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The Great Rivers CESU is part of a network of cooperative ecosystem studies units (see map below) focusing on providing partners in the network high-quality science, usable knowledge for resource managers, responsive technical assistance, continuing education, and cost-effective research programs. The Great Rivers CESU is a cooperative effort of seventeen institutions and seven federal agencies whose goal is to focus on the objectives listed above in the geographic area of the upper and middle Mississippi Valley. The Great Rivers CESU was formerly the Upper and Middle Mississippi Valley CESU.

HOST	University of Missouri - Columbia on behalf of The Curators of the University of Missouri \| University of Missouri System
ESTABLISHED	2003
WEBSITE	http://greatrivers-cesu.missouri.edu/
DIRECTOR	Allison Pease (she/her/hers) Assistant Professor Director, Great Rivers Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit School of Natural Resources 334 Anheuser-Busch Natural Resources Building University of Missouri Columbia, MO 65211 PHONE: (573) 882-2160 EMAIL: peasea@missouri.edu
ADMINISTRATIVE DOCUMENTS
Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2003) Amendment 1 adding the Natural Resources Conservation Service Amendment 2 adding the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense - Installations and Environment Amendment 3 adding the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Civil Works and Saint Mary's University of Minnesota Amendment 4 adding the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Amendment 5 adding the University of Notre Dame Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2008) Amendment 1 adding the U.S. Forest Service and Winona State University Amendment 2 adding the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center Amendment 3 adding the University of Memphis Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2013) Amendment 1 adding Farm Service Agency Amendment 2 adding Southeast Missouri State University Amendment 3 adding Saint Louis University Amendment 4 adding Bureau of Indian Affairs and Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2018) Amendment 1 adding Arkansas Tech University and Missouri River Bird Observatory and amending U.S. Forest Service authorities language to include National Forest System Amendment 2 updating USDA Farm Service Agency and Natural Resources Conservation Service authorities language Amendment 3 adding Flora of North America Association Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2023) Amendment 1 adding University of Northern Iowa Amendment 2 adding University of Louisville Research Foundation Amendment 3 adding North Arkansas College
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UNIT PARTNERS
	TECHNICAL REPRESENTATIVE	ADMINISTRATIVE REPRESENTATIVE
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	Becca Theodorakos Natural Resource Specialist BLM Eastern States Office rtheodorakos@blm.gov	Irene Sattler Grants Management Specialist isattler@blm.gov
Department of Defense	Alan B. Anderson Chief, Ecological Processes Branch U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) alan.b.anderson@usace.army.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
Farm Service Agency	Rich Iovanna Agricultural Economist Rich.Iovanna@wdc.usda.gov	Aileen Anderson Grants Management Specialist aileen.anderson@usda.gov
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	Doug Helmers Iowa State Private Lands Coordinator Iowa Private Lands Office Doug_Helmers@fws.gov	Anna-Marie York Grants Management Specialist Science Applications anna-marie_york@fws.gov
U.S. Forest Service	Daniel C. Dey Project Leader / Research Forester Sustainable Management of Central Hardwood Ecosystems and Landscapes U.S. Forest Service, Northern Research Station daniel.c.dey@usda.gov Greg Nowacki Regional Ecologist U.S. Forest Service, Eastern Region National Forest System greg.nowacki@usda.gov	Jerry Elian Grants Management Specialist U.S. Forest Service, Northern Research Station jerry.s.elian@usda.gov Mike Rogers Grants Management Specialist U.S. Forest Service, Eastern Region National Forest System michael.k.rogers@usda.gov
National Park Service	Brandon Gerig CESU Research Coordinator brandon_gerig@nps.gov	John Bechtold Financial Assistance Awarding Officer NPS Midwest Region john_bechtold@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	Jennifer Lacey Deputy Regional Director for Science USGS Midwest Region jlacey@usgs.gov	Faith Graves CESU Contract Specialist fgraves@usgs.gov
UNIVERSITY PARTNERS
Arkansas Tech University	Thomas Nupp Program Director and Professor Fisheries and Wildlife Science tnupp@utu.edu	Greg Crouch Director, Grants and Sponsored Programs gcrouch@atu.edu
Indiana University	Stephen A. Wolter Executive Director, Eppley Institute for Parks and Public Lands sawolter@indiana.edu	Office of Research Administration oraresco@iu.edu
Iowa State University	Stephen Dinsmore Department Chair, Natural Resource Ecology and Management cootjr@iastate.edu	Becky Musselman Director, Office of Sponsored Programs Administration rjmusse@iastate.edu
Lewis and Clark Community College (via NGRREC)	Linda T. Chapman Vice President, Academic Affairs lchapman@lc.edu	Lori Artis Vice President, Administration lartis@lc.edu
Lincoln University	Thomas R. Omara-Alwala Professor, Department of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences omarat@lincolnu.edu	Stacey Schulte Grants Administrator Office of the Chief Financial Officer schultes@lincoln.edu
