Email:Edward.Redente@colostate.edu
B.A. Geography and Biology Western
Michigan
University 1972
M.S. Range Science Colorado
State
University 1974
Ph.D. Range Science Colorado
State
University 1980
1974 – 1976 Environmental Engineer, Utah International Inc., San Francisco, CA
1976 – 1980 Research Associate, Range Science Department, Colorado State University
1980 – 1984 Assistant Professor, Range Science Department, Colorado State University
1984 – 1988 Associate Professor, Range Science Department, Colorado State University
1988 – 2007 Professor, Rangeland Ecosystem Science Department, Colorado State University
1996 – 2007 Director, Center for Ecological Risk Assessment and Management, Colorado
State
University
2002—2005 Head of Forest, Rangeland, and Watershed Stewardship Department, Colorado State University
2003—2006 Associate Dean for Research, College of Natural Resources, Colorado State University
2005—2006 Interim Associate Vice President for Research, Colorado
State
University
2006—2007 Interim Dean, Warner
College of Natural Resources, Colorado
State
University
2007—Pres. Professor Emeritus, Warner
College of Natural Resources, Colorado
State
University
2007—2010. Vice President and Principal Ecologist, MWH Americas, Inc., Fort Collins, CO
Outstanding Professor of the Year 1982 Range Science Department, CSU
Outstanding Faculty Award 1992 College of Natural Resources, CSU
Outstanding Professor of the Year 1994 Range Science Department, CSU
Outstanding Achievement Award 1994 Society for Range Management
Outstanding Faculty Award 1998 College of Natural Resources, CSU
Favorite Professor Award 2000 CNR
College Student Council, CSU
Outstanding Professor Award 2000 College of Natural Resources, CSU
Outstanding Undergrad. Teacher 2001 Society for Range Management
Outstanding Professor of the Year 2002 Range Science Department, CSU
University Dist. Teaching Scholar 2003 Colorado
State
University
Theodore M. Sperry Award 2007 Society for Ecological Restoration
James A. Pendleton Award 2008 Colorado Division of Reclamation and Mining
1989-1990 Governor's Commission on Mountain Scars to address issues of mining scars along front range of Colorado
1999 Nomination to the National
Academy of Sciences’ Committee on Hardrock Mining on Federal Lands
National
· U.S. Department of Energy Oil Shale Task Force, 1980-1985
· U.S. Department of Energy Oil Shale Executive Committee, 1980-85
· Executive Committee for DOE's Arid Lands Ecology Program, 1985-1990
· American Society for Surface Mining and Reclamation, National Meeting Organizational Committee, 1986
· Society for Range Management, Annual Meeting Planning Committee, 1992-1994
· Editorial Board, Arid Soil Research and Rehabilitation, 1998-2001
· Editorial Board, Arid Land Research and Management, 2001-2006
1979 Ecological Society of America/AIBS Symposium, Tucson, AZ
1980 U.S. Department of Energy, Second US DOE Environmental Control Symposium, Reston, VA
1980 U.S. Department of Energy, Oil Shale Environmental Challenges I Symposium, Vail, CO
1981 U.S. Department of Energy, Oil Shale Environmental Challenges II Symposium, Vail, CO
1982 National
Academy of Sciences, National Research Council, Workshop of Oil Shale Research Needs, Denver, CO
1983 American Association for the Advancement of Science, Annual Meeting, Detroit, MI
1984 2nd International Rangeland Congress, Adelaide, Australia
1985 American Society for Surface Mining and Reclamation, Denver, CO
1985 14th International Grassland Congress, Kyoto, Japan
1986 High Altitude Revegetation Workshop, Fort Collins, CO
1986 American Association for the Advancement of Science, Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA
1987 XIV International Botanical Congress, West Berlin, Germany
1988 III International Rangeland Congress, New Delhi, India
