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The North and West Alaska CESU is a collaborative effort between universities, institutions, and federal agencies designed to facilitate research.

The North and West Alaska CESU achieves the highest level of integrity and leadership expertise in unique circumpolar north, boreal and marine ecosystem science critical to the future of state, national and global issues by establishing:

An integrated structural partnership that functions seamlessly to meet science needs
A quality assurance and peer review mechanism that assures the integrity of the process, bringing accurate and current science to bear on policy issues
A collaboration that is publicly visible in making connections and communicating research impacts at the state and national levels
A program that draws from all cultures in Alaska, builds both agency and partner human resource capacity in Alaskan expertise for the future and connects this capacity with the national arena

HOST	University of Alaska, Fairbanks
ESTABLISHED	2003
WEBSITE	www.uaf.edu/snras/cesu/
DIRECTOR	Peter Fix 323 O'Neill Bldg PO Box 757200 Fairbanks, AK, 99775 PHONE: 9074746926 EMAIL: ffpjf@uaf.edu
ADMINISTRATIVE DOCUMENTS
Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2003) Amendment 1 adding the Natural Resources Conservation Service Amendment 2 adding the Minerals Management Service Amendment 3 adding the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Amendment 4 adding the Alaska Pacific University and Denali Education Center Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2008) Amendment 1 adding the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense - Installations and Environment Amendment 2 adding U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Civil Works and Alaska Geographic Amendment 3 adding Alaska Bird Observatory and Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences Amendment 4 adding Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (pending as of December 2011), Wildlife Conservation Society, Idaho State University, and Montana State University
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 Al.F.Cofrancesco@usace.army.mil
Bureau of Land Management	Lee Koss Hydrologist Alaska State Office lee_koss@ak.blm.gov
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management	Dee Williams Environmental Studies Program dee.williams@boem.gov	Jennifer Ewald Physical Oceanographer Division of Environmental Sciences Environmental Studies Program jennifer.ewald@boem.gov
Department of Defense	John Haddix Natural Resources Supervisor john.haddix@us.army.mil
Fish and Wildlife Service	Danielle Jerry Chief, Division of Realty and Natural Resources Danielle_Jerry@fws.gov
Forest Service	Linda E. Kruger Social Science Team Leader Pacific Northwest Research Station lkruger@fs.fed.us
National Park Service	Lois Dalle-Molle CESU Coordinator lois_dalle-molle@nps.gov Robert A. Winfree Science Advisor Alaska Regional Office robert_winfree@nps.gov
Natural Resources Conservation Service	Doris Washington National CESU/COE Coordinator Doris.Washington@ar.usda.gov
United States Geological Survey	Tony DeGange Alaska Science Center tdegange@usgs.gov
UNIVERSITY PARTNERS
Alaska Pacific University	Mike Loso Assistant Professor of Geology and Earth Sciences mloso@alaskapacific.edu	Contact your college's grants and sponsored programs office
Idaho State University	Ben Crosby Assistant Professor Department of Geosciences crosby@isu.edu	Contact your college's grants and sponsored programs office
Montana State University	Stephanie A. Ewing Assistant Professor Department of Land Resources & Environmental Sciences stephanie.ewing@montana.edu	Contact your college's grants and sponsored programs office
University of Alaska, Fairbanks	Daniel Julius Professor and Vice President for Academic Affairs djjulius@alaska.edu Carol Lewis Dean, School of Natural Resources & Agricultural Sciences ffcel@uaf.edu Peter Fix Assistant Professor and NWAK-CESU Campus Coordinator ffpaf@uaf.edu	Contact your college's grants and sponsored programs office
University of New Hampshire	John D. Aber Vice President for Research and Public Service john.abner@unh.edu Kelly Giraud Cullen Associate Professor kelly.cullen@unh.edu	Contact your college's grants and sponsored programs office
OTHER PARTNERS
Alaska Bird Observatory	David Shaw Acting Executive Director dshaw@alaskabird.org
Alaska Geographic	Charles Money Executive Director cmoney@alaskageographic.org
Alaska SeaLife Center	Tara Riemer Jones Interim resident and CEO taraj@alaskasealife.org
Denali Education Center	Mike Sfraga Mike.sfraga@alaska.edu
Wildlife Conservation Society	Joe Liebezeit Associate Conservation Biologist jliebezeit@wcs.org