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3.00 Credits
Three hours of lecture per week. Analysis of roles of government in natural resources policy. Examination of policy process model as applied to natural resources. Analysis of private lands, public lands, forest, wildlife, endangered species, water, fire, certification, and sustainability policies. Focus is on U.S. natural resources policies. Spring.
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Two hours of lecture, two hours of lab, and one hour of independent study per week. Planning, designing, and managing outdoor recreation facilities such as trails and campgrounds within forest and other natural resource recreation areas. This service-learning course provides an outdoor recreation area planning experience through community and/or organizational service. Emphasis is on the functional relationship between facility design and unit management planning. Spring. Prerequisite: FOR 372. Note: Credit will not be granted for both FOR 473 and FOR 673.
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3.00 Credits
Three hours of lecture per week and a one-day field trip. Applies sociological and psychological concepts to: 1) individual preferences for recreation activities and settings, 2) description of recreation visitor behavior, 3) sources of management problems, 4) developing direct and indirect visitor management practices, and 5) recreation planning decisions necessary to manage recreation settings and experiences. Students have the opportunity to apply concepts to personal recreation experiences. Spring. Prerequisite: FOR 372 or equivalent. Note: Credit will not be granted for both FOR 475 and FOR 675.
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3.00 Credits
Three hours of instruction per week. Overview of ecotourism and nature tourism programs and efforts around the world. Community, business, and organizational structures necessary for managing ecotourism and nature tourism programs are discussed, as are related environmental, social, and economic impacts. One-day field trip. Fall. Prerequisite: FOR 372. Note: Credit will not be granted for both FOR 476 and FOR 676.
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3.00 Credits
Three hours of lecture per week. One, two-day, overnight field trip. Review of the state and federal legislation and agency policies that frame the planning and management of public lands designated as wilderness or wildlands. Emphasizes stewardship and management for protection of natural resources and human values. Concepts include carrying capacity, preservation of ecological conditions and processes, visitor management, dispersed recreation management, human values and benefits, and planning frameworks. Fall. Prerequisite: FOR 372 or equivalent. Note: Credit will not be granted for both FOR 478 and FOR 678.
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3.00 Credits
Three hours of lecture per week. Evaluation and management of urban greenspace resources, with emphasis on urban trees, in the context of other values and management processes in urban areas. Class practice in evaluating urban greenspace and tree resources. Spring. Prerequisite: Junior or senior status in any Forest and Natural Resources Management programs or permission of instructor for juniors and seniors in other programs. Note: Credit will not be granted for both FOR 480 and FOR 680.
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3.00 Credits
Three hours of lecture per week. Introduction to the approaches used in U.S. environmental law. Analysis of common law and statutory designs and strategies used to address environmental problems. Examination of common law environmental remedies, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, hazardous waste, and other environmental laws. Fall. Prerequisite: Junior standing and course in American government or American history. Note: Credit will not be granted for both FOR 487 and FOR 687.
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3.00 Credits
Three hours of lecture per week. Advanced examination of the public agencies responsible for the management of natural resources and the political and legal constraints on their powers and procedures. Analysis of agency rule making, agency adjudication, disclosure of information, political controls over agencies, judicial review of agency action, and laws administered by natural resource agencies. Spring. Prerequisite: Junior or senior status and a course in American government or American history, or natural resources or environmental policy. Note: Credit will not be granted for both FOR 488 and FOR 688.
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3.00 Credits
Three hours of lecture per week. An introduction to the law governing the management of natural resources. Examination of the history and constitutional basis of natural resources law, wildlife and biodiversity law, protected lands law, water law, rangelands law, minerals law, and forest law. Spring. Prerequisites: Junior or senior status and FOR 465 or FOR 488 or a course in American government, natural resources or environmental policy, environmental law. Note: Credit will not be granted for both FOR 489 and FOR 689.
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3.00 Credits
One hour of lecture, three hours of laboratory, and three hours of supervised work per week. This capstone course emphasizes the assimilation, integration, and interpretation of the biophysical and socioeconomic sciences. It provides students with the opportunity to integrate skills and knowledge accumulated from professional and supporting coursework. A written comprehensive management plan, also presented orally in the field and classroom, provides the central vehicle by which students demonstrate their abilities as future natural resource managers. Spring. Prerequisite: Senior status in Forest and Natural Resources Management.
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