1990 George Wright Society, 6th Conference on Research and Management in the National Parks, El Paso, TX
1991 American Society for Surface Mining and Reclamation, Annual Meeting, Durango, CO
1992 Symposium on Ecological Management and Restoration of Intermountain Annual Rangelands, Boise, ID
1993 Symposium on Forest Research, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
1994 High Altitude Revegetation Workshop, Fort Collins, CO
1994 Peruvian Ministry of Energy and Mines, Cerro De Pasco, Peru
1998 Montana
State
University, Distinguished Scientists Series, Bozeman, MT
1999 6th International Rangeland Congress, Townsville, Australia
1999 Geological Society of America, Denver, CO
2000 High Altitude Revegetation Workshop, Fort Collins, CO
2000 Colorado Section, Society for Range Management, Annual Meeting, Fort Collins, CO
2001 Society for Range Management, Annual Meeting, Kona, HI
2003 Society for Range Management, Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT
2004 EPA Hazardous Substance
Research
Center Meeting, Las Vegas, NV
2005 American Society of Mining and Reclamation, Breckenridge, CO
Total number of postdoctoral candidates mentored: 6
CONTRACT WORK (abbreviated list)
1978-1990 U.S. Department of Energy
1978-1981 CF&I Steel Corporation, ($100,000)
1980-1983 Mining and Minerals Resources Research Institute (USDI)
1984-1986 National Science Foundation
1988-1992 National Park Service
1991-1994 Pintlar Corporation/EPA
1991-1993 EPA
1991-1994 City of Fort Collins
1993-1995 Los Alamos National Laboratory
1993-1997 USDA-CSRS
1994-1996 EPA
1993-1997 Mesa Verde National Park
1994-2000 USFWS
1995-2004 Colorado Department of Health & Environment/EPA
1997-2000 USDA
1998-2002 EPA
2000-2003 DoD
2003-2005 EPA—Hazardous Substance
Research
Center
2004-2005 NPS/RMNP
2005-2009 Williams Co.
1990-2010 Idarado Mining Co.
2003-2010 Molycorp and Chevron Mining, Inc.
2005-2010 PacifiCorp
2007-2010 AREVA, Inc.
COUNTRIES VISITED ON SHORT-TERM ASSIGNMENTS
Australia, Austria, Brazil, China, Germany, Hungary, India, Japan, and Peru
PUBLICATIONS (abbreviated list)
Journal Articles
Redente, Edward F., and F. Brent Reeves. 1981. Interaction between VA mycorrhiza and Rhizobium and their effect on sweetvetch growth. Soil Sci. 132:410-415.
Redente, Edward F. 1981. Reclaiming oil shale disturbances. Western Wildl. 7:35-37.Redente, Edward F. 1982. Sweetvetch seed germination. J. Range Manage. 35:469-472.
Redente, E. F., C. B. Mount, and W. J. Ruzzo. 1982. Vegetation composition and production as affected by soil thickness over retorted oil shale. Reclam. Reveg. Res. 1:109-122
Doerr, T. B., E. F. Redente, and T. E. Sievers. 1983. Effect of cultural practices on seeded plant communities on intensively disturbed soils. J. Range Manage. 36:423-428
Doerr, T. B., and E. F. Redente. 1983. Seeded plant community changes on intensively disturbed soils as affected by cultural practices. Reclam. Reveg. Res. 2:13-24.
Fulbright, Timothy E., Edward F. Redente, and A. M. Wilson. 1983. Germination requirements of green needlegrass (Stipa viridula Trin.). J. Range Manage. 36:390-394.
Doerr, Ted B., E. F. Redente, and F. B. Reeves. 1984. Effects of soil disturbance on plant succession and levels of mycorrhizal fungi in a sagebrush-grassland community. J. Range Manage. 37:135-139.
Fulbright, Timothy E., A. M. Wilson, and E. F. Redente. 1984. Effects of temporary dehydration on growth of green needlegrass (Stipa viridula Trin.) seedlings. J. Range Manage. 37:462-464.
Grygiel, C. E., C. D. Bonham, and E. F. Redente. 1984. Combined effects of environmental and agronomic factors on the invasion patterns of Sphaeralcea coccinea onto a reseeded site. Phytologia 56:145-153.
Hargis, Norman E., and Edward F. Redente. 1984. Soil handling practices in the western United States. J. Soil Water Conserv. 39:300-305.
