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With rapidly growing and urbanizing populations, the Rocky Mountain Region presents opportunities for innovative and creative resource management. The RM-CESU meets these opportunities by bringing together the region’s best scientific talent and scholarship to help manage resource problems across social, cultural, economic, political, and environmental arenas. The RM-CESU works to aid in the development and transmission of knowledge to land managers, political and industry leaders, and others who need such information. The RM-CESU conducts research, education, and technical assistance on both agency specific issues and on issues concerning areas of mixed ownership. In fact, one of its strengths is the ability to identify and manage activities that require partnerships that involve more than two of its partners.

HOST University of Montana

University of Montana

ESTABLISHED 1999
WEBSITE http://www.cfc.umt.edu/cesu/
CO-DIRECTORs Alan Townsend
Dean, W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation
University of Montana
32 Campus Drive
Missoula, MT, 59812
PHONE: (406) 243-5521
EMAIL: alan.townsend@umontana.edu

Lisa Gerloff
RM-CESU Execiutive Coordinator
University of Montana
32 Campus Drive
Missoula, MT, 59812
PHONE: (406) 243-6936
EMAIL: rmcesu@cfc.umt.edu
ADMINISTRATIVE DOCUMENTS

Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (1999)
Amendment 1 adding University of Wyoming
Amendment 2 adding University of Colorado at Boulder and Denver
Amendment 3 adding U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2004)
Amendment 1 adding Natural Resources Conservation Service
Amendment 2 adding University of Northern Colorado
Amendment 3 adding University of Calgary
Amendment 4 adding U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Civil Works
Amendment 5 adding Office of the Under Secretary of Defense - Installations and Environment

Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2009)
Amendment 1 adding U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Amendment 2 adding Metropolitan State College (now University) of Denver
Amendment 3 adding Little Big Horn College
Amendment 4 adding Northwest College and University of Utah
Amendment 5 adding Blackfeet Community College, Chief Dull Knife College, University of Waterloo, and Wildlife Conservation Society

Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2014)
Amendment 1 adding Boise State University and Western State Colorado University
Amendment 2 adding Bureau of Indian Affairs, University of Denver, and Front Range Community College
Amendment 3 adding Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
Amendment 4 adding Center for Large Landscape Conservation

Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2019)
Amendment 1 adding The Ember Alliance, Smithsonian Institution, and Wildlife Restoration Foundation
Amendment 2 adding Piikani Lodge Health Institute

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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 David Wood
Conservation Biologist
Biological Resources and Science Branch
djwood@blm.gov
Leona Parker
Grants and Agreements Specialist
Wyoming State Office
lparker@blm.gov
Bureau of Reclamation Bud Fazio
Environmental Specialist, Great Plains Regional Office
bfazio@usbr.gov
Lindsey Nafts
Grants and Cooperative Agreements Specialist
lnafts@usbr.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
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 Jan Engert
Assistant Director, Science Application and Integration
Rocky Mountain Research Station
jengert@fs.fed.us

Claudia Regan
Regional Vegetation Ecologist, Region 2
cregan@fs.fed.us

Beth Hahn

Regional Wildlife Ecologist, Region 1
bhahn@fs.fed.us
Cindy Gordon
Lead Grants Management Specialist
Rocky Mountain Research Station
cdgordon@fs.fed.us

Linda Marsh
Grants Management Specialist
lmarsh@fs.fed.us
National Park Service Dave Pettebone
Acting Research Coordinator
David_Pettebone@nps.gov
Kelvin Delaney
Intermountain Region
Financial Assistance Officer
kelvin_delaney@nps.gov

Andrew Lubner
Washington Office
Contract Officer
andrew_lubner@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 Claudia Regan
Director, Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center
cregan@usgs.gov

Zack Bowen
Landscape Program Coordinator
Fort Collins Science Center
bowenz@usgs.gov
Faith Graves
CESU Contract Specialist
fgraves@usgs.gov
UNIVERSITY PARTNERS
Blackfeet Community College Carol Murray
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs and Student Services
c_murray@bfcc.edu
Lola Wippert
Director, Office of Sponsored Programs
lola@bfcc.edu
Boise State University Pei-Lin Yu
Associate Professor
Department of Anthropology
pei-linyu@boisestate.edu
Karen Henry
Executive Director, Office of Sponsored Programs
osp@boisestate.edu
Chief Dull Knife College Michelle Curlee
Dean of Academic Affairs
mcurlee@cdkc.edu
Contact your sponsored programs office
Colorado State University Mark W. Paschke
Associate Professor, Restoration Ecology Forest and Rangeland Stewardship
Research Associate Dean, Warner College of Natural Resources
mark.paschki@colostate.edu
Kellie Reifstenzel
Senior Research Administrator
Office of Sponsored Programs
kellie.reifstenzel@colostate.edu
Front Range Community College Jennifer Lee
Natural Resources Program Coordinator
Jennifer.Lee@frontrange.edu
Contact your sponsored programs office
Little Big Horn College David Small
Dean of Administration
smalld@lbhc.edu
Contact your sponsored programs office
Metropolitan State University of Denver Jason Janke
Professor, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
jjanke1@mscd.edu
Gwendolyn Mami, J.D.
Executive Director, Office of Sponsored Research and Programs
gmami@msudenver.edu
Montana State University David W. Roberts
Department Head, Ecology
droberts@montana.edu
Sandy Sward
Director of Office of Sponsored Programs
ssward@montana.edu
Northwest College Dean Bruce
Interim Dean of Extended Campus and Workforce
Dean.Bruce@nwc.edu
Gerald Giraud
Vice President for Academic Affairs
Gerald.Giraud@nwc.edu
Salish Kootenai College Adrian Leighton
Forestry Program
adrian_leighton@skc.edu

