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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
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 Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2024) Amendment 1 adding Biodiversity Research Institute Amendment 2 updating Article II language
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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
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 Forrest Cobb Natural Infrastructure Coordinator Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Environmental Management and Restoration) forrest.h.cobb2.civ@mail.mil	Lori Kruse-Johnson SWD CESU Program Manager Lori.M.Kruse-Johnson@usace.army.mil
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	Lindy Garner Invasive Species Coordinator, Sagebrush Ecosystem Team Lindy_Garner@fws.gov	Sonja Scott Administrative Officer Science Applications sonja_scott@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 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	Claudia Regan Director, Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center cregan@usgs.gov Zack Bowen Landscape Program Coordinator Fort Collins Science Center bowenz@usgs.gov	Sherri Ly Bredesen Chief, National Grants Branch Office of Acquisition and Grants sbredesen@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	Bob Reinhardt Associate Professor, History bobreinhardt@boisestate.edu	Karen Henry Executive Director, Office of Sponsored Programs osp@boisestate.edu
Chief Dull Knife College	Bill Briggs Dean Academic Affairs bbriggs@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	Diane Debinski Professor and Department Head, Ecology diane.debinski@montana.edu Bob Peterson Professor and Department Head, Land Resources and Environmental Sciences bpeterson@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
Biodiversity Research Institute	Dustin Meattey Waterfowl Program Director, CESU Project Manager dustin.meattey@briwildlife.org	Sharon Oehmig Billing and Budget Manager sharon.oehmig@briwildlife.org
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