Redente, Edward F., Ted B. Doerr, Carolyn E. Grygiel, and Mario E. Biondini. 1984. Vegetation establishment and succession on disturbed soils in northwest Colorado. Reclam. Reveg. Res. 3:153-165.
Biondini, M. E., C. D. Bonham, and E. F. Redente. 1985. Relationships between induced successional patterns and soil biological activity of reclaimed areas. Recl. Reveg. Res. 3:323-342.
Biondini, Mario E., Charles D. Bonham, and Edward F. Redente. 1985. Secondary successional patterns in a sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) community as they relate to soil disturbance and soil biological activity. Vegetation 60:25-36.
Fulbright, T. E., A. M. Wilson, and E. F. Redente. 1985. Green needlegrass (Stipa viridula Trin.) seedling morphology in relation to planting depth. J. Range Manage. 38:262-265.
Fulbright, Timothy, E., A. M. Wilson, and Edward Redente. 1985. Green needlegrass and blue grama seedling growth in controlled environments. J. Range Manage. 38:410-414.
Redente, Edward F., and Norman E. Hargis. 1985. An evaluation of soil thickness and manipulation of soil and spoil for reclaiming mined land in northwest Colorado. Recl. Reveg. Res. 4:17-29.
Stark, John M., and Edward F. Redente. 1985. Soil-plant diversity relationships on a disturbed site in Colorado. Soil Sci. Soc. Amer. J. 49:1028-1034.
Biondini, M. E., and E. F. Redente. 1986. Interactive effect of stimulus and stress on plant community diversity in reclaimed lands. Recl. and Reveg. Res. 4:211-222.
Grygiel, Carolyn E., Charles D. Bonham, and Edward F. Redente. 1986. Invasion pattern mapping of non-seeded species on a shallowly disturbed seeded site. The Prairie Naturalist 18:1-18.
Reddy, K. J., W. L. Lindsay, F. W. Boyle, and E. F. Redente. 1986. Solubility relationships and mineral transformations associated with recarbonation of retorted shales. J. Envir. Qual. 15:129-133.
Stark, John M., and E. F. Redente. 1986. Trace element and salt movement in retorted oil shale disposal sites. J. Environ. Qual. 15:282-288.
Metzger, W. C., D. A. Klein, and E. F. Redente. 1986. Bacterial physiological diversity in the rhizosphere of range plants in response to retorted shale stress. Appl. Envir. Microbiol. 52:765-770.
Redente, Edward F. 1986. Influence of restoration practices on plant community development in the semiarid west. Note in Restoration and Mgmt. Notes 4:40.
Redente, Edward F. 1986. Influence of soil disturbance on native plant community development and mycorrhizal fungi. Note in Restoration and Mgmt. Notes 4:40.
Stark, John M., and E. F. Redente. 1987. Production potential of stockpiled topsoil, Soil Sci. 144:72-76.
Ogle, Philip R. and Edward F. Redente. 1988. Plant succession on surface mined lands in the West. Rangelands 10:37-42.
Biondini, M. E., D. A. Klein, and E. F. Redente. 1988. Carbon and nitrogen losses through root exudation by Agropyron cristatum, A. smithii, and Bouteloua gracilis and their potential contribution to N cycling. Soil Biol. and Biochem. 20:477-482.
Biondini, M. E., P. W. Mielke, and E. F. Redente. 1988. Permutation techniques based on euclidean analysis spaces: a new and powerful statistical method for ecological research. Coenoses 3:155-174.
Klein, D. A., B. A. Frederick, and E. F. Redente. 1989. Fertilizer effects on microbial communities and organic matter in the rhizosphere of Sitanion hystrix and Agropyron smithii. Arid Soil Res. and Rehab. 3:397-404.
Redente, Edward F., Mario E. Biondini, and John C. Moore. 1989. Productivity dynamics of a crested wheatgrass (Agropyron cristatum) and native shortgrass ecosystem in southern Wyoming. J. Range Manage. 42:113-118.
Stark, John M., and Edward F. Redente. 1990. Plant uptake and cycling of trace elements on retorted oil shale disposal piles. J. Envir. Qual. 19:495-501.
Carpenter, Alan T., John C. Moore, and Edward F. Redente. 1990. Plant community structural dynamics in relation to nutrient addition following a major disturbance in a semi-arid ecosystem. Plant and Soil 126:91-99.
