The WES personnel behind the scenes:


A Wilderness Engineering Society weekend takes a lot of different people to make it a success. Setting up a WES weekend is a yearlong process of developing a WES/MSR final project list & executing these tasks. Here are some of these guys.

Many thanks to: Mike Conlin, Swanie, Barry Aronson, Bob Boutin, Chuck Baum, Chuck Schulz, Trent Zellmer, John Landgraf, & Matt Ackerman for their time & effort in project planning, estimating projects, & WES admin functions.

Thanks to these guys who took their time on estimating projects & procurement of materials for WES projects:

Dick Klemp- E. Central Electrical upgrade
William Kirk- E. Central Electrical upgrade
Syl Rietmeyer-Ad Building, Fish Boat, E. EcoCon
Wally Sawyer- Ad Building, Fish Boat, E. EcoCon
Dan Mahoney- Old E. Camper Shower house boiler upgrade
Larry Rodman- Old E. Camper Shower house boiler upgrade
Scott Sanders, Greg Sanders, & crew -E. EcoCon, W. Dining Hall, & W. TP/QM Rehab project
Mike Conlin, Dan Wagner, & Pete Nielsen (Idea man)- Village Shelters, Cabin One, & Five Rehab Projects
Dave Bruecks & crew- various projects from welding to the OA Bowl Rehab project
Ray Rohzon- Numerous plumbing projects-W & E MessHall/Gatehouse
Greg Kennciott- Gatehouse & Cabin 7 Rehab project
Steve Silca-Numerous camp projects & project setup work

Again hats off to Claudia Clark, Connie Newman, Allison & Alana for Messhall setup, cooking the meals, & holding down the fort.

Thanks to these guys taking on the WES/MSR Trucking operations:
Steve Silca
Aaron Hoffberg
Kevin Baldwin
Joe Pinkowski
Andy Stone
Greg Kennicott
Bjorn Rozhon
Ray Rozhon
Trent Zellmer
Bud McBain

This list shows just a cross section of people that helped with setting up & running these successful weekends. Congratulations on another great year.

John Hopkins
WES, CE





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