Missouri State University	Alicia Mathis Professor and Department Head, Department of Biology AliciaMathis@MissouriState.edu	Janene Proctor Research Adminstration Specialist Office of Research Administration janeneproctor@missouristate.edu
North Arkansas College	Faron Usrey Science Instructor and Undergraduate Research Coordinator Department of Science, Engineering, and Math faron.usrey@northark.edu	Matt Cardin Vice President for Academic Affairs Office of Research Administration matt.cardin@northark.edu
Saint Louis University	Amanda Cox Associate Professor Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology amanda.cox@slu.edu	Alexis Bruce-Staudt Executive Director, Grant Operation Centers alexis.brucestaudt@slu.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
Southeast Missouri State University	Brad Sheriff Vice President for Finance and Administration bsheriff@semo.edu	Pam Vargas Director, Office of Research and Grant Development pvargas@semo.edu
Southern Illinois University	James Garvey Professor, Department of Zoology and Interim Vice Chancellor for Research jgarvey@siu.edu	Sonjie Schwartz Interim Director, Office of Sponsored Projects Administration sonjie@siu.edu
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville	Jerry Weinberg Associate Provost for Research and Dean of the Graduate School jweinbe@siue.edu	Elizabeth Cali Interim Associate Dean of the Graduate School ecali@siue.edu
University of Illinois	Robert Schooley Professor and Head Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences schooley@illinois.edu	Linda Williams Director, Pre-Award Sponsored Programs Administration spapreaward@illinois.edu
University of Iowa	Gabriele Villarini Director, IIHR-Hydroscience and Engineering and Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering gabriele-villarini@uiowa.edu Carmen Langel Director of Development and Communications, IIHR—Hydroscience and Engineering Managing Director, Iowa Flood Center carmen-langel@uiowa.edu	Erin Brothers Senior Sponsored Research Specialist Division of Sponsored Programs erin-brothers@uiowa.edu Division of Sponsored Programs dsp-contracts@uiowa.edu
University of Kansas	Donald Huggins Senior Scientist, Kansas Biological Survey Director, Central Plains Center for BioAssessment dhuggins@ku.edu	Lucille Marino Associate Director, Office of Research marino@ku.edu
University of Louisville	Abigail Mack Data Quality Specialist Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute abigail.mack@louisville.edu	Neomi Stanev Financial Administrator Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute noemi.stanev@louisville.edu
University of Memphis	Brian Waldron Associate Professor, Civil Engineering and Director, Center for Applied Earth Science and Engineering Research (CAESER) bwaldron@memphis.edu	Deborah Hernandez Director, Research Development Division of Research and Sponsored Programs dhernndz@memphis.edu
University of Minnesota	Michael Kilgore Professor and Interim Head, Department of Forest Resources College of Food, Agricultural, and Natural Resource Sciences mkilgore@umn.edu	Kevin McKoskey Director, Office of Sponsored Projects Administration kevin@umn.edu
University of Missouri	Patrick Market Professor and Interim Director School of Natural Resources MarketP@missouri.edu	Holly Stillman Senior Grants and Contracts Administrator stillmanh@missouri.edu
University of Northern Iowa	Mark Grey Department Head and Professor of Anthropology Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology mark.grey@uni.edu	Tolif Hunt Director, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs tolif.hunt@uni.edu
University of Notre Dame	Paul Bohn Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering pbohn@nd.edu	Liz Rulli Associate Vice President for Research lrulli@nd.edu
University of Wisconsin-Extension	Rebecca Power Director, North Central Region Water Network UWEX Environmental Resources Center RLPower@wisc.edu	Largaret Erickson Acting Director, Office of Extramural Support margaret.erickson@uwex.edu
Winona State University	Charla Miertschin Dean, College of Science and Engineering CMiertschin@winona.edu	Brett Ayers Director, Office of Grants and Sponsored Projects BAyers@winona.edu
OTHER PARTNERS
Audubon, Mississippi River Initiative	Matthew Anderson manderson@audubon.org
Audubon, Missouri	Ken Buchholz Director, Audubon Center at Riverlands kbuchholz@audubon.org
Conservation Federation of Missouri	Brandon Butler Executive Director bbutler@confedmo.org
Flora of North America Association	Geoffrey Levin President levin1@illinois.edu	Nancy Morin Vice President for Business and Development nancy.morin@nau.edu
Missouri Botanical Garden	Gunter Fischer Senior Vice President, Science and Conservation gfischer@mobot.org	Susan Winkler Senior Administration Manager, Science and Conservation susan.winkler@mobot.org
Missouri River Bird Observatory	Dana Ripper Co-Founder/Director dana.ripper@mrbo.org	Ethan Duke Co-Founder/Director ethan.duke@mrbo.org
National Great Rivers Research and Education Center	Lyle Guyon Senior Research Scientist, Terrestrial lguyon@lc.edu Linda Chapman Vice President, Academic Affairs Lewis and Clark Community College lchapman@lc.edu	Lori Artis Vice President, Administration Lewis and Clark Community College lartis@lc.edu
National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium	Kurt Strand President and CEO kstrand@rivermuseum.com	Tom Lange Director of Finance and Accounting tlange@rivermuseum.com