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The Colorado Plateau Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CPCESU) is a cooperative network, transcending political and institutional boundaries, which creates innovative opportunities for research, education, and technical assistance in support of the management and stewardship by partner agencies of the Colorado Plateau's natural, cultural, and social resources.

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Northern Arizona University

Northern Arizona University

ESTABLISHED 1999
WEBSITE https://in.nau.edu/cpesu/
DIRECTOR David Auty
Interim Director, CPCESU
Interim Executive Director, School of Forestry
Northern Arizona University
PO Box 15018 / 200 E Pine Knoll
Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5018
PHONE: (928) 523-6680
EMAIL: David.Auty@nau.edu

ADMINISTRATIVE DOCUMENTS

Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (1999)
Amendment 1 adding New Mexico State University

Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2004)
Amendment 1 adding Natural Resources Conservation Service
Amendment 2 adding Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Installations and Environment), Mesa State College, Southern Utah University, Center for Desert Archaeology, and Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory
Amendment 3 adding Weber State University
Amendment 4 adding University of New Mexico
Amendment 5 adding Navajo Nation
Amendment 6 adding Crow Canyon Archaeological Center and University of Pennsylvania

Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2009)
Amendment 1 adding U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Civil Works and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Amendment 2 adding Prescott College and Institute for Bird Populations
Amendment 3 adding University of Texas at San Antonio
Amendment 4 adding University of Utah
Amendment 5 adding Utah Valley University
Amendment 6 adding Dixie State University
Amendment 7 adding Conservation Science Partners and Desert Research Institute

Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2014)
Amendment 1 adding the Bureau of Indian Affairs
Amendment 2 adding University of Cincinnati
Amendment 3 adding New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech)
Amendment 4 adding Living Heritage Research Council, RiversEdge West, and Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
Amendment 5 adding Forest Stewards Guild
Amendment 6 adding Institute of Archaeological Research and Discovery

Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2019)
Amendment 1 adding Western New Mexico University
Amendment 2 adding Pajarito Environmental Education Center
Amendment 3 adding Western Area Power Administration
Amendment 4 adding Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Amendment 5 adding The Hopi Tribe

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UNIT PARTNERS
TECHNICAL REPRESENTATIVE ADMINISTRATIVE REPRESENTATIVE
TRIBAL PARTNERS
The Hopi Tribe Stewart Koyiyumptewa
Program Manager/THPO
Hopi Cultural Preservation Office
skoyiyumptewa@hopi.nsn.us
 
Navajo Nation Ora Marek-Martinez
Navajo Nation Archaeology Department
Ora.Marek@nau.edu
 
FEDERAL PARTNERS
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Civil Works Jennifer Seiter-Moser
Technical Director
Civil Engineering Programs
Engineer Research and Development Center
jennifer.m.seiter-moser@usace.army.mil
Sherry Whitaker
CESU Program Manager
sherry.l.whitaker@usace.army.mil

Chelsea Whitten
Lead Contract Specialist
Chelsea.M.Whitten@usace.army.mil
Bureau of Indian Affairs John Mosley
Branch Chief, Tribal Climate Resilience
Office of Trust Services
john.mosley@bia.gov
Jo Ann Metcalfe
Grants Management Specialist
jo.metcalfe@bia.gov
Bureau of Land Management Aaron Roe
Utah BLM State Botanist and T&E Lead
aroe@blm.gov
Stephanie McBride
Grants Management Officer
smcbride@blm.gov
Bureau of Reclamation Mark McKinstry
Biological Scientist, Adaptive Management
mmckinstry@usbr.gov
Heidi Hansen
Grants Officer
Upper Colorado Regional Office
heidihansen@usbr.gov
Department of Defense Robbie Knight
Regional Coordinator and Wildlife Biologist
U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground
Robert.N.Knight.civ@mail.mil

Liz Galli-Noble
Program Manager, DoD Legacy Resource Management Program
elizabeth.j.galli-noble.civ@mail.mil
Lori Kruse-Johnson
SWD CESU Program Manager
Lori.M.Kruse-Johnson@usace.army.mil
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency G.R. (Rocky) Gillette
Deputy Director, Partnerships and Innovation
george.r.gillette.civ@mail.mil

Michael Dolski
Historian, Partnerships and Innovation
michael.r.dolski.civ@mail.mil
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Greg Watson
Chief, Office of Landscape Conservation, Mountain-Prairie Region
Greg_Watson@fws.gov
Anna-Marie York
Grants Management Specialist
Science Applications
anna-marie_york@fws.gov
U.S. Forest Service Carolyn Hull Sieg
Research Plant Ecologist
carolyn.sieg@usda.gov
Cindy Gordon
Lead Grants Management Specialist
Rocky Mountain Research Station
cindy.d.gordon@usda.gov
National Park Service Sallie Hejl
Acting CESU Research Coordinator
sallie_hejl@nps.gov
Natural Resources Conservation Service Weihuan “Mark” Xu
Director, Resource Inventory and Assessment Division, SSRA
weihuan.xu@usda.gov

David Lindbo
Director, Soil and Plant Science Division
david.lindbo@usda.gov
Aileen Anderson
Grants Management Specialist
aileen.anderson@usda.gov
U.S. Geological Survey Charles Drost
Research Zoologist
Southwest Biological Science Center
Charles_Drost@usgs.gov
Faith Graves
CESU Contract Specialist
fgraves@usgs.gov
Western Area Power Administration Jennifer Beardsley
NEPA Compliance Officer
beardsley@wapa.gov

UNIVERSITY PARTNERS
Arizona State University Charles Redman
Director,Center for Environmental Studies
Charles.Redman@asu.edu

