RM-CESU Postings
RM-CESU Activities
2009:
  • September 1-2, 2009: 2009 Resource Symposium, UWNPS Research Center at AMK Ranch, Grand Teton National Park, WY. There are a number of RM CESU partners giving presentations at this meeting.
  • June 15-19, 2009: "Using the natural and cultural resources of Grant-Kohrs Ranch NHS as a classroom, " Deer Lodge, MT. Kathy Tonnessen, RM-CESU, has agreed to serve as the "mentor" for the annual Deer Lodge teacher training course at Grant Kohrs Ranch NHS,Montana. Local Deer Lodge teachers will get University of Montana Continuing Education credits for attending this training. Agenda
  • April 8-9, 2009: A Post-WACAP (Western Airborne Contaminants Assessment Project) Workshop for the Sierra Nevada – Southern Cascade (SNSC) region, Three Rivers, CA. Hosted by Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks. Kathy Tonnessen, RM-CESU NPS Research Coordinator, will facilitate the workshop to determine follow up activities from the Western Airborne Contaminant Assessment Project for the parks in the Sierra Nevada and the Southern Cascades.  Agenda; Notes
  • March 11-12, 2009, National Park Service, Yellowstone Center for Resources staff visit University of Montana Campus  Staff from the Yellowstone Center for Resources (Tom Olliff, Chief, Yellowstone Center for Resources; Glenn Plumb, Chief, Branch of Aquatic Resources and Wildlife, Yellowstone National Park; Christie Hendrix, Research Permit Coordinator, Yellowstone National Park) visited the University of Montana campus on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 to provide information to faculty and students on research opportunities in Yellowstone National Park and to discuss the use of the Rocky Mountains CESU cooperative agreement to get science and history done in the park. Presentations: "Research in Yellowstone", "Research Permitting" and the "Use of the Rocky Mountains CESU agreement".   Handout: Yellowstone Leave no Trace. On March 12 the group met with University of Montana Research and Science Leadership to better develop Yellowstone NP/University of Montana relationship.
  • February 18-19, 2009: RM-CESU Parks Resource Managers Meeting, Lakewood, CO. a gathering of NPS resource managers and partners from the Rocky Mountain parks and regional universities. This year we featured two “showcase” projects done by University of Colorado at Denver: (1) Images of Rocky Mountain NP, which categorized the history of art and photo images for the park, with presentation by the principal investigator, Dr. Ann Komara; and (2)  Health of Limber Pine and Whitebark Pine in the Rockies, with presentations by Dr. Diana Tomback from UC-Denver and Dr. Kelly McCloskey from Grand Teton NP.  The “training" modules” included an expanded discussion of the Natural Sounds and Night Sky monitoring methods and interpretation, with presentations by Vicki McCusker (NPS-NRPC) and Emma Lynch (Colorado State University) and Chad Moore (NPS-NRPC – Night Sky Program).
  • February 13, 2009: RM-CESU Hosts a meeting between University of Montana Faculty and Glacier National Park Superintendent and Staff Rocky Mountains CESU hosted a breakfast meeting with the new Superintendent of Glacier NP, Chas Cartwright.  The meeting was facilitated by Dr. Perry Brown, Associate Provost at the University of Montana.  Faculty and researchers from the College of Forestry and Conservation, College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Fine Arts, EVST, Continuing Education, the O’Connor Center for the Rocky Mountain West, USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station and Carhart Wilderness Training Center attended this meeting.

    The meeting began with a welcome from University of Montana and then some opening remarks by Chas Cartwright about his need for research, technical assistance and education projects between the park and the University of Montana.  He focused on Climate Change research needs, and the activities that are planned for the Centennial Celebration of the founding of Glacier NP.  He noted that one of his priorities is to get wilderness designation for the backcountry at Glacier.  Tara Carolin, the acting director of the Crown of the Continent Research Learning Center  (RLC) at Glacier NP, then gave an overview of the role of the RLC is facilitating research by graduate students and faculty from the  RM-CESU partner universities and agencies.  Perry Brown outlined the mission and the history of the Rocky Mountains CESU, with University of Montana serving as the host since 1999.  This partnership between multiple agencies and universities has benefitted land and resource managers by allowing them to get needed research done, often with outside funding.

