Message from Dean

A new semester and a new year are upon us.  The transition from the quiet holiday season campus to the hustle and bustle of everyday activity and parking challenges is fascinating to me because it is the first time I have seen it here on the CSU campus.  We held an All-College Convocation on January 15 where all faculty and staff including the academic units, NREL, CEMML and the Colorado State Forest Service were invited to attend.  The Provost spoke to provide a brief overview of the University and I took advantage of the gathering to also provide a State of the College overview.  We continue to work on filling leadership positions throughout the College and faculty positions in individual departments.  We are looking at the President’s Stretch Goals for the University that target 50% growth in undergraduate enrollment and 100% increase in graduate student numbers, as well as a 60% increase in research funding.  A key question for all College units is what we need to do to prepare to accommodate that growth.  We have also begun a Master Teacher Initiative in WCNR to provide insights and best practice information for learning.  The Capital Campaign for the College is active as we try to increase the resources available for students, faculty and programs.  Finally, we are taking some hard looks at our infrastructure needs with a new College Facilities committee.  There are upgrades and renovations needed in virtually all our buildings  as well as attention to new facility needs across the College to create a 21st Century platform.   

Our students, faculty, scientists and staff are all engaged in addressing the vision in the College strategic Plan---“To be the global leader  in educating tomorrow’s leaders and our stakeholders in sustaining and enhancing natural resources, the environment and human well being.”  We look forward to you being engaged and being part of our team!

Joseph O'Leary,
Dean, Warner College of Natural Resources

Upcoming Warner CNR Events

Warner CNR Happenings

Dr. Joseph O'Leary, Dean WCNR, was the special guest speaker at the Celebration of 100 Years of Forestry Education at the University of New Brunswick. Joseph spoke on January 17th on the UNB campus.

Department and Program Updates

Center for the Environmental Management of Military Land (CEMML)

Dr. James A. Zeidler, CEMML Associate Director for Cultural Resources, attended the 109th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America in Chicago, IL, from January 3-6, 2008, where he participated in a Roundtable Discussion  on “Planning for Protection of Archaeological Property during Military Conflict”. The event was attended by over 36 individuals from diverse academic, non-profit (NGO), and military organizations representing seven different countries to discuss on-going cultural property protection efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan. It was hosted by Dr. Laurie Rush, Cultural Resources Program Manager at Fort Drum, NY, as part of her DoD project on in-theatre training for cultural heritage preservation for which CEMML serves as a partner.

Dr. Bill Doe, CEMML Associate Director, attended the 2007 DoD Strategic Environmental Research & Development Symposium in Washington, D.C. and presented a poster in the Natural Resources/Ecosystem-based Management focus session entitled  “Army Installations as Geographic Analogs: Testing, Training and Sustainability Considerations for Worldwide Operating Environments.” This conference assembled some 900 environmental researchers and technology developers with the defense user and regulatory communities to showcase cutting edge environmental technologies and ideas, as well as communicate the most difficult challenges of our defense establishment.

Dr. Bill Doe, CEMML Associate Director, has been invited to present as part of Colorado State’s “Focus the Nation: Global Warming Solutions for America” teach-in on 30-31 January 2008. He will discuss the potential effects of climate change on national security and  related defense responses to regional instability, as well as potential impacts on military installations in the U.S. “Focus the Nation” is a nation-wide educational initiative, involving over a thousand colleges, universities, high schools, middle schools, faith groups, civic organizations and businesses, intended to create a national conversation about global warming solutions.

Dr. Steve Warren, CEMML Director, attended the U.S. Department of Defense European Command (EUCOM) Joint Environmental Workshop on 14-18 January 2008 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

Colorado State Forest Service (CSFS)

On Jan. 14, the Colorado State Forest Service and US Forest Service announced the results of the annual forest health aerial survey. Survey results reveal that the current bark beetle infestation affected about 500,000 new acres in 2007, bringing the total number of acres of infestation up to 1.5 million since the first signs of outbreak in 1996. Dead and dying trees that were isolated to five northern Colorado counties last year can now be seen in some Front Range areas, as well as southern Wyoming. Most of the lodgepole forests in Colorado have some level of mountain pine beetle (MPB) caused tree mortality. The majority of large lodgepole pine trees have been killed and the MPB epidemic has run its course in some lodgepole pine forests.  At current rates of spread and intensification of tree mortality, the MPB likely will kill the majority of Colorado’s large-diameter lodgepole pine trees within the next 3-5 years. The survey also revealed three other emerging forest health concerns:

• Active spruce beetle outbreaks are occurring in Englemann spruce throughout Colorado. Recent wind-throw events in southern Colorado have set the stage for developing spruce beetle populations, which are being monitored. 