Arleyn W. Simon

Director, Archaeological Research Institute
arleyn.simon@asu.edu

Kimberly Grout
Concierge for Sustainability Scientists and Scholars
Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
Kimberly.Grout.1@asu.edu
Contact your sponsored programs office
Colorado Mesa University Deborah Kennard
Associate Professor, Environmental Science
dkennard@coloradomesa.edu
Jayde Krauth
Director, Office of Sponsored Programs
osp@coloradomesa.edu
Colorado State University Mark Paschke
Shell Endowed Chair of Restoration Ecology Forest and Rangeland Stewardship Department and
Research Associate Dean
Warner College of Natural Resources
Mark.Paschke@colostate.edu
Kellie Reifstenzel
Senior Research Administrator
Office of Sponsored Programs
kellie.reifstenzel@colostate.edu
Diné College Donald K. Robinson
Science Division, GCB
dkrobinson@dinecollege.edu
Contact your sponsored programs office
Fort Lewis College Jesse Tune
Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology
jwtune@fortlewis.edu

Rebecca Austin
Associate Professor
Anthropology and Environmental Studies
austin_r@fortlewis.edu
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New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech) Jesus D. Gomez-Velez
Assistant Professor of Hydrology
Department of Earth and Environmental Science
jdgomez@nmt.edu
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New Mexico State University Kathryn Stoner
Professor and Department Head
Fishery and Wildlife Sciences
kstoner@nmsu.edu
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Northern Arizona University Roger Haro
Dean, College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences
roger.haro@nau.edu
Kerwin Lawrence
Assistant Director
Research Administration
Kerwin.Lawrence@nau.edu
Oregon State University Lisa J. Gaines
Institute for Natural Resources
lisa.gaines@oregonstate.edu
Contact your sponsored programs office
Prescott College Lisa Floyd-Hanna
Professor
Environmental Studies Program
LFloyd-Hanna@prescott.edu
Contact your sponsored programs office
Southern Utah University Briget Eastep
Director - Outdoor Engagement Center
eastep@suu.edu
Julia Anderson
Director, Sponsored Programs
juliaanderson@suu.edu
University of Arizona Kathryn Stoner
Director, School of Natural Resources and the Environment
kstoner@arizona.edu

Ashley Stewart
Administrative Associate
School of Natural Resources and the Environment
akstewart@email.arizona.edu
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University of Cincinnati Alan P. Sullivan
Professor and Head
Department of Anthropology
alan.sullivan@uc.edu
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University of Nevada, Reno Josh Baker
Professor and Associate Vice President for Research
jebaker@unr.edu
Charlene Hart
Associate Vice President, Research Administration
crhart@unr.edu
University of New Mexico Joseph Cook
Professor of Biology and Curator of Mammals
Museum of Southwestern Biology
cookjose@unm.edu
Contact your sponsored programs office
University of Pennsylvania Frank Matero
Professor of Architecture
fgmatero@design.upenn.edu
W. Stuart Watson
Associate Director
Office of Research Services
wswatson@upenn.edu
University of Texas, San Antonio William A. Dupont
San Antonio Conservation Society Endowed Professor
Director, Center for Cultural Sustainability
william.dupont@utsa.edu
Contact your sponsored programs office
University of Utah Nan Ellin
Chair, Department of City and Metropolitan Planning
College of Architecture and Planning
ellin@arch.utah.edu
Brent Brown
Director of Sponsored Projects
ospawards@osp.utah.edu
Utah State University Mark Brunson
Professor
Mark.Brunson@usu.edu
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Utah Tech Erin O’Brien
Biological Sciences Department
erin.obrien@utahtech.edu
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Utah Valley University Daniel Horns
Associate Dean
College of Science and Health
hornsda@uvu.edu
Weber State University Nancy M. Jarvis
Associated Director, Office of Sponsored Projects
njarvis@weber.edu
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Western New Mexico University Kathy Whiteman
Director, Center for a Sustainable Future and Outdoor Programs
Chair, Department of Natural Sciences
whitemank@wnmu.edu
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OTHER PARTNERS
The Arboretum at Flagstaff Kristin Haskins
Kristin.Haskins@nau.edu
Archaeology Southwest (formerly Center for Desert Archaeology) William H. Doelle
President and CEO
wdoelle@archaeologysouthwest.org
Kamilla Hoban
Director of Operations
kamillia@archaeologysouthwest.org
Bird Conservancy of the Rockies T. Luke George
Science Director
luke.george@birdconservancy.org
Conservation Science Partners Brett G. Dickson
President and Chief Scientist
info@csp-inc.org
Crow Canyon Archaeological Center Mark Varien
Vice President of Programs
mvarien@crowcanyon.org
Desert Research Institute Dave Rhode
Associate Research Professor
Dave.Rhode@dri.edu
Forest Stewards Guild Zander Evans
Executive Director
zander@forestguild.org
Institute for Bird Populations Rodney Siegel
Executive Director
rsiegel@birdpop.org
Institute of Archaeological Research and Discovery Richard Wilkinson
President
ardarizona@gmail.com
Living Heritage Research Council Sean O’Meara
Research Associate
omeara.seanm@gmail.com

Kathleen Van Vlack
Vice President of Research
kvanvlack82@gmail.com
Museum of Northern Arizona Kim Spurr
kspurr@musnaz.org
Pajarito Environmental Education Center Katherine Bruell
Executive Director
director@peecnature.org
RiversEdge West Rusty Lloyd
Program Director
rlloyd@riversedgewest.org
Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Christopher Moore
Acting Executive Director
chris.moore@wafwa.org
Cathy Campbell
Grants and Contracts Manager
Cathy.campbell@wafwa.org