Current Award Recipients
The Idaho Chapter is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2024 Chapter awards:
| Lifetime Achievement Award | Tom Curet For sustained, dedicated service to the Chapter and Profession |
| Annual Merit Service Awards | Kevin Meyer President 2023-2024 |
| Jesse McCane Secretary-Treasurer 2022-2024 | |
| Distinguished Service Award | Rob Ryan Nominations Committee Chair 2023-2024 |
| Nick Porter Service as Fundraising Committee Chair 2022-2024 | |
| Eric Pankau Service as Aquaculture Committee Chair 2019-2023 | |
| Tom Lindenmuth Service asAquaculture Committee Chair 2023 | |
| Kat Gillies-Rector Service as Continuing Education Committee Chair 2018-2023 | |
| Jake Hughes Service as Public Education Committee Chair 2018-2022 | |
| Buzz Gregory Service as BYU-Idaho Unit President 2023-2024 | |
| Courtnie Ghere Service as Palouse Unit President 2023-2024 | |
| Adam Zambie Service as Portneuf Unit President 2023-2024 | |
| Outstanding Fishery Professional Award | Liz Mamer For a career’s worth of research contributions to Idaho’s fisheries resources |
| Outstanding Early Career Professional Award | Darcy McCarrick For exceptional work on anadromous fisheries |
| Richard L. Wallace Native Fish Conservationist of the Year Award | Jeff Diluccia For his outstanding effort to repair degraded habitats in the upper Salmon River basin |
| Outstanding Mentor Award | Lauri Monnot |
| Excellence in Aquaculture Award | Neil Graham For his work on kelt reconditioning at Dworshak National Fish Hatchery |
| Aquatic Habitat Award | Erika Phillips, Greg Loomis,
Jeanne McFall, and Matt Belnap For developing the Silver Creek Partnership |
| Best Student Poster | Logan Thompson |
| Best Student Presentation | Nick Voss |
| Best Professional Poster | Eric Billman |
| Best Professional Presentation | Jose Vazquez |