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The Great Lakes-Northern Forest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (GLNF-CESU) is a network of faculty and staff from 37 leading academic programs, specialists from 10 organizations, and resource managers from 10 federal land management and natural resource agencies.
The GLNF-CESU biogeographic region includes all or parts of 12 states, over 30 percent of the nation's total population, large metropolitan areas, and some of the most significant water resources and forest lands.
Members strive to improve the scientific knowledge for managing public lands by providing resource managers with high-quality research, technical assistance, and education. The GLNF-CESU seeks to resolve resource problems at multiple scales using interdisciplinary ecosystem studies involving the biological, physical, social, and cultural sciences.
| HOST | 
University of Minnesota |
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| ESTABLISHED | 2002 | |
| WEBSITE | http://www.cesu.umn.edu | |
| CO-DIRECTORS | Michael Kilgore Professor and Head, Department of Forest Resources College of Food, Agricultural, and Natural Resource Sciences 115 Green Hall 1530 Cleveland Avenue N St. Paul, MN, 55108 PHONE: (612) 624-3098 EMAIL: mkilgore@umn.edu Erin Williams Co-Director, Great Lakes-Northern Forest CESU Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Coordinator National Park Service, Midwest Region 115 Green Hall 1530 Cleveland Avenue N St. Paul, MN 55108 PHONE: (612) 624-7286 office EMAIL: Erin_Williams@nps.gov Merril Flanary GLNF CESU Coordinator EMAIL: glnfcesu@umn.edu |
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| ADMINISTRATIVE DOCUMENTS | ||
| AGREEMENTS | AMENDMENTS | |
Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2002) Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2007)
Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2012) Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2017) |
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| UNIT PARTNERS | ||
| TECHNICAL REPRESENTATIVE | ADMINISTRATIVE REPRESENTATIVE | |
| FEDERAL PARTNERS | ||
| U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Civil Works | Alfred F. Cofrancesco Technical Director Civil Works, Environmental Engineering and Science Al.F.Cofrancesco@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 Land Management | Sean MacDougall Biological Sciences Program Lead Eastern States Office smacdoug@blm.gov Karlee Yurek Branch Chief, Natural and Community Resources kyurek@blm.gov |
Brandon Riley Grants Management Officer briley@blm.gov |
| Department of Defense | Ray Rainbolt Raymond.E.Rainbolt.civ@mail.mil Alison A. Dalsimer Program Manager, DoD Natural Resources Allyn.A.Dalsimer.civ@mail.mil |
Kathy Mitchell DoD CESU Project Manager USACE Fort Worth District Kathy.S.Mitchell@usace.army.mil Charles McGregor DoD CESU Project Manager Engineering Construction and Support Office charles.mcgregor@usace.army.mil |
| U.S. Forest Service | Thomas L. Schmidt Station Assistant Director Northern Research Station tschmidt@fs.fed.us |
David Garrison Grants and Agreements Specialist davidgarrison@fs.fed.us |
| U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Craig Czarnecki Science Applications Assistant Regional Director craig_czarnecki@fws.gov |
Daniel D. Lovdahl Grants Management Specialist Region 3 CGS Division daniel_lovdahl@fws.gov |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Donald Easterling Chief, Energy and Environmental Management John H. Glenn Research Center Donald.F.Easterling@nasa.gov |
Melissa Merrill Lead Grant Officer John H. Glenn Research Center Melissa.A.Merrill@grc.nasa.gov |
| National Park Service | Erin Williams CESU Research Coordinator erin_williams@nps.gov |
Julie Hendricks Lead Grants and Agreements Officer Midwest Regional Office julie_hendricks@nps.gov Noël Ann Miller Grants Management Specialist noel_miller@nps.gov |
| Natural Resources Conservation Service | Doris Washington National CESU/COE Coordinator Doris.Washington@ar.usda.gov Noller Herbert (acting) National Technology Support Coordinator Science and Technology Deputy Area noller.herbert@wdc.usda.gov |
Christopher Watkins Grants Management Specialist Christopher.Watkins@ftw.usda.gov |
| U.S. Geological Survey | Kirk Lohman Supervisory Research Biologist klohman@usgs.gov |
Faith Graves CESU Contract Specialist fgraves@usgs.gov |
| UNIVERSITY PARTNERS | ||
| Antioch University, New England | James Jordan jjordan@antioch.edu |
David Caruso dcaruso1@antioch.edu |
| Ball State University | Melody Bernot mjbernot@bsu.edu |
Justin M. Miller jmiller5@bsu.edu |
| Central Michigan University | Donald Uzarski uzars1dg@cmich.edu |
David E. Ash ash1de@cmich.edu Mary Montoye monto1mj@cmich.edu |
| Cleveland State University | Mike Walton b.walton@csuohio.edu |
Leo Jeffres l.jeffres@csuohio.edu |
| Cornell University | Daniel Decker djd6@cornell.edu |
Christine Ashdown cma20@cornell.edu |
| Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College | Courtney Kowalczak courtneyk@fdltcc.edu |
Larry Anderson larrya@fdltcc.edu |
| Grand Valley State University | Alan Steinman steinmaa@gvsu.edu |
Chris Chamberlain chambech@gvsu.edu |
| Hamline University | Tracy Fredin tfredin@hamline.edu |
David Stern dstern02@hamline.edu |
| Indiana State University | Lynn Maurer Dean, College of Graduate and Professional Studies Lynn.Maurer@indstate.edu |
