Current Award Recipients
The Idaho Chapter is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 Chapter awards:
| Lifetime Achievement Award | Sharon Kiefer For sustained, dedicated service to the Chapter and Profession |
| Annual Merit Service Awards | Rob Van Kirk President 2022-2023 |
| Rebekah Horn Secretary-Treasurer 2021-2023 | |
| Distinguished Service Award | Christine Stewart 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 | |
| Outstanding Fishery Professional Award | |
| Outstanding Early Career Professional Award | Audrey Harris To Celebrate Exceptional Work in the Fisheries Profession |
| Richard L. Wallace Native Fish Conservationist of the Year Award | Kevin Meyer |
| Outstanding Mentor Award | Katherine Coykendall |
| Excellence in Aquaculture Award | |
| Aquatic Habitat Award | Eagle Valley Ranch |
| Best Student Poster | Jon Masingale |
| Best Student Presentation | Jeremy Brooks |
| Best Western Division Student Poster | Thomas Doolittle |
| Best Western Division Student Presentation | Jeremy Brooks |
| Best Professional Poster | Katharine Coykendall |
| Best Professional Presentation | Kevin See |