award winners

2011 Winners


City of Bloomington, MN Public Works Department
Mike Kalis, Ken Frosig, Chris Franke

St. Louis County, MN Public Works
Robert Martimo, Keith Nelson, Chad Skelton, Paul R. Kent, James T. Foldesi

Anoka County, MN Highway Department
Jim Christenson, Kris Holzknecht, Phil Faulhaber

City of Ankeny, Iowa
Joey L. Almond, Dennis Guillaume, Alan L. Olson

2010 Winners


Minnesota Erosion Control Association
Gary Overmier - Great Lakes Commission
Greg Berg
Mike Isensee
John Chapman
Larry Berkland
Steve Klein
Lisa Woog
Rick Krueger
Vicky Dosdall
Kathryn Farber

City of Invergrove Heights
Barry Underdahl
Jeff Lengsfeld
Tom Oftedahl
Jason Lundell
Brian Hendel
John Deuhs
Luther Deutsch
Scott Nitti
Tom Otto
Joe Hawkins
Tony Blackbird
Rick Jackson
Jay Lerbs

City of Shoreview
Mark Maloney
Dan Curley
Pat Dunn
Dan Rauscher
Brian Maidl
Eric Rydeen
Jerry Hoppe
Sean Vesel
Brad Martinez
Dave Thury
Bob LeVasseur
John Mattson

Dakota County Transportation
Bob Egan
Mike Greten
Jim Bell
Kevin Schlangen

MnDOT Metro Engineers
Barb Loida
Mark Pavlich


2009 Winners

University of Minnesota - St.Anthony Falls Laboratory
Eric Novotny
Heinz Stephan
Dan Murphy
Andrew Sander
Omid Mohseni

Wilfrid Nixon

MnDOT - District 1, North Shore Sub Area
Steven Baublitz
Wally Wolfe
Loris Crimmins
Bill Fox
Jim Ward
Ron Goette
Ken Langanki
Tim Haselow
Hans Lund
Tom Cooper
Jerry Larson
James Roy
Chris Clemons
Sheldon Houglum
Scott Bystrom
Rick Skoog
Cliff Theis
Adam Saarela
Mark Schreyer

Aveda Corp
Nathan DeJarnett

City of St.Anthony
Mayor Jerry Faust
Mark Hermann
Paul VanDenboom
Ernie Hicks
Bill Johnson
Merle Fischer
Ed Markel
Tom Owens
Tom Sullivan
Brady Panitzke
Jan Sorby
John Trombley
Chuck Quigley
Jay Hartman

2008 Winners

Mississippi Watershed Management Organization

MnDOT Salt Solutions Coordinator
Andrew Kubista

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Roger Bannerman


MnDOT District 6 Management Team
Nelrae Succio
Jeff Vlaminck
Mark Panek
Greg Paulson
Steve Kirsch
Judy Schmidt
Steve Lund

Net-Work Services Company
Bob Rush

MnDOT Metro Liquid
Deicer Integration Team

Norm Ashfeld
Bill Utecht
Mark Fishbach
Al Lightfoot
Pat Faltersack
Joel Dixon

2007 Winners

University of Minnesota -
Facilities Management


James Weber
Les Potts

Individual Award
EnviroTech Services Inc
Thomas Broadbent

City of St.Cloud
Joe Imholte
Don Evens
Chuck Koetter
Gerald Kaeter

Ramsey County
Jerry Auge
Mike Robshaw
Chuck Markham
Scott Jahnke
Heath Hoglund

University of Minnesota Duluth -
Facilities Management

Steve Schilling
Peggy Dahlberg
Roger Rose
Craig Robarge
Sheryl Lind
Chris Untiedt
Robert Castle
Daniel McClelland
Tom Ballou
Chuck Shaw

2006 Winners

City of Edina
Steve Johnson
Shawn Anderson
John Scheerer

City of Prior Lake
Craig Eldred
Bruce Friedges
Joe Wiita
Andy Stephes

Ridgedale Parking Lot:
Cadwell Lawn Care & Landscaping
Charles Cadwell
Luke Hanke
General Growth Properties Inc.
Rich Peterson

MPCA
Andrew Ronchak
Timothy Larson

Individual Award
MnDOT Anoka/Spring Lake Park
Mark Dilling

MnDOT Metro Golden Valley
Snow and Ice Phase 4 Project
DeWayne Jones
Brian Barott
Roosevelt Johnson
Dan Antrim
Jeff Luhman
Lisa Daniels
Ian Jadoonanan
JacQuetta Richardson
Dale Jore Jr.
Cherzon Riley
Steven Reinitz

2005 Winners

MnDOT District 6
Dave Redig
Dave Serrano
Brian Wolfgram
Scott Allen
Tom Fargusson
Wes Smith

Washington County
Don Theisen
Wayne Sandberg
Doug Johnson
Nick Young
Paul Springstroh

Duluth Streams
Richard Axler - Univ of Mn Duluth
Marnie Lonsdale - City of Duluth
Cynthia Hagley - Minnesota Sea Grant
Carl Richards - Minnesota Sea Grant
George Host - Univ of MN Duluth
Jesse Schomberg - MN Sea Grant
Bruce Munson - Univ of MN Duluth

Big Stone County
Gary Haugen
Larry Millerbernd
Paul Radermacher
Lon Moen

City of Grand Rapids
Jeff Davies
Jim Columbus
Steve Anderson
Al Windt

City of Lakeville
Don Volk
Gordy Stauff
Troy Grossman
Tom Spencer

City of Eagan
Tom Struve
Tom Colvert
Kurt Schlegel

2004 Winners

Kathleen Schaefer
Circuit Training and Assistance Program

Wendy Frederickson
MNDOT Winter Maintenance Coordinator

Louise Watson
Ramsey Washington Watershed District

City of Mankato
Department of Public Works

Bernie Fasnacht
City of Mankato, Department of Public Works

Chuck Thomas
City of Mankato, Department of Public Works

City of Minnetonka
Department of Public Works

Brian Wagstrom
City of Minnetonka, Department of Public Works

Jeff Dubay
City of Minnetonka, Department of Public Works

Pat Kehr
City of Minnetonka, Department of Public Works

Scott County
Department of Public Works

Greg Felt
Scott County, Department of Public Works

Gene Busacker
Scott County, Department of Public Works

Dick Schroeder
Scott County, Department of Public Works

Otter Tail County
Department of Public Works

Dallas Grewe
Otter Tail County, Department of Public Works

Jerry Schultz
Otter Tail County, Department of Public Works

Mark Ellenson
Otter Tail County, Department of Public Works

Myron Graff
Otter Tail County, Department of Public Works

Terry Bennett
Otter Tail County, Department of Public Works

Rick West
Otter Tail County, Department of Public Works

Minnesota Department of Transportation
Transportation District One

Timothy Sheehy
MNDOT, District One, Superintendent

Greg Pierzina
MNDOT, District One, Supervisor

Steven Baublitz
MNDOT, District One, Salt Solutions Coordinator

Holly Johnson
MNDOT, District One, Salt Solutions Coordinator


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