    The UM and agency faculty and researchers introduced themselves, and described the types of projects they have conducted over the years in Glacier NP.  Other faculty suggested new areas of research that the park might want to pursue to increase the knowledge base in the area of natural and cultural resource management and social science.   
  • February 11- 13, 2009: Missoula Children and Nature Summit, University of Montana, Missoula, MT.  Over the past decade, children have had less and less contact with the natural world than generations of children before them. This loss of connections to the natural world has implications to the health and well-being of our children, as well as the future stewardship of our public lands. Richard Louv, author of the bestseller Last Child in the Woods, calls the condition “nature deficit disorder.” The Missoula Children and Nature Summit aims to raise awareness of this problem and explore solutions.  Guest Speaker, Rick Potts, of the National Park Service, will share his personal and professional observations and experiences related to “nature deficit” as a naturalized Montanan and the current director of the Conservation and Recreation Division of the National Park Service. The Missoula Children and Nature Summit is sponsored by the National Park Service, the University of Montana College of Education Foundation, the United States Forest Service, Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, University of Montana College of Forestry and Conservation, Missoula County Rural Initiatives, Missoula Parks and Recreation, Montana Natural History Center, and the American Society of Landscape Architects - MT/ID Chapter, Missoula Outdoor Learning Adventures, and many additional businesses and organizations.   
  • October 15-16, 2008: RM-CESU Fall Executive Committee Meeting and Meeting of the RM-CESU Executive Committee and Managers of the Federal agencies, Estes Park, CO.

    October 15, 2008: RM-CESU Fall Executive Committee Meeting AGENDA

    October 16, 2008: Meeting of the RM-CESU Executive Committee and Managers of the Federal agencies The purpose of the meeting is to share with managers the types of CESU and other agency projects that are underway or completed; and how the university researchers can help you do research, education and technical assistance. AGENDA

2008:
  • September 17-18, 2008: Workshop on Aquatic Invasive Species, Grand Teton NP, WY. National Parks, National Forests, State agencies, local schools and NGOs in the Greater Yellowstone Area (GYA) gathered for a workshop at Grand Teton NP, facilitated by the University of Wyoming and sponsored by the Rocky Mountains CESU.  Participants discussed the spread of aquatic invasive species throughout the GYA and came up with recommendations for early detection, monitoring, research, control strategies and public education to prevent the invasion and spread of such species as zebra and quagga mussels, New Zealand mud snails, and milfoil. A follow up “science needs” workshop will be convened in 2009.
  • August 25-28, 2008: A Comprehensive Appraisal of Long-Term Suppression of Lake Trout in Yellowstone Lake, Chico Hot Springs, MT.This meeting was organized by the Big Sky Institute at Montana State University, and sponsored by the following organizations:  Yellowstone National Park, Rocky Mountains CESU, USGS-Northern Rocky Mountains Science Center and the Greater Yellowstone Coalition. There were 14 science "panel" experts in attendance, who evaluated the 13 years of lake trout suppression activities in Yellowstone Lake, and came up with a list of recommendations for Yellowstone National Park managers on how to proceed with lake trout removal and research and monitoring in Yellowstone Lake and tributary streams. Park staffs (YELL, GLAC, GRTE), USGS, NGOs, state fish and game agencies, and university investigators and graduate students attended the meeting, which included a field trip on Yellowstone Lake to observe the gillnetting process.
  • May 12-15, 2008: Alternative Models of Visitor Managment, Yellowstone National Park, WY. Managers from eight World Heritage Sites, the National Park Service Washington, DC Office, NGOs and Academics came together to discuss the technical proficiencies recommended for managing visitors and tourism at World Heritage Sites. The workshop was convened and organized by the University of Montana. Report
  • April 23- 24, 2008: International Exchange: Mexican Delegation Visits RM-CESU A  delegation of Mexican researchers, protected area managers and a representative of The Nature Conservancy of Mexico and their Colorado State University host, Ryan Finchum, spent April 23- 24 at the University of Montana campus visiting RM-CESU Administrators (Perry Brown, Lisa Gerloff, Christine Whitacre and Kathy Tonnessen) and UM Faculty (Johnnie Moore – Geosciences, Kerry Foresman – Biological Sciences, Wayne Freimund, Society and Conservation, Dave Naugle – Wildlife Biology, and Doug McDonald – Anthropology).  This distinguished group is interested in developing and piloting a formal cooperative agreement between the Mexican National Protected Area System (CONANP) and a major research university the Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR) which has 120 researchers on 5 campuses in southern Mexico. The goal of the cooperative agreement will be to focus more university research on needs identified by managers and which would help them with the science-based management of Mexico’s protected areas.  The hope is that this pilot project and the type of agreement and protocols that are developed will serve as a model for the rest of the country. The Mexicans came to the US to learn about and draw on our experience with the Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units, as well as other cooperative programs/partnerships such as Wildlife Coop Units and NPS Resource Learning Centers.
