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    NECLECA Officer of the Year

    The Northeast Conservation Law Enforcement Chief Association Officer of the Year Award recognizes the outstanding work of our Waterways Conservation Officers and annually honor one exceptional officer. 

    2023 NECLECA Officer of the Year Award Recipient, Matthew J. VIsosky holding a framed picture of a brown trout. 2023 Award Recipient, WCO Matthew J. Visosky

    Office of the Year

    2000-Present

    2023 - Matthew J. Visosky
    2022 - Erin R. Czech
    2021 - Chad Doyle
    2020 - Rachael Thurner-Diaz
    2019 - Walter Buckman
    2018 - Robert Plumb
    2017 - Matthew Raetsch
    2016 - Corey J. Girt
    2015 - Darrin W. Kephart
    2014 - Anthony Quarracino
    2013 - Thomas E. Benevento
    2012 - Brook Tolbert
    2011 - Jeffrey Giardina
    2010 - Vance Dunbar
    2009 - Scott Christman
    2008 - Craig Garman
    2007 - David Keller
    2006 - Alan Robinson
    2005 - Martha Mackey
    2004 - Joseph Morris II
    2003 - Robert Nestor
    2002 - Corey Britcher
    2001 - John Bowser
    2000 - Gary Slutter

    1974-1999

    1999 - Raymond Bednarchik, Jr.
    1998 - Sally Corl
    1997 - Leon Creyer
    1996 - John Sabaitis
    1995 - Joseph Houck​
    1994 - William Carey
    1993 - Robert Steiner
    1992 - Ellsworth Flyte
    1991 - William Hartle
    1990 - Guy Bowersox
    1989 - Thomas Kamerzel
    1988 - Richard Roberts
    1987 - Larry Boor
    1986 - William Mantzell
    1985 - Jay Johnston
    1984 - Bernard Ambrose
    1983 - Wayne Imler
    1982 - Gary Moore
    1981 - Fred Mussel
    1980 - Barry Mechling
    1979 - Perry Heath
    1978 - James Lauer
    1977 - Raymond Bednarchik
    1976 - Gerald Crayton
    1975 - Joseph Bartley
    1974 - Eugene Scobel