Stark, J. M. and E. F. Redente. 1990. Copper fertilization to prevent molybdenosis on retorted shale disposal piles. J. Envir. Qual. 19:502-504.
McLendon, T. and E. F. Redente. 1990. Secondary succession patterns following soil disturbance in a sagebrush steppe community. Oecologia 85:293-300.
Hunt, H. W., M. J. Trlica, E. F. Redente, J. C. Moore, J. K. Detling, T. G. F. Kittel, D. E. Walter, M. C. Fowler, D. A. Klein, and E. T. Elliott. 1991. Simulation model for the effects of climate change on temperate grassland ecosystems. Ecological Modelling 53:205-246.
Cotts, N. R., E. F. Redente, and R. Schiller. 1991. Restoration methods for abandoned roads at lower elevations in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. Arid Soil Research and Rehabilitation 5:235-249.
McLendon, T. and E. F. Redente. 1991. Nitrogen and phosphorus effects on secondary succession dynamics on a semi-arid sagebrush site. Ecology 72:2016-2024.
Redente, E. F., J. E. Friedlander, and T. McLendon. 1992. Response of early and late successional species to nutrient gradients. Plant and Soil 140:127-135.
McLendon, Terry and Edward F. Redente. 1992. Effects of nitrogen limitation on secondary succession dynamics on a semiarid sagebrush site. Oecologia 91:312-317.
Hoffmann, L. A., E. F. Redente, and L. C. McEwen. 1994. Rodent granivory: A trophic constraint on the establishment of seeded shortgrass. Ecological Applications 5:200-208.
Cook, C. Wayne and E. F. Redente. 1993. Development of the ranching industry in Colorado. Rangelands 15:204-207.
Harris-Pierce, R. L., E. F. Redente, and K. A. Barbarick. 1994. Sewage sludge application effects on runoff water quality in a semiarid grassland. J. Enir. Quality 24:112-115.
Richard, C. E. and E. F. Redente. 1995. Nitrogen and phosphorus effects on blue grama and buffalograss interactions. J. Range Manage. 48:417-422.
Klein, Donald A., T. McLendon, M. W. Paschke, and E. F. Redente. 1995. Saprophytic fungal-bacterial biomass variations in successional communities of a semiarid steppe ecosystem. Biol. Fert. Soils 19:253-256.
Klein, D. A., T. McLendon, M. W. Paschke, and E. F. Redente. 1996. Nitrogen availability and fungal-bacterial responses in successional semiarid steppe soils. Arid Soil Res. and Rehab. 10:321-332.
Redente, E. F. and J. L. Richards. 1997. The effect of lime and fertilizer amendments on plant growth in smelter impacted soils in Montana, USA. Arid Soil Res. and Rehab. 11:353-366.
Redente, E. F., T. McLendon, and W. Agnew. 1997. Influence of topsoil depth on plant community dynamics of a seeded site in northwest Colorado. Arid Soil Res. and Rehab. 11:139-149.
Bowerman, Andrew G. and Edward F. Redente. 1998. Biointrusion of protective barriers as hazardous waste sites. J. Envir. Quality 27:625-632.
Horn, Blaine E. and Edward F. Redente. 1998. Soil nitrogen and plant cover of an old-field on the shortgrass steppe in southeastern Colorado. Arid Soil Res. and Rehab. 12:193-206.
Klein, D. A., M. W. Paschke, and E. F. Redente. 1998. Assessment of fungal-bacterial development in successional shortgrass steppe by direct integration of chloroform-fumigation extraction and microscopically derived data. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 30:573-581.
Pierce, B. L., E. F. Redente, K. A. Barbarick, R. B. Brobst, and P. Hegeman. 1998. Plant biomass and elemental changes in shrubland forages following biosolids application. J. Environmental Quality 27:789-794.
Levy, David B., E. F. Redente, and G. D. Uphoff. 1999. Phytotoxicity assessment of native grasses growing in Pb-Zn tailings Tri-State Mining District, USA. Soil Science 164:363-375.