  • April 23, 2008: Western Airborne Contaminants Assessment Program: A workshop for Montana, Missoula, MT. Glacier National Park, the NPS-Air Resources Division and the Rocky Mountains CESU hosted a one-day workshop in Missoula, MT to explore the “next steps” in research, monitoring and public outreach related to the results of the NPS-funded Western Contaminants Assessment Program conducted in Glacier NP.  The results for Glacier were a subset of a larger air contaminants assessment conducted by the EPA, University of Washington, Oregon State University, the USDA-Forest Service and the National Park Service. 
    The workshop included overview presentations by the EPA and University investigators, along with a question and answer period.  The workshop participants included NPS staff, State of Montana agency personnel (Agriculture, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Department of Health, Flathead Basin Commission, DNRC), a representative from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai tribes, a representative from the Montana Governor’s office, USFS – Flathead National Forest, Region 8 of the Environmental Protection Agency and representatives from British Columbia, Ministry of the Environment and Waterton Lakes National Park.  The agencies came up with a strategy for preparing a coordinated “message” to give to the fishing public that may have concerns about freshwater fish contaminated by dieldrin, DDT and mercury.  The group exchanged information on the best approaches to monitor the extent of contamination in fish in Montana, and to attempt to determine the possible effects on fish-eating birds and mammals throughout the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem.
  • March 25-27, 2008 “Wilderness Stewardship in the Rockies 2008," Glacier National Park, MT. RM-CESU: The University of Montana, Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training Center and the National Park Service, Intermountain Region provided the organization and support for the fifth annual Wilderness Workshop.  This meeting, held over three days at Glacier NP, was attended by wilderness professionals from the USDA-Forest Service, Parks Canada, the University of Montana, and park staff from Glacier, Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, Great Sand Dunes, Dinosaur, Olympic, Rocky Mountain and Saguaro.   This informal workshop covered topics from “Risk and Safety in Wilderness” to “What is Wilderness Worth?”, and focused on exchange of information among the managers from different agencies.  Agenda; Notes
  • February 20-21, 2008: Rocky Mountain Cluster Resources Meeting, National Park Service, Lakewood, CO. Rocky Mountain Cluster Resources Managers Meetings are held annually and are intended to share resource information among resource managers of member parks. Meetings are attended by Chiefs of Resources from the 14 Rocky Mountain Cluster parks and Kathy Tonnessen and Christine Whitacre (CESU representatives).
  • November 5-9, 2007: 23rd NPS National Wilderness Steering Committee, Missoula, Montana. Perry Brown will present an overview of RM CESU Wilderness activities on November 8th. Agenda; RM-CESU Wilderness PowerPoint
  • October 17-18, 2007: Desert Southwest/Great Basin/Rocky Mountains Joint CESU Meeting, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.

    October 17th: Looking Forward: Lessons Learned and New Opportunities- A Joint CESU Meeting of the Great Basin, Desert Southwest and Rocky Mountains.     Members of the three CESUs met to: 1) highlight strengths and identify "best practices" of the three programs, and 2) to brainstorm on multi-institutional/multi-agency projects, engaging minority partners, and working across CESU boundaries. Agenda for Joint Meeting, Notes from Breakout Sessions: multi-institutional/multi-agency projects, engaging minority partners, and working across CESU boundaries

    RM-CESU Business Meeting:     Agenda; Internship PowerPoint by Ben Baldwin

    Ocober 18th: CESU Science Meeting with the Desert Southwest, Great Basin and Rocky Mountains. The second program is for everyone (faculty, students, agency managers) to attend. Agenda; Abstracts; Attendee ListAgency Research, Technical Assistance, and Education Needs: NPS; USFS; BLM; DoD; Federal Panel with Contact Information
  • October 15, 2007: Open Forum on NPS research needs, at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO. Faculty and students are welcome to attend a discussion with National Park Service representatives from the Rocky Mountains and Colorado Plateau Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units. Colorado State University is a member of these CESUs and this allows university researchers to work with the National Park Service on projects related to natural and cultural resources research, technical assistance and education.  NPS representatives will describe how the CESUs work and the types of projects that the NPS has carried out with member universities since 1999.