• Defoliating insects, such as western spruce budworm and western tent caterpillar continue at high levels in southern Colorado forests. Douglas-fir tussock moth also continues to affect trees on the Front Range.

• Aspen tree decline is being monitored and research studies have started to describe and explain these events. Many of Colorado’s aspen forests consist of mature trees that are more susceptible to natural stresses and death due to multiple damage agents including drought, defoliation, and aspen diseases.

The Colorado State Forest Service Forest Inventory Analysis (FIA) program is gearing up for another field season. FIA is a program in the Forest Management Division of the Colorado State Forest Service. The US Forest Service contracts with CSFS to collect and compile data that is used to make landscape-scale management decisions. The seven FIA crews in the state all use remote sensing, orienteering and non-destructive sampling techniques to retrieve data, which is compiled and housed at the Rocky Mountain Research Station in Ogden, Utah. FIA crews are located in Canon City, Durango, Fort Collins, Golden, Grand Junction, Montrose and Steamboat Springs.  The FIA program focuses on numerous forestry issues including biodiversity, timber growth, insects and diseases, regeneration, fuel loading, soil characteristics and wildlife habitat. Approximately 5,000 research plots are located throughout Colorado on all types of forested land. FIA foresters visit a portion of the plots once every 10 years. During the field season, the primary responsibility of FIA crews is data collection. When not in the field, inventory foresters assist CSFS Districts with a wide range of tasks in addition to pre- and post-season FIA-related work. District responsibilities include sick tree calls, wildfire mitigation and suppression, GIS, timber cruising, information and education, and writing management plans. For more information about the Forest Inventory Analysis program or to learn about job openings, contact Dave Latelle, program director, at 970-491-7284 or search for FIA on the CSFS website at www.csfs.colostate.edu.

Federal Excess Personal Property (FEPP) is property owned by the US Forest Service that is on loan to the Colorado State Forest Service for the purpose of improving wildland and rural firefighting capabilities throughout the state. Most of the property originally belonged to the Department of Defense. After the Colorado State Forest Service receives the property, the CSFS Fire Equipment Shop refurbishes the equipment and fabricates a wildland fire package including a tank, pump and foam system. When new fire engines are finished, they are placed with fire departments to improve local fire programs. The CSFS Fire Equipment Shop currently is fabricating eight six-wheeled drive trucks and fire packages to replace older trucks in the fleet. CSFS has strategically positioned approximately 140 fire engines throughout Colorado, which help improve the ability of local fire programs to protect communities and natural resources.

Colorado State University is the site of a Feb. 21st conference focusing on current activities and future trends in biomass utilization as they relate to energy. Can Forests Meet Our Energy Needs? The Future of Forest Biomass in Colorado, will be held from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. in the Lory Student Center Theater and is open to all who are interested in reducing dependence on fossil fuels and promoting forest health. Additional details and registration information is available at: http://www.colostate.edu/programs/cowood/energy/index.html. The conference is being sponsored by the Warner College of Natural Resources, Colorado Forest Restoration Institute and Colorado State Forest Service at Colorado State University; Colorado Forestry Association; Colorado Tree Farmers; Forest Products Society; Governor’s Energy Office; Society of American Foresters; and US Forest Service.

Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology (FWCB)

Colorado Natural Heritage Program’s partnership on the LandScope project was featured in the Competitive Edge, which is a monthly, online e-business newsletter that provides information on the most current issues, research, and resources that affect Colorado’s economy and the quality of life of its residents…it is put out by the President’s Office. They will provide access to information about the state’s natural areas.

Forest, Rangeland and Watershed Stewardship (FRWS)

Dr. Rick Knight was given the Quivira Coalition's Recognition for Outstanding Service to the Radical Center award in Albuquerque, NM on Saturday, January 19th. Congratulations Rick!