Pat Hurley
Environmental Science Program
pat_hurley@skc.edu
Contact your sponsored programs office
Smithsonian Institution Scott Miller
Chief Scientist, Office of the Under Secretary for Science and Research
MillerS@si.edu
Karen Otiji
Acting Director, Office of Sponsored Projects
OtijiK@si.edu
University of Calgary Andre Buret
Associate Vice President (Research)
aburet@ucalgary.ca
Lorna Very
Director, Grants, Awards and Ethics
rsogrants@ucalgary.ca
University of Colorado, Boulder Tim Seastedt
Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/Fellow, INSTAAR
timothy.seastedt@colordao.edu

Patricia Rankin
Associate Vice Chancellor for Research
patricia.rankin@colorado.edu
Denitta Ward
Director, Office of Contracts and Grants
denitta.ward@colorado.edu
University of Colorado, Denver Ekaterini "Kat" Vlahos
Associate Professor and Director, Center of Preservation Research
kat.vlahos@ucdenver.edu
Ginger Acierno
Director, Sponsored Projects Financial Services
ginger.acierno@ucdenver.edu
University of Denver Robin Tinghitella
Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
robin.tinghitella@du.edu
Contact your sponsored programs office
University of Idaho Dennis Becker
Acting Dean, College of Natural Resources
drbecker@uidaho.edu
Deborah Shaver
Director, Office of Sponsored Programs
dshaver@uidaho.edu
University of Montana Alan Townsend
Dean, W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation
alan.townsend@umontana.edu

Lisa Gerloff
Executive Coordinator
Rocky Mountains CESU
rmcesu@cfc.umt.edu
Nicole Thompson
Director, Office of Sponsored Programs
nicole.thompson@mso.umt.edu
University of Northern Colorado Jim Doerner
Professor, Department of Geography
james.doerner@unco.edu
Robert Houser
Assistant Vice President for Research and Sponsored Programs
robert.houser@unco.edu
University of Utah Nan Ellin
Chair, Department of City and Metropolitan Planning
College of Architecture and Planning
ellin@arch.utah.edu
Brent K. Brown, J.D.
Director, Office of Sponsored Projects
ospawards@osp.utah.edu
University of Waterloo Brad Fedy
Assistant Professor
Environment and Resource Studies
bfedy@uwaterloo.ca

Heidi Swanson
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
hswanson@uwaterloo.ca
George Dixon
V.P. University Research
dgdixon@uwaterloo.ca
University of Wyoming Dan Tinker
Assistant Professor, Botany
tinker@uwyo.edu
Jonnie Jenkins
Manager, Sponsored Programs
jjenki13@uwyo.edu
Utah State University Nancy Huntly
Director, Ecology Center, Professor of Biology
nancy.huntly@usu.edu
Kevin Peterson
Executive Director, Sponsored Programs
kevin.peterson@usu.edu
Washington State University Lisa Shipley
Associate Director and Professor, School of the Environment
shipley@wsu.edu
Amanda Yager
Research Services Manager
ayager@wsu.edu
Western Colorado University Briget Eastep
Director, Center for Public Lands
beastep@western.edu
Laura Kerr
Director, Office of Sponsored Programs and Grants
lkerr@western.edu
OTHER PARTNERS
Center for Large Landscape Conservation Gary Tabor
Executive Director
gary@largelandscapes.org
The Ember Alliance Daniel Godwin
Director of Programs and Partnerships
daniel@emberalliance.org
Gabe Donaldson
Director of Business Operations
gabe@emberalliance.org
Piikani Lodge Health Institute Kim Paul
Founder and Executive Director
kpaul@piikanilodge.org
Micaela Young
Director of Development
myoung@piikanilodge.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
Wildlife Conservation Society Jeff Burrell
Northern Rockies and Greater Yellowstone Program Coordinator
jburrell@wcs.org
Shannon Roberts
Senior Program Manager/Finance and Operations
sroberts@wcs.org
Wildlife Restoration Foundation Julie Anton Randall
President
jantonrandall@wildlifeandparks.org