2007:
  • September 9-12, 2007: Parks, Peace and Partnerships Conference, Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, Canada. This special international conference has been convened to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Waterton/Glacier International Peace Park, the first in the world. The RM-CESU abstract entitled: Rocky Mountains Cooperative Ecosystems Unit: a partnership to advance research, technical assistance and education for resource managers in the Rockies has been accepted for an oral presentation. Sponsors include RM-CESU partners: University of Calgary, University of Montana and National Park Service.
  • YELLOWSTONE WILDLIFE HEALTH PROGRAM WORKSHOP, held in Bozeman, MT on June 6-7, 2007: The following organizations sponsored a workshop on the topic of Wildlife Health in Yellowstone National Park: Big Sky Institute at Montana State University; Wildlife Health Center, University of California, Davis; Yellowstone National Park; Greater Yellowstone Inventory and Monitoring Network; NPS Biological Resource Management Division; Rocky Mountains Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit; Yellowstone Park Foundation.
    More than 65 participants spent a day on a field trip to Yellowstone NP, and then two days in facilitated discussions to come up with a set of research and monitoring priorities for Yellowstone NP on the topic of wildlife health. The participants were organized into groups that focused on avian, aquatic, prey and predator species. The results of work group discussions will be assembled into a report by a student from UC Davis veterinary school to include: (1) components of the Yellowstone Wildlife Health Program 5-year strategic plan; (2) a list of research and monitoring priorities for terrestrial prey, terrestrial predators, avian and aquatic wildlife; and (3) a list of identified infrastructure needs, partnership opportunities and potential actions for consideration by the Yellowstone Wildlife Health Program. Participants represented an array of agencies and interests, including representatives of state and federal agencies, universities, nongovernmental organizations, zoo specialists, veterinarians, ranchers, graduate students, and potential funding associations. Information, including the agenda and some of the presentations are listed on the web site. The synthesis report of the meeting will be posted at this site by the beginning of July, 2007. For more information contact Glenn Plumb at Yellowstone NP, glenn_plumb@nps.gov
  • May 30-31, 2007: Regional Stewardship in the Crown of the Continent: Patterns and Prospects, Whitefish, MT. the University of Montana, Public Policy Research Institute, Miistakis Institute, University of Calgary, National Parks Conservation Association and the Lincoln Land Policy Institute will conduct a 1 ½ day discussion of regional planning across the US/Canada border in what is known as the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem [encompassing the watersheds of Glacier and Waterton NPs]. This activity was partially funded by the RM-CESU and will involve partners in discussions on topics including: (1) how to build a common understanding of the Crown’s social/cultural, economic, and ecological values, (2) defining the current partner activities on formal and informal stewardship efforts, (3) identification of common areas of interest, and (4) exploring how to improve regional stewardship in the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem (networking, information exchange, communications). For more information, contact Brace Hayden, Glacier National Park at brace_hayden@nps.gov.
  • April 3-5, 2007: Beyond Naturalness: Desired Future Conditions for Protected Area Ecosystems Given Irreversible Human Impact, University of Montana’s Lubrecht Experimental Forest, MT. The Leopold Institute collaborated with the University of Montana's Wilderness Institute and the Rocky Mountains Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit in the workshop entitled, "Beyond Naturalness? Defining Desired Future Conditions for Protected Area Ecosystems." Leopold Institute scientists David Cole, Dave Parsons and Peter Landres were joined by 13 scientists from the National Park Service, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Forest Service, Parks Canada, The Nature Conservancy, The Wilderness Society and Universities in Alaska, California, Montana, North Carolina, British Columbia and Western Australia. Presentations and discussions dealt with challenges in using the concept of naturalness to guide park and wilderness stewardship, particularly given rapid climate change, and explored alternatives such as ecological integrity and resilience.