Human Dimensions of Natural Resources (HDNR)

Ecotourism & Ecolodge Development around the World. Arq. Hector Ceballos-Lascurain will give a presentation and show examples of recent developments in Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia, Africa and Australasia, including many architectural designs and realizations. This event is presented by International Viewpoints: Society and Conservation in the 21st Century and will take place Wednesday, February 6 from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm in the Cherokee Park Ballroom, Lory Student Center. For more information please contact Esther Duke at 970-491-2197.

HDNR is pleased to announce a Call for Presentation Proposals for Pathways to Success 2008: Integrating Human Dimensions in to Fish and Wildlife Management. Held on Sunday, September 28, 2008 till Thursday, October 2, 2008 in Estes Park, Colorado. Proposals for key findings presentations, poster sessions, and symposia are invited. This is the inaugural year of this international conference and training program focused on increasing human capacity for global human-wildlife coexistence. The program will address the myriad issues that arise as people and wildlife struggle to coexist in a sustainable and healthy manner. They invite you to join them in this critical wildlife conservation effort. Our mission is to increase professionalism and effectiveness in the human dimensions of fisheries and wildlife management field. Proposal deadline is May 1, 2008. For more information visit www.hdfwconference.org.

Center for Protected Area Management and Training
During the 2nd Latin American Protected Area Congress in Bariloche, Argentina (September 30 – October 6, 2007), the Center for Protected Area Management and Training played co-host to the first ever hemisphere-wide meeting of protected area training providers, governments, and NGOs.  This meeting brought together the 60 most influential people that are designing how the western hemisphere is going to respond to the capacity building obligations of the Convention of Biological Diversity.  CSU played a lead role in the organization and facilitation of the meeting and is a member of the continuing IUCN task force that provide input on appropriate short and long-term protected area capacity building efforts.  Financial support for this meeting was provided by the USFS International Programs Office. 

This February the Southern Mexico Training Alliance will carry out their first annual Protected Area Management course will support from CSU’s Center for Protected Area Management and Training.  Over the past 3 years, instructors for this new course have been attending the CSU Wildlands and Protected Area Management course (now in its 18th year) to study its’ components and carefully adapt it to the Mexican reality.  CSU faculty and affiliates will be guest instructors in the Mexican course.  The course is a 5-week intensive field-based course that will be used as an important component of the overall national protected areas training strategy.  Funding for the development of this course was secured by the Center for Protected Area Management and Training through USAID Mexico’s TIES program and the USFS International Programs Office.

Recently Mexican colleagues have voiced concern over the  existing gap between the generation of new knowledge by Mexican research institutions and the implementation of findings on-the-ground by national park and protected area practitioners.  Late this spring the Center for Protected Area Management and Training will bring university and agency staff from Mexico to visit CESU’s in Montana, Colorado and Arizona to analyze how this concept could be adapted for use in Mexico.  We will then provide follow-up assistance in piloting the cooperative studies unit concept between ECOSUR (our sister university) and CONANP (the Mexican Park Service) in the project area. 

Center Director, Dr. George Wallace, gave the keynote address at Mexico’s First Conference on Tourism in Mexico’s Parks and Protected Areas, held November 28-30th in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco.

Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory (NREL)

ECNU delegation visits CSU -- Five representatives from East China Normal University, Shanghai, visited CSU on 5 November 2007 to sign an International Memorandum of Understanding that will facilitate the exchange of faculty and students and develop cooperative research programs between these sister Universities during the coming years. Over the course of the day they had meetings with President Larry Penley, Dr. Tony Frank, Dr. Peter Dorhout, Dr. James Cooney and the deans and department heads from the Colleges of Warner College of Natural Resources, Education, Engineering and the Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory. Dr. Wei Gao helped to host the delegation.

Dr. Yan Song Bao (visiting scholar) is working with Dr. Wei Gao and UVMRP staff on Remote Sensing Models. He will establish an index system of monitoring changes and crop growing with MODIS and AVHRR satellite data.

Jill Baron (USGS/NREL) was elected as a Member-at-Large to the Geology and Geography section of the American Association of the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

William Durham, senior site technician of the UVMRP, represented our project at the 50th anniversary celebration of Hawaii's Mauna Loa Observatory, which included a commemoration of their 50 years of carbon dioxide measurements and NOAA's 200th anniversary.  In addition, Bill added two additional UV-B sensors to our array at the high-altitude Mauna Loa Observatory site, which will enhance our ability to monitor the calibration and stability of these aging instruments.  Also, a write-up about the Program is included in the commemorative book about the MLO facility’s 50 year history, written by Forrest Mims (who is a site operator for one of the Program’s instrument arrays at Seguin, TX).


