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The Pacific Northwest Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit (PNW CESU) is a cooperative venture between 18 leading academic institutions in the Pacific Northwest region, one state agency, three nongovernmental organizations, and 12 federal land management and natural resource research organizations. The University of Washington serves as host to the PNW CESU. To date the United States had been divided into 17 bio-geographic regions, each served by a distinct CESU, with all regions connected in one national network. The overarching goal of the CESU network is to improve the scientific base for managing federal lands by providing resource managers with high-quality scientific research, technical assistance, and education. Since beginning in October 2000, over $113 million has funded 885 projects (many with student involvement) through the PNW CESU Cooperative Agreement.
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University of Washington |
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| ESTABLISHED | 2001 | |
| WEBSITE | http://depts.washington.edu/pnwcesu/ | |
| CO-DIRECTORS | Clare Ryan Acting Director and Professor School of Environmental and Forest Sciences Professor, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195 PHONE: (206) 616-3987 EMAIL: cmryan@uw.edu Dan Brown Director and Professor School of Environmental and Forest Sciences University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195 PHONE: (206) 685-1928 EMAIL: danbro@uw.edu Alison Ainsworth Science Advisor/Ecologist National Park Service, Regions 8, 9, 10, and 12 Co-Lead Pacific Northwest CESU School of Environmental and Forest Sciences Anderson Hall, Room 15 | Box 352100 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195 PHONE: (206) 685-7404 (UW phone# - not attended during COVID) EMAIL: alison_ainsworth@nps.gov Kylie Baker PNW CESU Science Communication Specialist Anderson Hall 015 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195-2100 PHONE: (206) 616-4850 EMAIL: pnwcesu@u.washington.edu |
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| ADMINISTRATIVE DOCUMENTS | ||
Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2000) Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2005) Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2010) Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2015) Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2020) |
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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 | Karen Schank BLM OR/WA Science Coordinator kschank@blm.gov |
Shelli Timmons Senior Grants Management Specialist srtimmons@blm.gov |
| Bureau of Ocean Energy Management | Heather Crowley (Acting) Oceanographer, Environmental Sciences Management heather.crowley@boem.gov |
Jennifer Ewald Science Communication Outreach Liaison Division of Environmental Sciences jennifer.ewald@boem.gov |
| Bureau of Reclamation | Jaimee Turner Regional Program Coordinator Pacific Northwest Region jmturner@usbr.gov |
Misty Gates Program Manager Acquisition and Financial Assistance Columbia-Pacific Northwest Region mgates@usbr.gov |
| Department of Defense | Jeffrey Foster jeffrey.r.foster.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 |
| U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Scott Covington Assistant Regional Director for Science Applications Pacific Region Scott_Covington@fws.gov |
Anna-Marie York Grants Management Specialist Science Applications anna-marie_york@fws.gov |
| U.S. Forest Service | Simon Kihia Research Program Manager Goods, Services and Values Program Pacific Northwest Research Station simon.kihia@usda.gov |
Vi Ta Grants Management Lead Pacific Northwest Research Station vi.ta@usda.gov |
| National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | Kevin Werner Science and Research Director NOAA Fisheries Service, Northwest Fisheries Science Center kevin.werner@noaa.gov |
Michael Liddel CESU Program Manager Acting Branch Chief, Commercial Fishery Statistics michael.liddel@noaa.gov |
| National Park Service | Alison Ainsworth Science Advisor/Ecologist NPS Regions 8, 9, 10, and 12 Co-Lead, Pacific Northwest CESU University of Washington alison_ainsworth@nps.gov |
William Nash Financial Agreements Officer Pacific West Regional Office lilette_baltodano@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 | Sue Phillips Center Director Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center sue_phillips@usgs.gov |