Liz Metzger Office of Sponsored Programs emetzger@indstate.edu |
| Indiana University | Stephen Wolter sawolter@indiana.edu |
Theresa Ann Miller teremill@indiana.edu |
| Kent State University | Christopher Blackwood cblackwo@kent.edu |
W. Grant McGimpsey wmcgimps@kent.edu |
| Michigan State University | Daniel Keathley Keathley@msu.edu |
Daniel Evon evon@cga.msu.edu |
| Michigan Technological University | David Reed ddreed@mtu.edu |
Lisa Jukkala Director, Office of Sponsored Programs lajukkal@mtu.edu |
| Minnesota State University, Mankato | Ronald Nickerson ronald.nickerson@mnsu.edu |
Richard Straka richard.straka@mnsu.edu |
| Northland College | Randy Lehr Co-Director, Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation rlehr@northland.edu |
Lisa S. Williamson Director of Sponsored Programs lwilliamson@northland.edu |
| Northern Illinois University | Melissa Lenczewski Director, Institute for the Study of the Environment, Sustainability, and Energy lenczewski@niu.edu |
Dara C. Little Director, Office of Sponsored Projects dlittle@niu.edu |
| Northern Michigan University | Susy Ziegler Associate Professor and Department Head, Earth, Environmental, and Geographical Sciences Associate Dean, College of Arts & Sciences suziegle@nmu.edu |
Michael Broadway mbroadwa@nmu.edu |
| Purdue University | Robert Swihart rswihart@purdue.edu |
Mark Pearson mwpearson@purdue.edu |
| Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | Andrew Robertson Executive Director GeoSpatial Services aroberts@smumn.edu |
Benjamin Murray Vice President for Financial Affairs bmurray@smumn.edu |
| Southern University and A&M College | Kamran Abdollahi kamrana664@cs.com |
James Llorens james_llorens@subr.edu |
| State University of New York | Mark Lomolino island@esf.edu |
Cornelius Murphy, Jr. cbmurphy@esf.edu |
| The College at Brockport (SUNY) | Jacques Rinchard jrinchar@brockport.edu |
Laura Merkl lmerkl@brockport.edu |
| Stephen F. Austin State University | Dr. Shelby Laird lairdsg@sfasu.edu |
Jennifer Hanlon Assistant Director, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs hanlonjd@sfasu.edu |
| The Ohio State University | Stuart A. Ludsin ludsin.1@osu.edu |
Ginette A. Busque busque.1@osu.edu |
| University of Iowa | Keri Hornbuckle keri-hornbuckle@uiowa.edu |
Jennifer Lassner jennifer-lassner@uiowa.edu |
| University of Minnesota | Michael Kilgore Professor and Head, Department of Forest Resources College of Food, Agricultural, and Natural Resource Sciences mkilgore@umn.edu Alan Ek Professor Emeritus, Department of Forest Resources aek@umn.edu |
Kevin McKoskey Director, Office of Sponsored Projects Administration kevin@umn.edu |
| University of Notre Dame | Gary Lamberti glambert@nd.edu |
Liz Rulli lrulli@nd.edu |
| University of Toledo | Christine Mayer christine.mayer@utoledo.edu |
Brenda McKinley Associate Director, Research and Sponsored Programs researchadmin.mc@utoledo.edu |
| University of Vermont | Allan Strong Allan.Strong@uvm.edu |
Jennifer Gagnon Jennifer.Gagnon@uvm.edu |
| University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | Mathew Dornbush Associate Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs / Director of Graduate Studies dornbusm@uwgb.edu |
Lidia Nonn Director, Office of Grants and Research nonnl@uwgb.edu |
| University of Wisconsin-Extension | Kevin Erb Director, Conservation Professional Training Program UWEX Environmental Resources Center Kevin.Erb@ces.uwex.edu |
Jordon Ott Director, Office of Extramural Support jordon.ott@uwex.edu |
| University of Wisconsin, La Crosse | James Wiener wiener.jame@uwlax.edu |
Robert H. Hoar rhoar@uwlax.edu |
| University of Wisconsin, Madison | Bill Barker Associate Dean for Research College of Agricultural and Life Sciences william.barker@wisc.edu |
Kim Moreland kmorelan@rsp.wisc.edu |
| University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point | Christine Thomas cthomas@uwsp.edu |
Katherine Jore kjore@uwsp.edu |
| West Virginia University | Chad Pierskalla cpierska@wvu.edu |
Curt Peterson curt.peterson@mail.wvu.edu |
| Winona State University | Charla S. Miertschin Dean, College of Science and Engineering CMiertschin@winona.edu |
Brett Ayers Director, Grants and Sponsored Projects BAyers@winona.edu |
| OTHER PARTNERS | ||
| American Indian Science and Engineering Society (inactive) | vacant | |
| Chicago Botanic Garden | Gregory M. Mueller Vice President of Science and Academic Programs gmueller@chicagobotanic.org |
Anya Maziak Development Officer, Foundation and Government Relations amaziak@chicagobotanic.org |
| George Wright Society | Emily Dekker-Fiala efiala@georgewright.org |
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| Great Lakes Commission | Tom Crane tcrane@glc.org |
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| Midwest Art Conservation Center | Colin Turner cturner@preserveart.org |
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| Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | Keith Wendt keith.wendt@dnr.state.mn.us |
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| Science Museum of Minnesota | Paul Martin pmartin@smm.org Dan Engstrom dengstrom@smm.org |
Eric Jolly ejolly@smm.org |
| The Nature Conservancy | Christine Hall chall@tnc.org |
Rob McKim rmckim@tnc.org |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | Heidi Kretser hkrester@wcs.org Jodi Hilty North America Program Director Wildlife Conservation Director jodiannhilty@gmail.com |
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