2017 Dave “Oz” Krueger, California Division of Fish and Wildlife
2017 Dr. William “Bill” Cox, California Division of Fish and Wildlife
2016 Larry Peck, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
2016 Andy Appleby, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
2016 Neil Turner, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
2015 Tony Amandi, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
2014, no nominees
2013 Tom Rogers, Idaho Department of Fish and Game
2013 Tom Frew, Idaho Department of Fish and Game
2012 Wesley Orr, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
2012 Joe Banks, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
2012 Gary Wedemeyer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/U.S. Geological Survey
2011 Donald G. Peterson, Freshwater Fisheries Society of British Columbia
2011 Craig Clarke, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada
2010 R. Z. Smith, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries
2010 Michael R. Delarm, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries
2009 John Modin, California Department of Fish and Game
2009 Bruce G. Barngrover, California Department of Fish and Game
2009 Alvin D. Johnson, Colorado Department of Fish and Game
2008 Howard Fuss, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
2007 Richard A. Holt, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
2006 Harry Bennett Cox, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
2005 Charlie Smith, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
2005 Bud Ainsworth, Idaho Department of Fish and Game
2004 R.A.H. (Hugh) Sparrow, British Columbia Fisheries
2004 Jim Van Tine, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada
2003 Einar Wold, National Marine Fisheries Service
2002 Robert R. Rucker, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
2002 Laurie Fowler, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
2001 Wallace F. Hublou, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
2001 John E. Halver, University of Washington
2001 Jerry A. Bauer, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
2001 Earnest R. Jefferies, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
2000 George W. Klontz, University of Idaho
2000 Earl Leitritz, Colorado Department of Fish and Game
1999 Theodore Perry, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
1999 Roger Burrows, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
1999 Robert G. Piper, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
1999 Lauren Donaldson, University of Washington
1999 James Wood, WA Department of Fisheries