Pacific Northwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)

Washington State University

TECHNICAL REPRESENTATIVE    
Allyson Beall King
Director
Associate Professor
School of the Environment
College of Arts and Sciences
College of Agriculture, Human and Natural Resource Sciences
Washington State University
Office: (509) 335-4037
abeall@wsu.edu
COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS
Kim Small
Operations Manager
Sponsored Programs Services
Washington State University
240 French Administration Bldg
PO Box 641025
Pullman, WA 99164-1025
Phone: (509) 335-2047
kksmall@wsu.edu


Matthew Michener
Grant and Contract Manager
Office of Research Support andOperations
Lighty Student Services Bldg, Room
280
PO Box 641060
Washington State University
Pullman, WA 99164-1060
Phone: (509) 335-1960
matthew.michener@wsu.edu
orso@wsu.edu

Key Research, Technical Assistance, and Education Strengths

  • Graduate degrees (M.S. and M.N.R) in Natural Resource Sciences with programs in five areas that include ecophysiology and intensive culture of forest trees, conservation biology and ecological restoration, habitat, nutritional and population ecology of terrestrial wildlife, rangeland ecology and management, social and economic dimensions of natural resources.  Ph.D. degrees are offered through the interdepartmental program in Environmental Sciences in each of the five program areas.
  • Expertise exists in aquatic ecology and limnology, forest ecology and management, rangeland ecology and management, watershed science and management, and wildlife ecology and management.
  • Departmental research facilities include eight faculty research laboratories dedicated to aquatic ecology and limnology, wildlife foraging ecology, wildlife nutritional ecology, avian ecology, habitat/population ecology, tree ecophysiology, rangeland plant ecology, and natural resource social science.  Extension/outreach facilities focus on forestland, rangeland, watershed (upland/riparian), and wildlife systems.  Extension/outreach centers include WSU-Puyallup Research and Extension Center, E.H. Steffen Center (Pullman), Bear Research/Education/Conservation Center (Pullman), Small Mammal Research Facility (Pullman), Palouse-Kramer Natural Area, Wildlife Habitat Nutrition Laboratory (Pullman), and the Colockum Multiple Use Unit (Wenatchee).
  • Collaborating research programs and facilities include the Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Northwest Watershed Research Center, UI College of Natural Resources, USDA Forest Science Laboratory of the Rocky Mountain Research Station (laboratories in Logan, Utah; Moscow, Idaho; Reno, Nevada; and Wenatchee, Washington), UW College of Forest Resources, WSU Water Research Center, and others.
  • Outreach/extension and technical assistance interactions include the Rocky Mountain CESU, Pacific Northwest CESU, Alliance for Natural Resource Research, Education and Management in the Northern Rockies, Natural Resources Institute, Rural Technology Initiative, Farm Forestry, CROP, and Watershed Regions and Councils.

Washington State University website

Washington State University Department of Natural Resources Science website