    The consensus of the group was that, while the workshop barely scratched the surface, substantial progress was made in articulating the need for and sketching out some trajectories for a plurality of goals for parks and wilderness. The group agreed to work together to produce an edited book on the topic.
  • February 21-22, 2007: Rocky Mountain Cluster Resources Meeting, National Park Service, Lakewood, CO. Rocky Mountain Cluster Resources Managers Meetings are held annually and are intended to share resource information among resource managers of member parks. Meetings are attended by Chiefs of Resources from the 14 Rocky Mountain Cluster parks and Kathy Tonnessen and Christine Whitacre (CESU representatives). Agenda; Air Quality 101
  • February 9-16, 2007: Society for Range Management 2007 International Meeting, Reno, NV. Great Basin and Rocky Mountains CESUs collaborate on "young professionals" symposium at the 60th Annual Meeting of the Society for Range Management: Representatives from the National Park Service (NPS), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), University of Montana (UM) and Utah State University (USU) presented a three-hour symposium during the Society for Range Management in Sparks, NV on February 13, 2007. The theme of this well-attended workshop was "What skills are needed by our young professionals to "surthrive" in resources management?". The UM and USU representatives explored issues of curriculum, enrollment, certifications for students who want to work in resource agencies. The agency (BLM and NPS) perspective included an examination of personnel needs from both a front-line manager’s view and a regional perspective. The young professionals on the panel discussed the skills they think are most important to success in a resource agency. There was considerable discussion of the needs for students to get practical experience with agencies before permanently joining the workforce, with an emphasis on mentored internships, such as those available through the Tehabi Program. For more information contact Ben Baldwin, USU, at ben.baldwin@usu.edu.
  • January 16-18, 2007: Wilderness Stewardship in the Rockies, University of Montana’s Lubrecht Experimental Forest, MT. The focus of this year’s RM-CESU sponsored workshop was Changing Trends in Wilderness Recreation. The University of Montana, University of Idaho, National Park Service, USDA-Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Montana State Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute, Carhart Wilderness Training Center and several NGOs and outfitters spent two days discussing issues related to "Changing Trends in Wilderness Recreation". The meeting, attended by more than 35 wilderness managers, students and presenters, took place at the University of Montana's Lubrecht Experiment Forest. We discussed demographic trends and the changes in types of wilderness "experiences" that people go to protected areas to enjoy. Topics of conversation included: management of day use, "dispersed" vs. "confined" recreation, and methods to mitigate biophysical and social impacts in the wilderness, with case studies from Glacier NP, Yellowstone NP, the Bob Marshall and Great Bear Wildernesses, and the BLM's Bear Trap Canyon W. Summary, PowerPoints and Attendee List
  • October 5-6, 2006: RM-CESU Internship Workshop and Fall Executive Committee Meeting, AMK Ranch, Grand Teton National Park, WY. Click here to view schedule. RM-CESU Internship Workhop: RM-CESU executive members discussed the role of internships within our partner universities and agencies and explored whether there is a need for a CESU coordinated effort/program. Notes. Fall Executive Committee Meeting: Notes
2006:
  • May 3-4, 2006: NPS CESU Coordinators Meeting, Omaha, NE
  • April 18th, 2006: Great Plains / Rocky Mountain CESU Joint Managers Meeting, hosted by Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO. The purpose of the meeting is to bring our university and agency partners together to review the science, discuss agency needs, and generate potential projects in the following three topic areas: Wildlife Disease; Tourism; and Drought/Drought Mitigation.
    (Meeting Notes)
  • March 1-3, 2006: Livestock and Landscapes: A discussion of issues, obstacles and opportunities in the NPS, Lakewood, CO. This workshop will include discussions/presentations on natural and cultural resource issues associated with livestock in our national parks -- including cultural landscapes, impacts to archeological resources, American Indian livestock uses in the parks, and compliance monitoring. Workshop Proceedings
  • Feb 27-28, 2006: Rocky Mountain cluster resources meeting, National Park Service, Lakewood, CO Agenda
    Rocky Mountain Cluster Resources Managers Meetings are held annually and are intended to share resource information among resource managers of member parks. Meetings are attended by Chiefs of Resources from the 14 Rocky Mountain Cluster parks , Kathy Tonnessen and Christine Whitacre (CESU representatives), and Steve Chaney (Superintendent’s representative).
