CO/WY Chapter AFS

Leaky Boot Award

The "Leaky Boot Award" was first presented in 1976 for the "most polluted biologist." Although it has been periodically "lost" during its 25 years of existence, it always reemerges to represent the Chapter's sense of humor. Presently it "recognizes the most outrageous behavior" of any fisheries student or professional in the year subsequent to the Chapter's annual meeting. The award is administered by the "Awards Committee."

Year	Award Recipient	Agency
1975 – 1976	Steve Facciani	Wyoming Game and Fish Department
1976 – 1977	John Goettl	Colorado Division of Wildlife
1977 – 1978	Steve Puttmann	Colorado Division of Wildlife
1978 – 1979	Ron McKnight	Wyoming Game and Fish Department
1979 – 1980	Bill Babcock	Colorado Division of Wildlife
1980 – 1981	Steve Yundt	Wyoming Game and Fish Department
1981 – 1982	Tom Nesler	Colorado Division of Wildlife
1982 – 1983	Lloyd Hazzard
1983 – 1984	Rod Van Velson	Colorado Division of Wildlife
1984 – 1985	Kerry Connell
1985 – 1986	Tom Powell	Colorado Division of Wildlife
1986 – 1987	Rich Kolecki	Colorado Division of Wildlife
1987 – 1988	Not awarded
1988 – 1989	Doug Krieger and Rick Anderson	Colorado Division of Wildlife
1989 – 1990
1990 – 1991	Not awarded
1991 – 1992	Dirk Miller	Wyoming Game and Fish Department
1992 – 1993	Not awarded
1993 – 1994
1994 – 1995	Greg Poliski	Colorado Division of Wildlife
1995 – 1996	Greg Anderson	Wyoming Game and Fish Department
1996 – 1997	Dan Yule	Wyoming Game and Fish Department
1997 – 1998	Brett Johnson	Colorado State University
1998 – 1999
1999 – 2000	Robin Knox	Colorado Division of Wildlife
2000 – 2001	Rich Kolecki	Colorado Division of Wildlife
2001 - 2002 2002 - 2003	Lori Martin Not awarded	Colorado Division of Wildlife
2003 - 2004	Not awarded
2004 - 2005	Jason Burckhardt	Wyoming Game and Fish Department
2005 - 2006	Not awarded