Paul Evangelista and Greg Newman (NREL) traveled to Ethiopia to conduct a one week GIS training workshop for land mangers at Bale Mountains National Park. Their trip also involved collecting vegetation sampling points for use in ground-truthing a vegetation map for the Bale region. Meetings were also held to discuss future partnerships between CSU/NREL and Addis Ababa University.

Dr. Wei Gao, presented a talk about his research into modeling of cotton yields at the SPIE/COS Photonics Asia 2007 Conference, 11-15 November 2007, at the Jiuhua Grand Convention and Exhibition Center in Beijing, China. 

Stephen Ogle (NREL) attended a greenhouse gas inventory workshop during November sponsored by the United Nations Development Program in Banjul, The Gambia. The goal of the workshop was to improve greenhouse gas emission inventories associated with Agriculture and Land Use Change and Forestry.  Dr. Ogle provided training on national greenhouse gas inventory software, which he has developed with NREL Research Associates Mark Easter, Shannon Spencer, Steve Williams, and Amy Swan. There were inventory experts from 14 developing countries in West and Central Africa, participating in the workshop.  

In September 2007 -- Dr. Jim Slusser, senior research scientist, UVMRP, traveled to Italy, Switzerland and France for several collaborations related to his research in various aspects of UV radiation. He was co-chair of the SPIE Remote Sensing of Clouds and the Atmosphere Conference in Florence. At Davos he presented a poster about the UVMRP's ten years of UV data to the Solar UV Radiation Research Conference. In Paris, he consulted with Drs. Alain Sarkissian on a joint paper and Slimane Bekki of Service dAeronomie, on Global Warming.

In October 2007, Dr. Jim Slusser was selected by the Department of Physics at Western Michigan University to receive a College of Arts and Sciences Alumni Achievement Award.  There he presented a talk entitled, “Solar UV-B Radiation: Measurements, Models and Effects,” to the undergraduate physics club and his mentors from where he received his masters in Physics in 1980.

Tom Stohlgren (USGS/NREL), Catherine Jarnevich (USGS), and Jim Graham, Greg Newman, and Alycia Crall (NREL), will lead seminars and training workshops for “Integrating Invasive Plant Species Data in the Midwest: Solutions for Data Collection and Management,” Madison, WI on January 24-25, 2008.  Regional data managers, resource managers, researchers, and members of the National Institute of Invasive Species Science (NIISS) will discuss issues related to regional invasive species data collection, integration, and dissemination. Participants will have an opportunity to enter data into the NIISS database and create usable maps based on invasive plant location information. For additional information, please contact Alycia Crall: 970-227-3310; crall@wisc.edu, or see http://www.niiss.org.

Diana Wall (Biology/NREL) has been reappointed by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for a 3 year term as an At-Large Individual Member of the US UNESCO Commission.

Diana Wall (Biology/NREL), Breana Simmons, and Ed Ayres (NREL), and Byron Adams (Brigham Young University) have been in Antarctica since December 2007 studying the ecology of polar desert soils as part of the McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER. This is Diana's 17th year of Antarctic research. You can read about their activities on their blog: http://nemablog.wordpress.com/

Publications

Dr. Wei Gao, director of the USDA UV-B Monitoring and Research Program (UVMRP) was a contributor to the recently published 600 page tome “Global Environment Outlook (GEO-4) Environment for Development”, launched on 25 October 2007 by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).  “The GEO-4 report is a culmination of a complex global consultative process which involved some 400 individual scientists and policy makers, and more than 50 GEO Collaborating Centers and other partner institutions around the world.  [The] GEO-4 provides a comprehensive, reliable and scientifically credible, policy-relevant, up-to-date assessment of, and outlook for, the state of the global environment.”

Stephen A. Sherman, CEMML staff archaeologist, and Dr. James A. Zeidler were co-authors of a recent publication on their recent archaeological investigations of two Paleoindian localities on the Fort Riley Military Reservation in Kansas. The full reference is as follows: Johnson, William C., Stephen A. Sherman, Scott M. Hall, and James A. Zeidler.  2007.  Paleoindian-age Artifacts Recovered from a Buried Alluvial Soil in Northeastern Kansas. Current Research in the Pleistocene 24:106-108.