  • January 18-19, 2006: Bison, Snow and Road Corridors, Yellowstone National Park. A two day workshop to identify hypothesis driven questions, research, and management experiments that may resolve whether the Firehole-Mammoth corridor serves as a barrier to bison movements between the Central and Northern winter ranges during non-road grooming scenarios. Final Report
  • October 26, 2005: RM-CESU Executive Committee Meeting, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO Agenda
    Highlight: Committee approves the University of Northern Colorado as a partner.
2005:
  • August 29, 2005: Development of Educational Trunks for Community Outreach on the Cultural and Natural Resource Connection within Grand Teton National Park , MK Ranch/UW Research Station, Grand Teton National Park. (Report)
  • August 16-18, 2005: Brucellosis Working Symposium, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
    The workshop will bring together key individuals from federal, state, academic and private sectors to formulate a Strategic Action Plan. The intent of the Strategic Action Plan is to describe the overarching framework and level of support required to: 1) develop and test enhanced vaccines for safety and efficacy in applications to bison and elk; 2) develop and test safe and effective vaccine delivery options; and 3) improve live-animal diagnostic capabilities in distinguishing seropositive from infected animals. (Agenda, Partcipant List)

    Recognizing that effective vaccines, delivery systems and diagnostic tools are part of an overall strategy to eliminate brucellosis from the GYA, the Strategic Action Plan may reference other tools, such as management techniques, that, when combined with use of effective vaccines and diagnostics, will contribute to the overall goal of elimination of brucellosis.
    news article: Scientists seek brucellosis fix     (7/17/05- Casper Star-Tribune), Scientists: Brucellosis effort needs funding (7/17/05- Casper Star-Tribune)

  • July 20-22, 2005: Integrating natural and cultural science at Grant-Kohrs Ranch for grade-school science teachers of Powell County, Montana, Deer Lodge, MT. The objectives of this science workshop is to 1) assist grade-school science teachers develop curricula relevant to the Grant-Kohrs Ranch (GRKO) and 2) to increase an appreciation for the history and relevance of this NPS site as it pertains to science and resources. This workshop is a reflection of a grass roots effort by park staff to engage positively with the local community to increase the capacity of park neighbors to understand science and its connections to resource and ranch management. Clarifying the issues, facts, and hypotheses of science derived from this experience at GRKO will help everyone understand and better communicate the role of science in resource management.
  • June 21-23, 2005, The Fourth CESU Network National Meeting, Washington, D.C. Agenda
  • May 27, 2005: Employee Training Workshop, Devils Tower National Monument, Devils Tower, WY (Agenda)
    This workshop seeks to promote staff understanding of American Indian connections with Devils Tower by conducting an on-site training with cooperators at University of Montana and the affiliated tribes. Raising cultural awareness will help park staff, including seasonal staff, interact more positively with American Indian partners. It will also aid park employees to better communicate the cultural importance of the Tower to visitors.
  • February 16-17, 2005: Rocky Mountain Cluster Resources Meeting, Lakewood, CO
    Rocky Mountain Cluster Resources Managers Meetings are held annually and are intended to share resource information among resource managers of member parks. Meetings are attended by Chiefs of Resources from the 14 Rocky Mountain Cluster parks , Kathy Tonnessen and Christine Whitacre (CESU representatives), and Steve Chaney (Superintendent’s representative). CESU Highlight: Bob Moon, Assistant Regional Director, Natural Resources and Science-Intermountain Region, presented monetary awards to Kathy Tonnessen (NPS Research Coordinator) and Christine Whitacre (NPS Cultural Resource Specialist) for engaging both cultural and natural resources with each other and the CESU.