Ippolito, J. A., K. A. Barbarick, and E. F. Redente. 1999. Co-application effects of water treatment residuals and biosolids on two range grasses. J. Environmental Quality 28:1644-1650.
Redente, E. F. and W. R. Keammerer. 1999. Use of native plants for mined land reclamation. p. 957-961. In D. Eldridge and D. Freudenberger eds. People and Rangelands Building the Future. VI International Rangeland Congress. Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
Stevenson, Bryan, Terry McLendon, and Edward F. Redente. 2000. Effects of soil fumigation and seeding regimes on secondary succession in a semiarid shrubland. Arid Soil Res. And Rehab. 14:87-99.
Paschke, Mark W., Terry McLendon, and Edward F. Redente. 2000. Nitrogen availability and old-field succession in a shortgrass steppe. Ecosystems 3:144-158.
Paschke, Mark W., Claire DeLeo, and Edward F. Redente. 2000. Revegetation of roadcut slopes in Mesa
Verde
National Park. Restoration Ecology 8:276-282.
Paschke, Mark W., Claire DeLeo, and Edward F. Redente. 2000. Revegetation of roadcut slopes in Mesa
Verde
National Park. Restoration Ecology 8:276-282.
Paschke, Mark W., Edward F. Redente, and David B. Levy. 2000. Zinc toxicity thresholds for important reclamation grass species of the western United States. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 19:2751-2756.
Sydnor, Russell S. and Edward F. Redente. 2000. Long-term plant community development on topsoil treatments overlying a phytotoxic growth medium. J. Environmental Quality 29:1778-1786.
Grantham, W. P., E. F. Redente, C. F. Bagley, and M. W. Paschke. 2001. Tracked vehicle impacts to vegetation structure and wind erodability of soils. J. Range Manage. 54:711-716.
Newman, G. J. And E. F. Redente. 2001. Long-term plant community development asinfluenced by revegetation techniques. J. Range Manage. 54:717-724.
Meyer, V. A., E. F. Redente, K. A. Barbarick, and B. Brobst. 2001. Biosolids applications affect runoff water quality following forest fire. J. Environmental Quality 30:1528-1532.
Redente, E. F., H. Zadeh, and M. W. Paschke. 2002. Phytotoxicity of smelter-impacted soils in southwest Montana, USA. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 21:269-274.
Ippolito, J.A., K. A. Barbarick, and E. F. Redente. 2002. Combinations of water treatment residuals and biosolids affect two range grasses. Commun. Soil Science Plant Anal. 33:831-844.
Winter-Sydnor, M. E. and E. F. Redente 2002. Reclamation of high-elevation acidic mine waste with organic amendments and topsoil. J. Environmental Quality 31:1528-1537.
Paschke, Mark W. and Edward F. Redente. 2002. Copper toxicity thresholds for important reclamation grass species of the western United States. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 21:2692-2697.
Paschke, M. W., E. F. Redente, and S. L. Brown. 2003. Biology and establishment of mountainshrubs on mining disturbances in the Rocky Mountains, USA. Land Degradation & Development 14:459-480.
Ippolito, J.A., K.A. Barbarick, D.M. Heil, J.P. Chandler, and E.F. Redente. 2003. Phosphorus retention mechanisms of a water treatment residual. J. Environ. Qual. 32:1857-1864.
Lair, Kenneth D. and Edward F. Redente. 2004. Influence of auxin and sulfonylurea herbicides on seeded native communities. J. Range Management 57:211-218.
Barbarick, K.A., K. G. Doxtader, E. F. Redente, and R. B. Brobst. 2004. Biosolids effects on microbial activity in shrubland and grassland soils. Soil Science 169:176-187.
Meyer, V. F., E. F. Redente, K. A. Barbarick, R. B. Brobst, M. W. Paschke, and A. L. Miller2004. Plant and soil responses to biosolids application following forest fire. J.Environmental Quality (33:873-881).
Paschke, M.W., A. Valdecantos and E.F. Redente. 2005. Manganese toxicity thresholds for important restoration grass species of the Western United States. Environmental Pollution 135:313-322.
Ippolito, J. A., E. F. Redente, and K.A. Barbarick. 2005. Amendment effects on pH and salt content of bauxite residue. Soil Science 170:832-841.