Dr. Steve Warren, CEMML Director, recently published an article introducing a ‘heterogeneous disturbance hypothesis’ to help explain the vastly greater biodiversity of threatened and endangered species found on military training areas as compared to lands managed by all other major land management agencies in the United States.  Similar trends are found when comparing U.S. Army training areas in Germany with national parks, etc. in that nation.  The full reference is as follows: Warren, S.D., S.W. Holbrook, D.A. Dale, N.L. Whelan,  M. Elyn, W. Grimm and A. Jentsch.  2007.  Biodiversity and the heterogeneous disturbance regime on military training lands.  Restoration Ecology 15:606-612.

Kathleen Galvin, (senior research scientist at the university's Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, or NREL); Tom Hobbs, (NREL senior research scientist); Robin Reid, (director of the Center for Collaborative Conservation); and Roy Behnke, (Macaulay Institute in Scotland) explore socio-cultural and climate changes in rangeland landscapes and include those findings in a new book Fragmentation in Semi-Arid and Arid Landscapes - Consequences for Human and Natural Systems.

Wall, D H. (NREL) 2007. Biodiversity: Extracting lessons from extreme soils. In P. Dion and C.S. Nautiyal, eds. Microbiology of Extreme Soils/. Springer Publishers, The Netherlands.

UNESCO & SCOPE (Wall, D.H., V. Behan-Pelletier, A.P. Covich and P. Snelgrove). 2007. Hidden assets: Biodiversity below-surface. UNESCO-SCOPE Policy Briefs No. 5. September, Paris.

Hunt, H.W., A.M. Treonis, D.H. Wall, and R.A. Virginia. (NREL) 2007. A mathematical model for variation in water-retention curves among sandy soils. Antarctic Science 19:427-436.

Wall, D.H. (NREL) 2007. Global Change tipping points: Above- and below-ground biotic interactions in a low diversity ecosystem. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, Biological Sciences, 362:2291-2306.

Grants and Research Projects

WCNR’s Colorado Forest Restoration Institute will receive $250,000 from Congress for 2008, thanks to the efforts of Senators Wayne Allard and Ken Salazar, as well as Representatives Marilyn Musgrave and Mark Udall.   The funding will ensure that CFRI can continue to provide the best available science for improving forest health and reducing risks of severe wildfires in Colorado.

Stephen Ogle (NREL) was awarded $898,793 from NASA for a three year project entitled “Resolving Net CO2 Exchange in the Mid-Continent Region by Comparing and Reconciling Results from Inverse Modeling and Inventory-Based Approaches.” The project is anticipated to provide the most rigorous accounting for CO2 fluxes at a regional scale to date, and improve understanding of C sources and sinks over daily to annual time scales. Co-investigators on the project include F. Jay Briedt and Dan Cooley (Dept. of Statistics); Scott Denning (Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences); Keith Paustian (Dept. of Soil and Crop Sciences/NREL); Pieter Tans, Arlyn Andrews and Adam Hirsch (NOAA); Ken Davis (Pennsylvania State Univ.); Tris West (Oak Ridge National Laboratories), and Kevin Gurney (Purdue).

Stephen Ogle (NREL) was also awarded a new five year contract from EPA for $1,302,936 for “US Soil C and N2O Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventories and Inventory Capacity-Building in Developing Countries.” The purpose of the project is to: a) conduct greenhouse gas inventories for agricultural soil C stock change and soil N2O emissions in the US; b) support reporting of these emission sources to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; and c) provide tools and training for capacity-building efforts in developing countries associated with improving agricultural and land use change and forestry emission inventories. Co-investigators include Steve Del Grosso (USDA-ARS/NREL), Keith Paustian (Dept. of Soil and Crop Sciences/NREL), Bill Parton (NREL) and F. Jay Breidt (Dept. of Statistics).

NREL Scientists Niall Hanan, Lara Prihodko, and Bill Parton, with collaborators Nadine LaPorte (Woods Hole Research Center) and Sassan Saatchi (NASA-JPL), have been awarded $791,750 over three years by the NASA Carbon Cycle Science Program for continuation of Hanan's African Carbon Exchange project (ACE-II). The project will build on earlier field and model studies in Africa, using a range of remote sensing imagery and simplified models for vegetation growth, anthropogenic disturbance, fire, and herbivory, to diagnose the vegetation dynamics and carbon storage of African ecosystems during recent decades. The models will then be used in prognostic mode to predict the vegetation dynamics, productivity and carbon storage of Africa in future decades under changing climate, land use, fire, and herbivory.

