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3.00 Credits
Two hours of lecture, two hours of laboratory, 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 servicelearning 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, as well as the unit management planning process. 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. Lectures concurrent with FOR 475, additional lectures, reading, and data analysis required. Spring. Prerequisite: graduate standing, instructor permission. 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. Environmental, social, and economic impacts. One-day field trip. Graduate level readings, assignments, and exams. 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. The major components of this course are: 1) how to apply a theoretical construct to create operational definitions used in social science, 2) identification of the interdisciplinary approaches/theories used to investigate social/ recreation behavior, and 3) a comparison of the various methods used in social research. Students have the opportunity to apply class objectives to their personal research. Fall. Prerequisite: graduate standing, instructor permission.
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3.00 Credits
Three hours of lecture per week and one, two-day, overnight field trip. Reviews the state and federal legislation and agency policies that frame the planning and management of public lands designated as wilderness or wildlands. Emphasizes the use of wilderness research information for adaptive management approaches to stewardship of and planning for protection of natural resources and human values. 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, development of a research paper on urban forestry. Spring. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. 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. Critically analyze common law environmental remedies, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, hazardous waste, and other environmental laws. Fall. Prerequisite: 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. Analysis and application of natural resource law agencies and public administration peer-review literature. Spring. Prerequisite: A course in American government, 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. Analysis and application of natural resources law research and commentary. Spring. Prerequisites: FOR 665 or FOR 488/688 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
Six hours of discussion, seminar and group project laboratory work per week. Individual and team projects on policy and management to demonstrate the integration of principles and concepts. Oral and written presentations required. Spring. Pre- or co-requisites: FOR 560, CMN 531.
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