Faith Graves CESU Contract Specialist fgraves@usgs.gov |
| UNIVERSITY PARTNERS | ||
| Central Washington University | Anne Johansen Professor, Chemistry Department johansea@cwu.edu |
Julie Guggino Associate Director, Research and Sponsored Programs gugginoj@cwu.edu |
| Eastern Washington University | Rebecca Brown Assistant Professor, Department of Biology rbrown@mail.ewu.edu |
Joanna Joyner-Matos Office of Grant and Research Development jmatos@ewu.edu |
| Heritage University | Kazuhiro Sonoda Dean, Arts and Sciences sonoda_k@heritage.edu |
Contact your sponsored programs office |
| Oregon Institute of Technology | Jherime Kellermann Assistant Professor of Natural Sciences Jherime.Kellermann@oie.edu |
Michelle Meyer Director, Business Affairs michelle.meyer@oit.edu |
| Oregon State University | Lisa Gaines Interim Director, Institute for Natural Resources lisa.gaines@oregonstate.edu |
Contact your sponsored programs office |
| Portland State University | Jason Podrabsky Associate Vice President for Research Research and Strategic Partnerships podrabsj@pdx.edu |
Dawn Boatman Director, Sponsored Projects Administration dboatman@pdx.edu Jennifer Ward Associate Director, Sponsored Projects Administration jennifer.ward@pdx.edu |
| Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | Andrew Robertson Executive Director GeoSpatial Services aroberts@smumn.edu |
Paul Wildenborg Grants Administrator pwildenb@smumn.edu |
| Seattle University | Teodora Rutar Shuman Associate Professor and Chair Mechanical Engineering Department teodora@seattleu.edu |
Rebecca McColl Director, Office of Research Services and Sponsored Projects mccollr@seattleu.edu |
| Southern Oregon University | Alissa Arp Chair, Department of Environmental Science and Policy arpa@sou.edu |
Contact your sponsored programs office |
| University of Alaska, Anchorage | Matthew Carlson Associate Professor and Director Alaska Center for Conservation Science mlcarlson@alaska.edu |
Contact your sponsored programs office |
| University of Alaska, Southeast | Karen Schmitt Dean, School of Arts and Sciences; Vice Provost for Research and Sponsored Programs Arts and Sciences Department krschmitt@uas.alaska.edu |
Contact your sponsored programs office |
| University of British Columbia | Bruce Larson Professor and Department Head Department of Forest Resources Management bruce.larson@ubc.ca |
Contact your sponsored programs office |
| University of Idaho | Kurt Pretziger Dean, College of Natural Resources kpregitzer@uidaho.edu |
Contact your sponsored programs office |
| University of Oregon | Kate Petcosky-Kulkarni Director of Strategic Research Initiatives Research Development Services kpetcos2@uoregon.edu |
Andrew Gray
Executive Director, Sponsored Projects Services sponsoredprojects@uoregon.edu |
| University of Vermont and State Agriculture College | Nancy Mathews Dean and Professor Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources Nancy.Mathews@uvm.edu |
Sonya Stern Director, Sponsored Project Administration Sonya.Stern@uvm.edu |
| University of Washington | Dan Brown Director, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences danbro@uw.edu |
Contact your sponsored programs office |
| Washington State University | Daniel Thornton Assistant Professor School of the Environment daniel.thornton@wsu.edu |
Amanda Yager Research Services Manager ayager@wsu.edu |
| Western Washington University | Steve Hollenhorst Professor and Dean, Huxley College of Environmental Studies steve.hollenhorst@wwu.edu Nancy McLaughlin Assistant to the Dean nancy.mclaughlin@wwu.edu |
Contact your sponsored programs office |
| OTHER PARTNERS | ||
| Alaska Department of Fish and Game | Daniel Coleman daniel.coleman@alaska.gov |
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| Center for Natural Lands Management | Deborah Rogers Co-Executive Director and Director of Conservation Science and Stewardship drogers@cnlm.org |
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| Institute for Applied Ecology | Tom Kaye Executive Director tom@appliedeco.org |
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| Marine Ecology and Telemetry Research | Gregory Schorr President gschorr@marecotel.org |
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| 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 |
| The Xerces Society | Mace Vaughan Pollinator Conservation Program Co-Director mace.vaughan@xerces.org |
Scott Black Executive Director scott.black@xerces.org |
