Applied Ecological Services, Inc.
Wisconsin Office
17921 Smith Road,
P. O. Box 256
Brodhead, WI 53520
Phone: 608.897.8641
Voicemail: 608.897.4898
AES Fax: 608.897.8486
TCRN Fax: 608.897.2044
Info@AppliedEco.com

Illinois Office
120 West Main St
W. Dundee, IL 60118
Phone: 847.844.9385
Fax: 847.844.8759

Kansas City Office
1904 Elm Street
Eudora, KS 66025
Phone 785.542.3090
Fax 785.542.3570

Minnesota Office
21938 Mushtown Rd
Prior Lake, MN 55372
Phone: 952.447.1919
Fax: 952.447.1920

East Coast Office
1100 E. Hector Street Suite #398
Conshohocken, PA 19428
Phone: 610.238.9088

New general manager takes the helm at AES
Applied Ecological Services is pleased to announce the appointment of Senior Landscape Architect Carl Korfmacher as general manager, effective January 1, 2001. He will fill the GM shoes of Ronald Wade, who continues working with AES as vice president. Korfmacher joined the AES team in 1995 after two years as a professional landscape architect in Denver, CO. From 1995 to 1999, he held the position of field services manager, during which time he expanded AES' services to include streambank stabilization, erosion control, and general contracting as well as improving the quality of traditional seeding and planting services. In 1999, Korfmacher became manager of consulting services and senior landscape architect. In this role, he helped expand AES' conservation development work and the role of native landscape design, streambank stabilization, watershed planning, and other technical services. He was also involved in setting up AES' branch offices in Dundee, IL; Lake Village, IN; and Edina, MN. As general manger, Korfmacher will continue to serve as senior landscape architect in a limited role while managing all business affairs for AES' four divisions. Recently, Korfmacher shared his views on the evolution of conservation and restoration through the decades: "Before the 1700s, nature was generally thought of as something to be feared and conquered. In the late 1700s, with the Age of Reason came a new focus on logic; botanical nomenclature was invented, and people began to quantify nature, to define it. They also realized they could manipulate natural processes for human benefit in even more profound ways. The science of ecology, which emphasizes relationships in nature rather than specific elements, did not yet exist." According to Korfmacher, the origins of the conservation movement did not take firm root until the late 1800s, thanks much in part to noted writer and naturalist John Muir. It was Muir's work with President Theodore Roosevelt that laid the foundation for innovative conservation programs which, to this day, protect such important natural areas as Yosemite and Yellowstone. "The restoration movement, on the other hand, did not really start until the 1930s and 40s, when Aldo Leopold (scientist, conservationist and professor) bridged two important ideas: our emotional and physical relationship to the land, and human ethics," explained Korfmacher. "Out of this grew the idea of ecological restoration - that it's not enough just to protect the land, we must also maintain and restore it. The first prairie restoration was conducted at the UW Madison Arboretum in the 30s, and then the concept really began to take off in the 70s and 80s." In the footsteps of Muir and Leopold, Korfmacher finds AES' mission. "That's where AES fits in - applying the ideals of preservation, conservation and restoration to real work on the ground based upon sound science. It is in this spirit that we hope to continue to grow and expand."

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