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 |
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 |
Annual Merit Service Award | 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 |
Best Student Poster | Logan Thompson |
Best Student Presentation | Nick Voss |
Best Professional Poster | Eric Billman |
Best Professional Presentation | Jose Vazquez |