| Year |
President |
Employer at Time of Appointment |
| 1967 |
George Holton |
Montana Fish and Game Department |
| 1968 |
Richard Graham |
Montana State University |
| 1969 |
C.J.D Brown |
Montana State University |
| 1970 |
Bob Piper |
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
| 1971 |
Norm Schoenthal |
Eastern Montana College |
| 1972 |
Ralph Boland |
Montana Fish and Game Department |
| 1973 |
Henry McKirdy |
U.S. Forest Service |
| 1974 |
Don Tennant |
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
| 1975 |
Ron Marcoux |
Montana Fish and Game Department |
| 1976 |
Gordon Haugen |
U.S. Forest Service |
| 1977 |
Dennis Workman |
Montana Fish and Game Department |
| 1978 |
Norm Peterson |
Montana Fish and Game Department |
| 1979 |
Gary Gebhart |
U.S. Bureau of Land Management |
| 1980 |
Pat Marcuson |
Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks |
| 1981 |
Al Elser |
Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks |
| 1982 |
Greg Munther |
U.S. Forest Service |
| 1983 |
Pat Graham |
Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks |
| 1984 |
Janet Decker-Hess2 |
Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks |
| 1985 |
Pat Dwyer |
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
| 1986 |
Jerry Wells |
Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks |
| 1987 |
Bob Gresswell |
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
| 1988 |
Glenn Phillips |
Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks |
| 1989 |
John Fraley |
Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks |
| 1990 |
Chris Hunter |
OEA Consulting |
| 1991 |
Jim Peterson |
Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks |
| 1992 |
Ginger Thomas3 |
Ginger Thomas Consulting |
| 1993 |
Chris Clancy |
Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks |
| 1994 |
Jim Darling |
Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks |
| 1995 |
Brad Shepard |
Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks |
| 1996 |
Dan Carty |
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
| 1997 |
Mark Lere |
Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks |
| 1998 |
Tom McMahon |
Montana State University |
| 1999 |
Buddy Drake |
Drake & Associates |
| 2000 |
Mike Enk |
U.S. Forest Service |
| 2001 |
Pat Clancey |
Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks |
| 2002 |
Pat Byorth |
Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks |
| 2003 |
Steve Leathe |
Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks |
| 2004 |
Clint Muhlfeld |
Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks |
| 2005 |
Kate Walker |
U.S. Forest Service |
| 2006 |
Leanne Roulson |
Garcia and Associates |
| 2007 |
David Schmetterling |
Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks |
| 2008 |
Carter Kruse |
Turner Enterprises Inc. |
| 2009 |
Scott Barndt |
U.S. Forest Service |
| 2010 |
Todd Koel |
National Park Service |
| 2011 |
Craig Barfoot |
Confederated Salish Kootenai Tribes |
| 2012 |
Travis Horton |
Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks |
| 2013 |
Robert Al-Chokhachy |
U.S. Geological Survey |
| 2014 |
Pat Saffel |
Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks |
| 2015 |
David Moser |
Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks |
| 2016 |
Leslie Nyce |
Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks |
| 2017 |
Amber Steed |
Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks |
| 2018 |
Brian Ertel |
National Park Service |
| 2019 |
Steve Dalby |
Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks |
| 2020 |
Jim Dunnigan |
Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks |
| 2021 |
Lisa Eby |
University of Montana |
| 2022 |
David Stagliano |
Montana Biological Survey |
| 2023 |
Leo Rosenthal |
Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks |
| 2024 |
Peter Brown |
Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks / Clearwater Restoration |
| 2025 |
Michelle McGree |
Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks |
