MESA COLLEGE
YOUTH CONSERVATION CORPS

1979

The Mesa College Youth Conservation Corps program was a federal program. The program was a five-day work activity with the majority of the work projects being conducted on the Grand Mesa.

It was a great program and I enjoyed it immensely. Recently I was viewing old photo albums and came across these photos. I wondered were everyone was at and thought it would be neat to make contact with my old crew mates. To accomplish this, I created this website. I am hoping that I will find others or they will find me as a result of this site. I would love to add more photos if anyone has any and post communications from others.

We created a Facebook page and several of us have joined. Haven't found them all. Hopefully they find us.

The letter that started it all. We all had to apply for the positions and once chosen had to have a physical fitness test.
Members: Kenneth Doug Baldwin, Grand Junction Trent W. Charlesworth, Palisade Dan W. Dorr, DeBeque Chad W. Fickas, Grand Junction Shawn D. Gilbreath, Austin Robert Harmon, Grand Junction Kenneth M. Hatcher, Clifton Dale A Mitchell, Grand Junction Mike L Page, Collbran Glen R. Petterson, Fruita Brent G. Sutton, DeBeque Michael Jo Watkins, Fruita Michael G. Wood, Eckert Allan Miles, Grand Junction Jim Brown Paul Clark Dwayne & Brian Rich Skipper Levi Drake Louis Ortego	Members: Denise Ament, Cedaredge Teresa J. Canavan, Montrose Linda D. Connelly, Grand Junction Nannette Fisher, Grand Junction Jackie K. Gallup, Delta Siena D. Haddaen, Clifton Donna Lee Meryhew, DeBeque Valerie Lynne Noatano, Grand Junction Deanne D. Morrison, Loma Denise D. Phillips, Grand Junction Lorraine Schaeffer, Rifle Janice Stadelman, Grand Junction Diane M. Sutton, DeBeque Sandra Martin, Grand Junction Valorie Leeson, Clifton Brenda Lee Morrison, Loma
Crew Leaders: Leonard Simmons Clarence Ross Diane Macek Nancy Starkey
Diane Sutton & other corpsmember. I don't recall her name.
Sandra Martin, Diane Sutton and other corpsmembers	Diane Sutton and other corpsmember
	Sandra Martin
Skipper Drake & Deanne Morrison	Sandra Martin Mosquitos were so bad on the Grand Mesa that we often ate in the vans. Food was brought to us.
Skipper Drake, Deanne Morrison. We were returning from the Grand Mesa to Grand Junction to the Mesa College dorms.	We spent two nights a week up on the Grand Mesa and three nights at the Mesa College Dorms.
Crewleader Nancy.	Crewleader Leonard Simmons. Leonard was the favorite crewleader. He spent more time with us than the other 3 combined. He was a great friend and role model. I was lucky enough to be on his crew.
After work activities. Football.
Leonard at our morning rondezvous point. This was the forest office where we got our assignments and tools needed.	Lorraine Schaeffer. Lorraine was terminated from the program for being out past curfew. She took the high school exit exam and started college (Mesa College) a year early.
Doc (?) and Nancy. Doc taught us the environmental awareness classes.	Siena Haddaen
Meal time.
	Crewleaders Nancy & Clarence
	One of our projects. We cleared timber from all around the lake.
One of our first projects was to put in all these rock cages.	My grandmother taking a picture of the site.
Deanne Morrison at the project.	Leonard Simmons - basketball game
	Brenda Morrison
Brent Sutton (brother to Diane Sutton). Nice Brent!	Deanne Morrison & other corpsmember.
Gary & Lavern Britton - Dorm monitors	Donna Lee Meryhew
We had a dance.	Shawn Gilbreath & Siena Haddaen
Gary & Lavern Britton	If you were a member of the 1979 Mesa College Youth Conservation Corps, please email me at deanne@rdranch.net. I would love to hear from you. My plans are to put together more memories of that wonderful summer. We worked hard and played hard. It was great.