Spring 2024

This course is a survey of basic issues and concepts in natural resource management and the environment in Native communities using integrated case studies that survey all the major varieties of environmental issues in Indian Country in the 21st century. A central theme will be developing tribally-specific solutions to rebuilding the resiliency of degraded ecosystems. We will consider particular case studies such as: tribal sovereignty, land tenure, reserved rights and Native claims; Native knowledge systems and Western science; co-management and restoration; water; fish and wildlife; agriculture and rangeland management; energy, mining and nuclear waste; and global climate change.

Introduction to remote sensing principles, techniques, and applications, designed principally for those with no background in the field.

[Taught Spring semester in even-numbered years] The functional ecology and dynamics of biogeographically diverse savanna, shrubland and woodland ecosystems will be examined. Interactions among co-occurring life forms and growth forms will be emphasized with in the context of climate, soils and disturbance.

General techniques for managing, reclaiming, and restoring vegetation on rangelands and woodlands will be addressed with a focus on local and regional management. Students will work to develop solutions through chemical, biological, mechanical, and cultural land treatments. Graduate-level requirements include a research paper on an aspect of range land improvements.

This course is a survey of basic issues and concepts in natural resource management and the environment in Native communities using integrated case studies that survey all the major varieties of environmental issues in Indian Country in the 21st century. A central theme will be developing tribally-specific solutions to rebuilding the resiliency of degraded ecosystems. We will consider particular case studies such as: tribal sovereignty, land tenure, reserved rights and Native claims; Native knowledge systems and Western science; co-management and restoration; water; fish and wildlife; agriculture and rangeland management; energy, mining and nuclear waste; and global climate change. Graduate-level requirements include Increased length of writing assignments.

This course examines the underlying ecologic and economic principles of how rangeland herbivores interact with their environment and how understanding these interactions can be applied to the management of grazing animals and the environments they inhabit. Emphasis is placed on the scientific basis for grazing management decisions of wild and domesticated ungulate herbivores that can be planned to accomplish a variety of outcomes. Focus will be on western rangelands in the U.S. but the basic ecologic and economic concepts you will learn have applicability to most arid and semi-arid rangeland ecosystems throughout the world. Graduate students will develop and present one PowerPoint lecture that summarizes a topic concerning "Integrated Rangeland Ecology and Management."

General techniques for managing, reclaiming, and restoring vegetation on rangelands and woodlands will be addressed with a focus on local and regional management. Students will work to develop solutions through chemical, biological, mechanical, and cultural land treatments.

This course is a survey of basic issues and concepts in natural resource management and the environment in Native communities using integrated case studies that survey all the major varieties of environmental issues in Indian Country in the 21st century. A central theme will be developing tribally-specific solutions to rebuilding the resiliency of degraded ecosystems. We will consider particular case studies such as: tribal sovereignty, land tenure, reserved rights and Native claims; Native knowledge systems and Western science; co-management and restoration; water; fish and wildlife; agriculture and rangeland management; energy, mining and nuclear waste; and global climate change.

This course examines the underlying ecologic and economic principles of how rangeland herbivores interact with their environment and how understanding these interactions can be applied to the management of grazing animals and the environments they inhabit. Emphasis is placed on the scientific basis for grazing management decisions of wild and domesticated ungulate herbivores that can be planned to accomplish a variety of outcomes. Focus will be on western rangelands in the U.S. but the basic ecologic and economic concepts you will learn have applicability to most arid and semi-arid rangeland ecosystems throughout the world.

Structure and function of western U.S. range land plant communities focusing on vegetation dynamics and anthropogenic influences. Laboratory includes classroom and field identification of communities and plant species.