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The Southern Appalachian Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (SA-CESU) is a group of federal and private sector partners that have joined together with a mutual mission to promote and provide effective and efficient research, technical assistance and education to federal land management, environmental and research agencies in the Southern Appalachian Mountain Region. The SA-CESU was one of the original four CESU established in 1999, at the start up of the national CESU network.

HOST	University of Tennessee, Knoxville
ESTABLISHED	1999
WEBSITE	http://cesu.utk.edu/
DIRECTOR	Keith Belli Department of Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries 274 Ellington Hall, PS Bldg University of Tennessee, Knoxville Knoxville, TN, 37996 PHONE: (865) 974-7989 EMAIL: kbelli@utk.edu
ADMINISTRATIVE DOCUMENTS
AGREEMENTS	AMENDMENTS
Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (1999) Amendment 1 adding Lincoln Memorial University, Middle Tennessee State University, Tennessee Technological University, Western Kentucky University, and University of Kentucky Amendment 2 adding Bureau of Land Management Amendment 3 adding U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2004) Amendment 1 adding the Natural Resources Conservation Service Amendment 2 adding the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense - Installations and Environment Amendment 3 adding Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Amendment 4 adding the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Civil Works Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2009) Amendment 1 adding Discover Life in America Amendment 2 adding the University of North Carolina, Asheville Amendment 3 adding East Tennessee State University and Tennessee Aquarium Conservation Institute
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	Jinx Fox Eastern States Office fxfox@blm.gov
Department of Defense	L. Peter Boice Director Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Installations and Environment) ODUSD (CO) peter.boice@osd.mil
Fish and Wildlife Service	Keith Taniguchi Division of Migratory Birds and State Programs Keith_Taniguchi@fws.gov
Forest Service	Kay Franzreb Department of Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries (Univ of Tennessee) franzreb@utk.edu Felipe Sanchez Southern Research Station fsanchez@fs.fed.gov
National Park Service	Ray Albright CESU Coordinator Ray_Albright@nps.gov
Natural Resources Conservation Service	Doris Washington National CESU/COE Coordinator Doris.Washington@ar.usda.gov
United States Geological Survey	Joseph Clark Southern Appalachian Field Branch jclark1@utk.edu W. Scott Gain Director, Tennessee Water Science Center wsgain@usgs.gov
UNIVERSITY PARTNERS
Appalachian State University	Steven Seagle seaglesw@appstate.edu	Contact your college's grants and sponsored programs office
East Tennessee State University	Jim L. Mead Chair, Department of Geosciences Mead@etsu.edu	William R. Duncan Vice Provost for Research and Sponsored Programs duncanw@etsu.edu
Florida A&M University	Larry Robinson Environmental Sciences Institute Larry.Robinson@famu.edu	Contact your college's grants and sponsored programs office
Lincoln Memorial University	Ron Caldwell rcaldwell@lmunet.edu	Contact your college's grants and sponsored programs office
Middle Tennessee State University	Myra Norman Office of Sponsored Programs mnorman@mtsu.edu	Contact your college's grants and sponsored programs office
Tennessee Tech University	Dan Combs Department of Biology dlcombs@tntech.edu	Contact your college's grants and sponsored programs office
University of Kentucky	Terrell T. "Red" Baker Chair & Professor Department of Forestry/College of Agriculture terrellbaker@uky.edu	Contact your college's grants and sponsored programs office
University of North Carolina, Asheville	Jonathan Horton Assistant Professor Biology Department jhorton@unca.edu	Contact your college's grants and sponsored programs office
University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Keith Belli Department of Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries kbelli@utk.edu	Contact your college's grants and sponsored programs office
Virginia Tech	Janaki Alavalapati Chair & Professor, Department of FREC jrra@vt.edu	Contact your college's grants and sponsored programs office
Western Carolina University	Robert Young ryoung@wcu.edu	Contact your college's grants and sponsored programs office
Western Kentucky University	Blaine Ferrell Ogden College of Science and Engineering Blaine.ferrell@wku.edu	Contact your college's grants and sponsored programs office
OTHER PARTNERS
Discover Life in America	Todd P. Witcher Executive Director Todd@dlia.org Charles Maynard Chair, DLIA Board of Directors Discover Life in America charlesmaynard@holston.org
Institute for a Secure and Sustainable Environment	Randall Gentry Director rgentry@utk.edu
Southern Appalachian Man and the Bioshpere	Alexander F. Comfort Cradle of Forestry Interpretive Association alexcfaia@citcom.net
Tennessee Aquarium Conservation Institute	Anna L. George Director alg@tnaqua.org Jackson C. Andrews Director of Operations and Husbandry jca@tnaqua.org	Gordon Stalans Director of Finance gas@tnaqua.org