Year Award
| 2023 | Kevin Meyer |
| 2022 | |
| 2021 | Arnie Brimmer |
| 2020 | Bart Gamett |
| 2019 | Matthew Campbell |
| 2018 | Nez Perce Tribe Watershed Project |
| 2017 | Dan Schill |
| 2016 | Joe DosSantos |
| 2015 | Lonnie Hutson and the U of I Prichard Art Gallery |
| 2014 | Paul Kline |
| 2013 | Joe DuPont |
| 2012 | Russ Thurow |
| 2011 | Sue Ireland |
| 2010 | Warren Colyer |
| 2009 | Ned Horner |
| 2008 | Rob Van Kirk |
| 2007 | Virgil Moore |
| 2006 | Bruce Rieman |
| 2005 | Vaughn Paragamian |
| 2004 | Jim Fredericks |
Outstanding Mentor Award
| 2023 | Katherine Coykendall |
| 2022 | Rob Van Kirk |
| Joe Kozfkay | |
| 2021 | Eric Billman |
| 2020 | Brett High |
| 2019 | Robert Hand |
| 2018 | Pat Kennedy |
| 2017 | Eric Billman |
| 2016 | Dan Isaak |
| 2015 | MISSING INFO |
| 2014 | Michael Quist |
| 2013 | Tom Curet |
| 2012 | Virgil Moore |
| 2011 | Kevin Meyer |
| 2010 | Bart Gamett |
| 2009 | Christine Moffitt |
| 2008 | Ed Schriever |
| 2007 | Steve Elle |
| 2006 | Scott LaPatra |
Excellence in Aquaculture Award
| 2023 | |
| 2022 | The Grace Fish Hatchery Program Wayne Fowler and Steve Stowell |
| 2021 | Snake River Sockeye Recovery Team |
| 2020 | IDFG Cabinet Gorge Fish Hatchery Management Team John Rankin, Tyler Schober, Derrick Tuttle |
| 2019 | Tyson Fehringer Dworshak National Fish Hatchery USFWS and Nez Perce Tribal Fish Production and Maintenance Team |
| 2018 | Gregg Anderson |
| 2017 | Doug Munson |
| 2016 | Kootenai Tribe of Idaho |
| 2015 | Christine Moffitt |
| 2014 | Jack Christensen |
| 2013 | not awarded |
| 2012 | Dave Teuscher |
| 2011 | Jack Siple |
| 2010 | Joe Chapman |
| 2009 | IDFG Eagle Fish Hatchery |
| 2008 | Keith Johnson |
Aquatic Habitat Award
| 2023 | Eagle Valley Ranch | |
| 2022 | Trout Unlimited-Beyeler Ranch, Upper Lemhi Enhancement Project | Matt Green |
| 2021 | Big Creek Ranch | Tom and Michael Page |
| Bayha Island Research Project - Snake River Stewardship Program | Jim Chandler, Program Manager | |
| 2020 | IDFG Fisheries Habitat Team | |
| 2019 | Tiege Ulschmid, Ryan Banks, Lauren Andrews, Jeanne McFall, Art Butts | |
| 2018 | Harris Springs Habitat Project | Laurie Harris, Ryan Hillyard, David Teuscher, Cary Myler, The Bear River Environmental Coordination Committeee |
| 2017 | West Fork Yankee Project | Jim Gregory, Cassi Wood, Bart Gamett |
| 2016 | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | Jackknife Watershed Restoration Project |
Best Student Poster
| 2022 | Jon Masingale |
| 2022 | Colton Turner |
| 2021 | Mitchell Tree |
| 2020 | Brianna Frazee |
| 2019 | Shawnie Geisler |
| 2018 | Zane Stephenson |
| 2017 | Darcy McCarrick |
| 2016 | Zach Beard |
Best Student Presentation
| 2023 | Jeremy Brooks |
| 2022 | Brandy Smith |
| 2021 | Megan Heller |
| 2020 | Darcy McCarrick |
| 2019 | Katherine Gillies-Rector |
| 2018 | Curtis Roth |
| 2017 | Jake Graham |
| 2016 | Elizabeth Ng |
Best Professional Poster
| 2023 | Katharine Coykendall |
| 2022 | Justin Furby |
| 2021 | Steve Hughes |
| 2020 | Courtnie Ghere |
| 2019 | John Hargrove |
| 2018 | Daniel Trovillion, Tyler Zumwalt, Leslie Reinhardt and Micah Davison |
| 2017 | Jason Jones |
| 2016 | Knut Marius Myrvold |
Best Professional Presentation
| 2023 | Kevin See |
| 2022 | Josh McCormick |
| 2021 | Brandon Bentz |
| 2020 | Allison Lebeda |
| 2019 | Josh McCormick |
| 2018 | Carson Watkins |
| 2017 | Nathan Jensen |
| 2016 | Windy Davis |
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