RMCESU Partners

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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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RM-CESU 1999-2004
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Executive Coordinator Lisa Gerloff
[phone] lgerloff_at_forestry.umt.edu

• 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

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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

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RM-CESU Websitewww.forestry.umt.edu/research/ces
u/
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RM-CESU Agency Needs
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RM-CESU Agency Needs
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RM-CESU Agency Needs
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RM-CESU Expertise Directory
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NPS Park Units

• Bents Old Fort NHS
• Bighorn Canyon NRA
• Black Canyon NM
• Curecanti NRA
• Devils Tower NM
• Florissant NM
• Fort Laramie NHS
• Glacier NP

• Grand Teton NP
• Grant-Kohrs Ranch NHS
• Great Sand Dunes NP
• Little Bighorn Battlefield NM
• Rocky Mountain NP
• Sand Creek Massacre NHS
• Yellowstone NP

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NPS Programs

• Resources Beyond Park Boundaries
• National Historic Landmarks
• National Natural Landmarks
• National Heritage Areas
• Partnership Projects (i.e., Gateway Communities,
  Challenge Cost Share)

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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 IM
  Coordinator, University of Idaho

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Washington State University
Invasive Species and the National Parks
National Parks Invasive Weeds Curriculum http//w
ww.nps.gov/invspcurr/aliencurriculum.htm
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NPS Cultural Projects

• 2004 25 projects
• Wide Variety of Needs
• History, including Public History
• Architecture
• Landscape Architecture
• Curation and Archives
• Anthropology
• Archeology
• Ethnography

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Contact Information

• Lisa Gerloff
• RM-CESU Executive Coordinator
• 406-243-5346
• lgerloff_at_forestry.umt.edu
• Christine Whitacre
• NPS Cultural Resource Specialist, RM-CESU
• 406-243-2660
• christine_whitacre_at_nps.gov
• Kathy Tonnessen
• NPS Research Coordinator, RM-CESU
• 406-243-4449
• kathy_tonnessen_at_nps.gov