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Clemson University Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management partnership with Hartwell Lake
In 2009, the Corps and Clemson University signed an MOU to cooperate in areas of facility planning, educational outreach, data collection, program development, materials publication, and educational activities. An example of a project completed by students in this program was to design the Volunteer Village for Hartwell Lake. Four groups of 5 students were given a budget, location, and Corps design standards. The groups presented their proposals and were graded on their presentations. The Corps was able to use some of the students ideas in the final facility design and construction.
Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units
The Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (CESU) Network is a national consortium of federal agencies, academic institutions, tribal, state, and local governments, nongovernmental conservation organizations, and other partners working together to support informed public trust resource stewardship. The CESU Network includes nearly 300 partners, including 13 federal agencies, in 17 CESUs representing biogeographic regions encompassing all 50 states and U.S. territories. The CESU Network is well positioned as a platform to support research, technical assistance, education and capacity building that is responsive to long-standing and contemporary science and resource management priorities.
The 17 CESUs bring together scientists, resource managers, students, and other conservation professionals, drawing upon expertise from across the biological, physical, social, cultural, and engineering disciplines (from Anthropology to Zoology) to conduct collaborative and interdisciplinary applied projects that address natural and cultural heritage resource issues at multiple scales and in an ecosystem context. Each CESU is structured as a working collaborative with participation from numerous federal and nonfederal institutional partners. CESUs are based at host universities and focused on a particular biogeographic region of the country.
- CESU interagency MOU, Oct 2012
- CESU District Process for Initiating a CESU Project through ERDC
- MVR: Mississippi River Project Statement of Interest for Bird Usage Summary and Analysis of Bottomland Forest Management Areas in Pool 13 and 18 of the Upper Mississippi River, July 2015
- MVR: Mississippi River Project Cooperative Agreement for Bird Usage Summary and Analysis of Bottomland Forest Management Areas in Pool 13 and 18 of the Upper Mississippi River, September 2015
- MVS: Rivers Project Melvin Price L&D and Lewis and Clark Community College Cooperative Agreement - Japanese Hops Control and Management, 2011
- MVS: Rivers Project Office and Cornell University Cooperative Agreement - Citizen Science Avian Monitoring, 2011
- MVS: Pool 13 and 18 of the Upper Mississippi River Cooperative Agreement - Bird usage summary and analysis of bottomland forest management areas
- MVS: Pool 13 and 18 of the Upper Mississippi River Statement of Interest for Bird Usage Summary, 2016
- NWP: John Day Statement of Interest for Evaluating Flora and Fauna Diversity, May 2016
- NWP: John Day Request for Full Proposal to U of W, May 2016
- NWP: John Day Full Proposal from U of W, August 2016
- NWP: John Day Technical Cost Evaluation, August 2016
- NWP: John Day Cooperative Agreement with U of W, September 2016
- NWP: Willamette Valley Project Cooperative Agreement for Pollinator Studies with Institute for Applied Ecology, March 2019
- NWP: Willamette Valley Project Cooperative Agreement for Pollinator Studies with Center for Natural Lands Management, April 2019
- NWP: Willamette Valley Project Cooperative Agreement for Archaeological Research with Nevada System of Higher Education, March 2019
- NWP: Willamette Valley Project Pollinator Studies Report, July 2019
- NWP: Willamette Valley Project CESU Process
- NWP: Willamette Valley Project Statement of Interest for Archaeological Research
- NWP: Willamette Valley Project Statement of Interest for Pollinator Studies
- SAW: Falls and Jordan Lakes Evaluation of Terrestrial Vegetation Management Techniques
- SAW: Wilmington District Lakes Evaluation of Aquatic Vegetation Management Techniques
Juniata College and Raystown Lake Field Station
The Raystown Field Station provides exceptional hands-on opportunities for Juniata College students and faculty in environmental research and education. The station also serves the local community by offering environmental education opportunities for visitors to Raystown Lake. The Raystown Field Station was established by Juniata College and the Corps of Engineers in 1974 to provide special opportunities for environmental research and education at the 29,000 acre Raystown Lake Project. The 365 acre reserve lies in the valley and ridge province of central Pennsylvania and offers visitors access to the various aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems of this unique region.
LRB: Mount Morris and SUNY Geneseo invasive species removal partnership
LRP: Conemaugh River Lake and Indiana University of Pennsylvania part for cultural resource/archaeological surveys
MVK: DeGray Lake and Henderson University fish habitat partnership video
MVK: Ouachita partners with volunteers from Lake Hamilton School to stuff water safety bags
MVS: Lake Shelbyville and Okaw Valley school agricultural partnership video
MVS: Lake Shelbyville junior high and high school Eco-Meet, Oct 2022
MVS: Mark Twain Lake and Western Illinois University Trail Partnership
NAB: Raystown Lake and Juniata College Successful Turtle Mound program
NAE: Cape Cod Canal and Upper Cape Cod Regional Tech School partnership for environmental stewardship, 2024
NAP: 2023 Blue Marsh assists high school STEM team with winning competition project
NWO: University of Nebraska- USACE partner on Water Jamboree
NWS: Chief Joseph and Utah State University beaver dam analogues
NWS: Lake Washington Ship Canal and UW rowing team partnership to clear Montlake Cut
NWW: Walla Walla District and Washington State University MOU, 2015
Partnership between Appalachian State University and W. Kerr Scott Reservoir
SAD Water Safety PDT partnership with SE Universities for Water Safety Outreach
SWT: Innovations team partners with Corps Foundation and SW Oklahoma State University for ranger apps
SWT: Innovations Team partnership with SWOSU- USA Today Special USACE edition article, 2020
Teaching Environmental Science to Local Teachers