  • January 19-21, 2005: Wilderness Stewardship in the Rockies: Let's Talk, Ecological Restoration in Wilderness, Lubrecht Experimental Forest, near Missoula, MT. This year’s workshop focused on Ecological Restoration in Wilderness. Managers, researchers & educators (representing NPS, BLM, USFS, USFWS, MT-FWP, Parks Canada, UMT, MSU, and SKC) came together to learn about restoration in wilderness, learn about recent progress in restoration research and practices, and meet some of the people involved in restoration. Special Presentation- Rick Potts, NPS National Wilderness Program Manager, presented the Wes Henry National Excellence in Wilderness Stewardship Award to Dan Burgette (Agenda, Attendee List, PowerPoints and Links to Publications.) Links to Past Wilderness Stewardship in the Rockies: Let's Talk 2004; 2003
  • November 9-10, 2004: Federal/University Internship Workshop, Utah State University, Logan, UT. Agency and university representatives will come together in Logan to discuss how to improve internships for students interested in natural and cultural resources management and science. While there are numerous people and programs working on internships, most of us work without knowledge of other programs. By bringing together people currently working with or interested in internships, we hope to build partnerships, improve the efficiency and effectiveness of existing programs, and develop the next generation of internship programs. (Agenda, Notes, Photos: Participants 1, Participants 2, Tehabi Presentation)

 
2004:
  • September 14-15, 2004: Grand Teton Resource Workshop 2004, UW-NPS Grand Teton Research Center at the AMK Ranch For information contact Megan Callahan, GRTE, at megan_callahan@nps.gov or 307-739-3480. (Agenda)
  • July 21, 2004: Rocky Mountains CESU Site Visit to USGS: Fort Collins Science Center, Fort Collins, CO. Agenda includes tour of facility and discussions with center scientist.
  • July 20, 2004: Rocky Mountains CESU Summer Executive Meeting, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY. Agenda items include: review of strategic plan, review of new membership policy, RM-CESU internship proposal, current FY04 project report. (Schedule, Agenda, Meeting Notes, Internship Proposal, Project Summary)
  • June 28-30, 2004: Monitoring Whitebark Pine For Blister Rust. This Methods Workshop will take place in the Conference Center at Holiday Inn SunSpree Resort in West Yellowstone, MT. Workshop is sponsored by the Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation, the Rocky Mountains CESU, the USDA-Forest Service and University of Montana Continuing Education.
  • June 7-9, 2004: The Effects of Lake Drawdown on Jackson Lake Workshop, Grand Teton National Park is hosting workshop to assist GRTE in establishing research priorities for assessing the effects of lake drawdown on a variety of resources, including native cutthroat trout habitat, exotic aquatic species, and the overall management of the Upper Snake River watershed. Agenda
  • April 29, 2004: NPS Research Data for Curriculum Ideas, Continental Divide Research Learning Center, Rocky Mountain National Park, Estes Park, CO. Agenda, Meeting Notes
  • Apil 14, 2004: Fire workshop on 2003 fires and fire ecology at Glacier National Park. Objective: to discuss the 2003 fires and their importance to the functioning of Glacier National Park as an ecosystem. Summary
2003:
  • November 5-7, 2003: RM-CESU "Outreach Trip" to The University of Colorado at Boulder and at Denver. The purpose of the visit is to let more people on Boulder and Denver campuses know about the CESU, to build more supporters of CESUs, and to help CESU better understand the capabilities of CU. (Boulder Agenda, Denver Agenda)
  • September 9, 2003: Wolverine and Canada Lynx Management, Research, and Cooperative Funding Opportunities in Glacier, Grand Tetons, and Yellowstone National Park. Missoula, MT (agenda, participant list, notes)
  • March 10-11, 2003: RM-CESU "Outreach Trip" to The University of Wyoming, Laramie. The RM-CESU will give a seminar, meet with students/faculty/administration, and tour departments/facilities. Representing the RM-CESU will be Perry Brown (Dean, School of Forestry, University of Montana, and RM-CESU Chair), Kathy Tonnessen (NPS RM-CESU Research Coordinator) and Lisa Gerloff (RM-CESU Executive Coordinator). Agency partners participating in the meeting include John Tolliver (USFS-RMRS), Zack Bowen (USGS), Don Simpson (BLM), and Terry Terrell (Rocky Mountain Natnl Park). (Agenda)
  • January 29-30, 2003 Exotic Weed Workshop, Bozeman, MT. Sponsored by NPS-Greater Yellowstone Network Inventory and Monitoring Program and NPS-Rocky Mountain Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit. (Agenda, participants list, meeting notes)
  • January 22-24, 2003: Wilderness Stewardship in the Rockies: Let's Talk!
    RM-CESU holds wilderness discussion at Glacier National Park on January 22-24, 2003. The workshop was designed to bring wilderness area managers together to network and share information about such topics as (1) wilderness day use management, (2) restoration and weed management, and (3) cultural diversity and perceptions of wilderness. (Agenda, Participant List, Notes from workshop)
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