Randall Boone and Gary Wockner (NREL) received $50,000 in funding from the Colorado Division of Wildlife Habitat Partnership Program to continue their modeling applications in two program areas in western Colorado.This modeling helps stakeholders set population targets for elk and deer.Three more program areas will be modeled next year, completing model applications for all of Colorado with substantial elk and deer populations.

Cameron Aldridge (USGS/NREL) has received $135,000 in incremental funding to continue his collaborative work effort with USGS for Sagebrush Steppe Ecology.

John Moore, PI (NREL), Co-PIs Tom Stohlgren (USGS/NREL), Jim Graham (NREL), and project team members Greg Newman and Kimberly Melville-Smith (NREL) have received $22,000 from the Bohemian Foundation to put GPS and GIS into middle schools in Poudre School District.

Student Life

Upcoming Career Events:
Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences Career Fair
Wednesday, February 20, 2008, 9:30 am - 3 pm
Main Ballroom, Lory Student Center
This fair is unique opportunity for students in the fields of natural resources and agriculture to connect with employers from those fields at a single event. Learn about opportunities from employers in the public, private, and non-profit sectors. For more information or if you have questions, please contact Barbara.Diehl@colostate.edu.

Warner College of Natural Resources Networking Dinner
Sponsored by WCNR College Council
Wednesday, February 20, 2008, 7 pm
North Ballroom, Lory Student Center

Upcoming Employer Visits:
Rocky Mountain Youth Corps
February 6-7 and 20-21

Weyerhaeuser
February 6-8

The Nature Conservancy
March 6-7

Please contact Barbara.Diehl@colostate.edu if you'd like to have one of these employers visit your class or for more information.

Currently some Human Dimensions of Natural Resources students are participating in internships. Listed are where they are and the focus of their internship:
Matt Banas, Trevor Wagner, and Wes Kemp, lodging front desk - Copper Mountain Resort, CO
Mike Guerassio, desert restoration - Bureau of Land Management, El Centro, CA
Lindy Halliday, curriculum development, event planning, and market research – Global Explorers, Fort Collins, CO
Chuck Bonza, event planning – Estes Park Museum, Estes Park, CO
Sean Godbey, conference planning – US Geological Survey, Fort Collins, CO
Vanessa Hamm, sustainable tourism development – Glenwood Springs Chamber Resort Associations, CO
Akiko Okawado, revegetation studies and volunteer coordination – Denver Botanic Gardens, CO
Carrie Pfeiffer, outreach and education – Larimer County Department of Natural Resources, Loveland, CO
Alicia Robison, guest relations – Crystal Holidays, Winter Park, CO
Gabe Bouche, backcountry management – Kiwi Wilderness Walks, Southland, New Zealand
Valerie Miller, environmental education – Charles Darwin Foundation, Galapagos, Ecuador
Noelle Torrington, conservation education – Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Lake Buena Vista, FL
Jeremy Elliott, event logistics – City of Loveland, CO
Kristin Decker, outdoor activities and community relations – Fort Collins International Center, CO
Brian Lee, environmental education – Ecuadorian Rivers Institute, Napo, Ecuador
Drew Fortner, environmental management – Vail Resort, CO

Retired Faculty

Retired Faculty Luncheon
Tuesday, March 18, 2008, 11:30 am - 2:30 pm
Longs Peak Dining, Lory Student Center
If you would like further information about this event please contact Christy.Antil@colostate.edu.

The Colorado Department of Natural Resources and its Division of Reclamation and Mining has selected Dr. Ed Redente as the 2007 recipient of the Dr. James A. Pendleton Reclamation Award.  The award recognizes outstanding individuals for their significant contributions to the reclamation of mined lands in Colorado.  Dr. Redente was selected for his outstanding contributions and dedication as a teacher, researcher, author and advocate for reclamation and restoration of disturbed lands.  The award will be presented at the Colorado Mining Association Awards luncheon on February 14, 2008 in Denver.

Warner CNR Family Album