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The Great Plains Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (GP-CESU) is a network of 16 academic institutions in the Great Plains region and eight federal agencies. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln serves as host to the GP-CESU. The unit encompasses a broad geographical portion of the Great Plains and offers an outstanding group of scientists in grasslands, ecosystems studies, and natural and cultural resources management for collaborative research, technical assistance and educational opportunities in the CESU.
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University of Nebraska, Lincoln |
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| ESTABLISHED | 2003 | |
| WEBSITE | http://www.snr.unl.edu/gpcesu/ | |
| DIRECTOR | Dr. Larkin Powell 3310 Holdrege St., 419 Hardin Hall University of Nebraska, Lincoln Lincoln, NE 68583-0973 PHONE: (402) 472-6825 EMAIL: lpowell3@unl.edu |
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| ADMINISTRATIVE DOCUMENTS | ||
Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2000) Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2005) |
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| UNIT PARTNERS | ||
| TECHNICAL REPRESENTATIVE | COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS REPRESENTATIVE | |
| FEDERAL PARTNERS | ||
| Army Corps of Engineers - Civil Works | Alfred F. Cofrancesco Technical Director, Civil Works, Environmental Engineering & Science Engineering Research and Development Center Al.F.Cofrancesco@erdc.usace.army.mil |
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| Bureau of Land Management | Adrienne Pilmanis Plant Conservation Lead Adrienne_Pilmanis@blm.gov |
Ilze Karkins-Powers Contract Specialist (Grants and Agreements) Wyoming State Office (WY951) Ilze Karkins-Powers@blm.gov |
| Bureau of Reclamation | Leatha Smith-Frost Grants and Cooperative Agreements Officer Great Plains Regional Office LSmithFrost@usbr.gov |
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| 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 |
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| Fish and Wildlife Service | Greg Watson Energy/Research Coordinator Greg_Watson@fws.gov |
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| Forest Service | Steven D. Warren Program Manager, Grassland, Shrubland and Desert Ecosystems Rocky Mountain Research Station swarren02@fs.fed.us |
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| National Park Service | Gary Wilson CESU Coordinator gary_willson@nps.gov |
Tonya Bradley Assistance Officer Midwest Regional Office tonya_bradley@nps.gov |
| Natural Resources Conservation Service | Doris Washington National CESU/COE Coordinator doris.washington@ar.usda.gov |
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| United States Geological Survey | Faith D. Graves Contract Specialist fgraves@usgs.gov |
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| UNIVERSITY PARTNERS | ||
| Black Hills State University | Brian Smith Department of Biology briansmith@bhsu.edu |
Holly Downing Dean, College of Arts and Sciences hollydowning@bhsu.edu |
| Colorado State University | Mark Paschke Research Associate Dean/Associate Professor Warner College of Natural Resources Mark.Paschke@colostate.edu |
Carmen Morales Sponsored Programs carmen.morales@research.colostate.edu |
| Emporia State University | William Jensen Department of Biological Sciences wjensen1@emporia.edu |
Gary Bleeker Dean, Graduate Studies gbleeker@emporia.edu |
| Kansas State University | Samantha M. Wisely Assistant Professor Wildlife Biology wisely@ksu.edu |
Paul R. Lowee Assistant Vice President for Research plowe@ksu.edu |
| Langston University | Dennis Howard Extension/Outreach dvhoward@lunet.edu |
Contact your college's grants and sponsored programs office |
| New Mexico Highlands University | Kent Reid Interim Director New Mexico Forest and Watershed Restoration Institute kreid@nmhu.edu |
Domingo Sanchez, III Interim Vice President for Finance and Administration Services |
| North Dakota State University | Rodney Lym Department of Plant Sciences rod.lym@ndsu.nodak.edu |
Valrey Kettner Assistant Vice President Sponsored Programs Administration val.kettner@ndsu.nodak.edu Amy Scott amy.scott@ndsu.edu |
| South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | Pallaoor V. (PV) Sundareshwar Director, Biogeochemistry Core Facility pvs@sdsmt.edu |
L. Eric James II Director Office of Sponsored Programs eric.james@sdsmt.edu |
| South Dakota State University | David Willis Head, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences david.willis@sdstate.edu |
James Doolittle Interim Associate Vice President for Research james.doolittle@sdstate.edu Brenda Hayne brenda.hayne@sdstate.edu |
| Texas A&M University | Neal Wilkins Institute for Renewable Natural Resources nwilkins@tamu.edu Carol Gaas c-gass@tamu.edu |
Diane Gilliland Assistant Director for Research Administration Texas AgriLife Research d-gilliland@tamu.edu |
| University of Minnesota | Alan Ek Department of Forest Resources aek@umn.edu |
Kevin McKoskey Senior Associate Director Sponsored Projects Administration kevin@umn.edu |
| University of Nebraska, Lincoln | Larkin Powell lpowell3@unl.edu |
Jeanne Wicks Director, Office of Sponsored Programs jwicks2@unl.edu Nancy Becker Grants Coordinator nbecker1@unl.edu |
| University of North Dakota | Scott Korom Geology and Geological Engineering scottkorom@mail.und.nodak.edu |
Barry Milavetz Research Development and Compliance barrymilavetz@mail.und.nodak.edu Eric Shanenko ericshanenko@mail.und.nodak.edu |
| University of Oklahoma | Rebecca Sherry Department of Botany and Microbiology rsherry@ou.edu |
Andrea Deaton Executive Director Office of Research Services adeaton@ou.edu |
| University of South Dakota | Tim Cowman Director Missouri River Institute tim.cowman@usd.edu |
Laura Jenski Vice President for Research ljenski@usd.edu Laura Murphy Coordinator of Sponsored Programs laura.murphy@usd.edu |
| University of Wyoming | Gary Beauvais Director Wyoming Natural Resource Diversity Database beauvais@uwyo.edu |
Dorothy Yates Associate Vice President for Research and Economic Development dyates4@uwyo.edu Linda Osterman Research Services Coordinator osterman@uwyo.edu |
| Winona State University | Harold Ornes Dean College of Science and Engineering wornes@winona.edu |
Contact your college's grants and sponsored programs office |
