About WSI
Our Mission:
Search for missing outdoor enthusiasts after official efforts have been suspended.
Our Vision:
Help families find closure throughout the world in locating their loved ones in the wilderness.
Wilderness Search Investigations provides professionally trained search personnel in search management. Along with the use of licensed SUAS drone pilots, we utilize the help of skilled volunteers to continue searching for missing outdoor enthusiasts in the wilderness after official efforts have been suspended. We rely upon only using the very best in current technology to the search areas to increase our odds of having the best possible outcome. We get boots on the ground and drones in the air.
We provide our search services to the families of the missing outdoor enthusiasts completely free. Donations and sponsorships are greatly appreciated as we are a nonprofit 501(c)(3) incorporated company. Currently, Wilderness Search Investigations is working throughout Washington State and with increased funding, we hope to expand our services nationally and beyond.
Trey Werner
Trey Werner is the Founder/Executive Director of Wilderness Search Investigations (WSI), launched in 2021, which was created to help families find closure for missing outdoor enthusiasts after official searches are called off.
An industry vet, Trey has over 22 years of experience in search and rescue, first aid, and mountaineering and has served as a leader and in operations support for Snohomish County Search and Rescue in a variety of positions.
Trey has had many trainings and has certifications including, Search and Rescue Planning and Search Theory along with Search Management Systems, and he has had mountaineering first aid experience.
Trey is very active within his community and is a radio Ham radio operator for the Auxiliary Communications Service of Snohomish County and was a backcountry camp host for ten years with the US Forest Service.
