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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.

Jamie.Baxter@nau.edu

HOST	Northern Arizona University
ESTABLISHED	1999
WEBSITE	https://nau.edu/college-environment-forestry-natural-sciences/research/centers-institutes/colorado-plateau-cooperative-ecosystem-studies-unit/
DIRECTOR	Diana Elder Associate Dean for Research Director, CPCESU College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences Northern Arizona University 200 E Pine Knoll Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5018 PHONE: (928) 523-4123 EMAIL: Diana.Elder@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 Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2024) Amendment 1 updating Article II language
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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
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	Lori Kruse-Johnson SWD CESU Program Manager Lori.M.Kruse-Johnson@usace.army.mil
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency	G.R. (Rocky) Gillette Director, Partnerships and Innovation and Grants Officer (Interim) george.r.gillette.civ@mail.mil
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	Greg Watson Chief, Office of Landscape Conservation, Mountain-Prairie Region Greg_Watson@fws.gov	Sonja Scott Administrative Officer Science Applications sonja_scott@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	Dave Pettebone Social Scientist/CESU Science Advisor Intermountain Region david_pettebone@nps.gov	Kelly Adams Grants Management Specialist kelly_adams@nps.gov Erica Cordeiro Branch Chief CESU Financial Assistance West erica_cordeiro@nps.gov
Natural Resources Conservation Service	Charles Rewa Wildlife Assessments Leader Resource Inventory and Assessment Division Charles.rewa@usda.gov	Aileen Anderson Senior Grants Management Specialist Grants and Agreements Division \| NHQ Branch aileen.anderson@usda.gov
U.S. Geological Survey	Charles Drost Research Zoologist Southwest Biological Science Center Charles_Drost@usgs.gov	Sherri Ly Bredesen Chief, National Grants Branch Office of Acquisition and Grants sbredesen@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	Contact your sponsored programs office
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech)	Haoying Wang Associate Professor of Management haoying.wang@nmt.edu	Judith McShannon Manager of Research Development judith.mcshannon@nmt.edu
New Mexico State University	Kathryn Stoner Professor and Department Head Fishery and Wildlife Sciences kstoner@nmsu.edu	Contact your sponsored programs office
Northern Arizona University	Diana Elder Associate Dean for Research and Inclusive Opportunities College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences Diana.Elder@nau.edu	Jamie Baxter Assistant Director of Operations, CEFNS College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences Jamie.Baxter@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	Contact your sponsored programs office
University of Cincinnati	Alan P. Sullivan Professor and Head Department of Anthropology alan.sullivan@uc.edu	Contact your sponsored programs office
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	Contact your sponsored programs office
Utah Tech	Erin O’Brien Biological Sciences Department erin.obrien@utahtech.edu	Contact your sponsored programs office
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	Contact your sponsored programs office
Western New Mexico University	Kathy Whiteman Director, Center for a Sustainable Future and Outdoor Programs Chair, Department of Natural Sciences whitemank@wnmu.edu	Contact your sponsored programs office
OTHER PARTNERS
The Arboretum at Flagstaff	Kristin Haskins Kristin.Haskins@nau.edu
Archaeology Southwest	Steve Nash CEO and President snash@archaeologysouthwest.org Paul Reed New Mexico State Director preed@archaeologysouthwest.org	Linda Vossler Director of Finance and Operations lvossler@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
Heritage Lands Collective	Joseph Gazing Wolf Executive Director heritagelands@heritagelands.org
Institute for Bird Populations	Rodney Siegel Executive Director rsiegel@birdpop.org
Institute of Archaeological Research and Discovery	Richard Wilkinson President ardarizona@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