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RM-CESU Partners

University Partners•University of Montana (Host)•Montana State•University of Idaho•Utah State•Washington State•Salish Kootenai College•University of Wyoming•University of Colorado (Boulder & Denver)•Colorado State University

Federal Partners•National Park Service•Bureau of Land Management •US Geological Survey•USDA Forest Service•Bureau of Reclamation•Natural Resource Conservation Service

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Executive Coordinator: Lisa Gerloff

• Track RM-CESU projects

• Coordinate communication between partners and with the National Council

• Ambassador to partner institutions

• Organize biannual Executive Committee Meetings, outreach trips, workshops…

• Design and manage the website, brochure, and monthly newsletter

(406) 243-5346 lgerloff@forestry.umt.edu

RM-CESU Tools for University Partners

Website- Agency Needs

- Expertise Directory

- Postings (meetings, training courses, funding opportunities, scholarships, internship, jobs…)

Newsletter

Executive Coordinator

Agency Contacts

RM-CESU Website:www.forestry.umt.edu/research/cesu/

RM-CESU: Agency Needs

RM-CESU: Agency Needs

RM-CESU: Agency Needs

RM-CESU: Expertise Directory

NPS Park Units

Bent’s Old Fort NHSBighorn Canyon NRABlack Canyon NMCurecanti NRADevil’s Tower NMFlorissant NMFort Laramie NHSGlacier NP

Grand Teton NPGrant-Kohrs Ranch NHSGreat Sand Dunes NPLittle Bighorn Battlefield

NMRocky Mountain NPSand Creek Massacre NHSYellowstone NP

NPS Programs

Resources Beyond Park Boundaries:

National Historic Landmarks National Natural Landmarks National Heritage Areas Partnership Projects (i.e., Gateway

Communities, Challenge Cost Share)

Washington State University

ALIENS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD! Phase I: 2003 Development of an “Invasive Species”

website, funded by NPS “Parks as Classrooms” Phase II: 2004, Project expanded to include

development of a textbook Phase III: 2005 Workshops to “teach the teachers” PIs: Lynda Paznokas and Mark Goddard NPS Key Official: Lisa Garrett, NPS I&M

Coordinator, University of Idaho

Washington State University

Invasive Species and the National Parks

National Parks Invasive Weeds Curriculum

http://www.nps.gov/invspcurr/aliencurriculum.htm

NPS Cultural Projects

2004: 25 projects

Wide Variety of Needs: History, including Public

History Architecture Landscape Architecture Curation and Archives Anthropology Archeology Ethnography

Contact Information

Lisa GerloffRM-CESU Executive Coordinator406-243-5346lgerloff@forestry.umt.edu

Christine WhitacreNPS Cultural Resource Specialist, RM-CESU406-243-2660christine_whitacre@nps.gov

Kathy TonnessenNPS Research Coordinator, RM-CESU406-243-4449kathy_tonnessen@nps.gov