Paschke, M.W., K. Topper, R.B. Brobst and E.F. Redente. 2005. Long-term effects of biosolids on revegetation of disturbed sagebrush steppe in Northwestern Colorado. Restoration Ecology 13:545-551.
Paschke, Mark W., Laura G. Perry, and E.F. Redente. 2006. Zinc toxicity thresholds for reclamation forb species. Water, Air and Soil Pollution. 170:317-330.
Meiman, P.J., E.F. Redente and M.W. Paschke. 2006. The role of the native soil community in the invasion ecology of spotted (Centaurea maculosa auct. non Lam.) and diffuse (C. diffusa Lam.) knapweed. Applied Soil Ecology 32:77-88.
Paschke, Mark W., Alejandro Valdencantos, and Edward F. Redente. 2009. Manganesetoxicity thresholds for important reclamation forb species of the western United States. J. Environmental Quality (accepted).
Meiman, Paul J., Edward F. Redente and Mark W. Paschke. 2009. Diffuse knapweed (Centaurea diffusa Lam.) seedling emergence and establishment in a Colorado grassland. Plant Ecology 201:631-638.
Perry, Laura, Dana Blumenthal, Thomas Monaco, Mark Paschke, and Edward Redente. 2010. Immobilizing nitrogen to control plant invasion. Oecologia (in press).
Book Chapters
Redente, E. F., W. J. Ruzzo, C. Wayne Cook, and W. A. Berg. 1980. Retorted oil shale characteristics and reclamation, p. 169-200. In K. K. Peterson, ed. Oil Shale, The Environmental Challenges. Colorado
School of Mines Press, Golden.
Redente, E. F., and T. B. Doerr. 1982. Revegetation research on retorted oil shale materials, p. 215-244. In Kathy Kellogg Peterson, ed. Oil Shale, The Environmental Challenges II. Colorado
School of Mines Press, Golden.
Klein, D. A., D. L. Sorenson, and E. F. Redente. 1985. Soil enzymatic approaches to oil shale reclamation, p. 141-171. In R. L. Tate and D. A. Klein, eds. Soil Reclamation Processes. Microbiological Analyses and Applications. Marcel Dekker, Inc.
Smith, Peter L., Edward F. Redente, and Everett Hooper. 1987. Soil organic matter, p. 185-214. In R. Dean Williams and Gerald E. Schuman, eds. Reclaiming Mine Soils and Overburden in the Western United States, Analytic Parameters and Procedures. Soil Conservation Society of America. Ankeny, Iowa.
DePuit, Edward J., and Edward F. Redente. 1988. Ecosystem dynamics on reconstructed semiarid lands, p. 162-204. In Edith Allen, ed. Reclamation of Disturbed Arid Ecosystems. Westview Press.
Redente, Edward F., and Edward J. DePuit. 1988. Reclamation of drastically disturbed rangelands, p. 559-584. In Paul T. Tueller, ed. Vegetation Science Applications for Rangelands Analysis and Management. Kluwer Academic Pub.
Reeves, F. B., and E. F. Redente. 1990. The importance of mutualism in succession, p. 423-442. In J. Skujins, ed. Semiarid Lands and Deserts: Soil Resource and Reclamation. Marcel Dekker, Inc.
Biondini, M. E., P. W. Mielke, Jr., and E. F. Redente. 1991. Permutation techniques based on euclidean analysis space: a new and powerful statistical method for ecological research, p. 221-240. In E. Feoli and L. Orloci, eds. Handbook of Vegetation Science: Computer Assisted Vegetation Analysis. Kluwer Academic Pub.
Redente, E. F. and R. I. Barnhisel. 2000. Reclamation of oil shales. p. 775-799. In R. I. Barnhisel, W. L. Daniels, and R. G. Darmody, eds. Reclamation of Drastically Disturbed Lands. American Society of Agronomy. Madison, WI.
Schuman, Gerald and Edward F. Redente. 2002. Rehabilitation of mined surfaces. p. 147-156 In Grice, A. C. and K. C. Hodgkinson, eds. Global Rangelands, Progress and Prospects. CABI Publishing, New York, NY.