| Course ID: | PRTM 5410/7410-5410L/7410L. 3 hours. 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. |
| Course Title: | Stewardship and Protection of Natural Resources |
Course
Description: | Throughout the world public support for the preservation and
conservation of our natural environment and, in particular,
wilderness, wildlands, and protected natural resource areas
remains very strong. This course will address stewardship and
management issues facing protected natural resources areas in
North America and in other parts of the world. |
| Oasis Title: | Steward and Protect of Nat Res |
| Prerequisite: | FANR 3400-3400D or PRTM 3310 or FANR 4202/6202-4202D/6202D |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | 1. Understand the origins, concepts and scope of wilderness,
wildlands, and protected natural resource areas
2. Become familiar with the various agencies responsible for
the stewardship and management of wilderness, wildlands, and
protected natural resource areas
3. Be able to understand and utilize particular human
dimensions and social science theories and tools related to the
stewardship and management of wilderness, wildlands and
protected natural resource areas
4. Be able to understand and utilize particular human
dimensions and social science theories and tools related to
understanding how the public view our wilderness, wildlands and
protected natural resource areas
5. Understand leave-no-trace ethics and related skills
6. Be aware of the various issues (e.g., social, biological,
political, etc.) affecting the stewardship and management of
wilderness, wildands, and protected natural resource areas and
any possible solutions to these issues |
| Topical Outline: | Origins and development of the NWPS
Wilderness Act
Ecological impacts
Wilderness planning: LAC
Measurements and monitoring
Wilderness education and minimum impact skills
Federal and non-federal agency stewardship
Wilderness user characteristics
Field measurements and trip to RCWA
Wilderness recreation management
International concepts
Wilderness ethics
Project report and presentation |