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Fish Briefs And Buckets Of Fish: Conforming Ichthyology To Needs Of Students With Natural Resource Career Paths, Thomas G. Coon, Tammy J. Newcomb Jan 1998

Fish Briefs And Buckets Of Fish: Conforming Ichthyology To Needs Of Students With Natural Resource Career Paths, Thomas G. Coon, Tammy J. Newcomb

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

Traditional ichthyology courses often focus on objectives related to fish evolution and skills required for museum work. Students in natural resource disciplines often perceive these objectives and skills as having little relevance to their future careers. In some ichthyology courses, memorization of fish taxonomy and phylogeny may outweigh emphasis on the development of critical thinking skills. Guided by objectives to develop critical thinking and information gathering skills, we have developed two instructional methods that incorporate the practical needs of students in natural resource disciplines without sacrificing important subjects in the ichthyology course offered at Michigan State University. The first method …

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Principles Of Wildlife Conservation-Testing Distance Delivery Methodologies, W. Daniel Edge, John Loegering, Penelope Diebel Jan 1998

Principles Of Wildlife Conservation-Testing Distance Delivery Methodologies, W. Daniel Edge, John Loegering, Penelope Diebel

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

In conjunction with faculty at Oregon State University, we developed a distance education course in two phases. During Phase I, conducted Spring of 1996, we used Oregon ED-NET (a simulcast satellite education system) to reach 143 students at 14 sites in Oregon. In the second phase, we offered the course nation-wide in a video format Spring term 1997 and enrolled 92 students at 13 sites. We will offer the video course again during Winter term 1998 following an expanded marketing plan. Our objectives in this paper are to present (1) course design and production information; (2) our experiences with satellite …

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Forestry Curriculum Development At Chemeketa Community College: Methods To Ensure Student Success, Ara K. Andrea, Wynn W. Cudmore Jan 1998

Forestry Curriculum Development At Chemeketa Community College: Methods To Ensure Student Success, Ara K. Andrea, Wynn W. Cudmore

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

To better prepare technicians for the future workplace, the National Science Foundation created a new program in 1994 that supported attempts to improve technical education across the nation. The Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Program promotes exemplary advanced technological education at the national and regional levels through support of curriculum development and program improvement. One of the ATE "Centers of Excellence," the Northwest Center for Sustainable Resources (NCSR), in Salem, Oregon, addresses improvement in natural resources education. Since its inception in 1995, the center has developed and revised curricula in forestry, fisheries, wildlife, and agriculture programs at five community colleges in …

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Interdisciplinary Natural Resource And Environmental Policy Program At Utah State University, Joanna Endter-Wada, Richard S. Krannich Jan 1998

Interdisciplinary Natural Resource And Environmental Policy Program At Utah State University, Joanna Endter-Wada, Richard S. Krannich

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

The Natural Resource and Environmental Policy Program at Utah State University (USU) is an interdisciplinary, graduate, educational program that has been developed since the fall of 1991. The program administers and awards a graduate certificate, sponsors invited speakers, oversees student policy presentations, and facilitates interdisciplinary collaboration. The program has earned broad, campus-wide support and participation. All eight colleges at USU supported approval of the certificate program in 1994. At present, sixteen academic units are represented on its Faculty Advisory Committee, which oversees and makes decisions about the program. Fifty graduate students from fourteen academic units have pursued the Interdisciplinary Certificate …

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Student Team Projects And Natural Resources Education: Are We Achieving Educational Objectives?, C. Paolo Ferreri, Caren E. Glotfelty, James C. Finley Jan 1998

Student Team Projects And Natural Resources Education: Are We Achieving Educational Objectives?, C. Paolo Ferreri, Caren E. Glotfelty, James C. Finley

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

As college instructors have recognized the benefits provided by cooperative and active learning, many have shifted from their traditional teaching style, dominated by lectures, to a new style where students work together and learn from each other as well as from the instructor. One strategy commonly used to implement cooperative learning in the classroom is to require students to work in teams to complete a class project. This strategy is particularly attractive to natural resources educators because natural resource issues are generally complex and interdisciplinary providing a natural setting for teaching concepts regarding natural resources ecology and management using student …

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Natural Resource Management - The Creation Of A New Interdisciplinary Major At The University Of Delaware, Steven E. Hastings, Karen Roth Aniunas Jan 1998

Natural Resource Management - The Creation Of A New Interdisciplinary Major At The University Of Delaware, Steven E. Hastings, Karen Roth Aniunas

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

The College of Agricultural Sciences at the University of Delaware has an excellent faculty and physical facility well positioned to educate students for managing the world's natural resources (air, land, water, pants, animals, etc.) into the next century. The college offers a variety of traditional, discipline specific undergraduate majors in five academic departments. A faculty committee worked for more than two years to formulate a new major with an interdisciplinary approach. The result is a new major, Natural Resource Management, which began admitting freshman students in the Fall of 1997. This paper will discuss the creation of the Natural Resource …

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Linking Senior Forestry Courses, Larry A. Leefers, Jeremy S. Fried Jan 1998

Linking Senior Forestry Courses, Larry A. Leefers, Jeremy S. Fried

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

Learning has been described as a cumulative process that allows students to build knowledge and skills as they progress through their undergraduate programs. Courses offered at the senior level usually have prerequisites, or require concurrent enrollment in other courses. In the Department of Forestry at Michigan State University, we have recently started offering two senior-level courses concurrently (rather than sequentially): Forest Management and Natural Resources Planning and Policy. In an effort to better integrate our curriculum, we are building linkages between these courses based on content (to reduce redundancy), quantitative analysis, and data sets. Forest Management is taken mostly by …

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Teaching Natural Resources 101 As Managing For Social Values And Human-Ecosystem Relationships, James J. Kennedy Jan 1998

Teaching Natural Resources 101 As Managing For Social Values And Human-Ecosystem Relationships, James J. Kennedy

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

From the beginning lecture in their Principles of Natural Resource Management course, College of Natural Resources students at Utah State University (e.g., wildlife/fisheries managers, foresters, geographers, rangeland managers or environmental studies majors) are taught that they will not just manage for ecosystems and not just for people, but for valued relationships between the two (Brunson and Kennedy 1995, Koch and Kennedy 1991). These people-ecosystem relationships generate social values that are communicated to managers by interrelated economic, sociocultural and political/legal systems for society living and (to a lesser extent) for generations of humans and other life-forms yet to be born. How …

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Education's Role In Sustainable Development: Uganda's Kibale National Park, R. J. Lilieholm, K. B. Paul, T. L. Sharik, R. Loether Jan 1998

Education's Role In Sustainable Development: Uganda's Kibale National Park, R. J. Lilieholm, K. B. Paul, T. L. Sharik, R. Loether

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

Kibale National Park (KNP), located in western Uganda, offers a rich diversity of tropical flora and fauna. The Park’s mid-altitude, moist tropical forest supports 11 of Uganda’s 20 non-human primate species, some of which occur in very high densities. The region around KNP is home to seven national parks and numerous protected areas. Located within KNP is the Makerere University Biological Field Station (MUBFS), with an extensive 25-year research history and a mandate to assist KNP in protecting the ecosystems of the region through management-relevant research. While KNP and MUBFS have received much visibility within Uganda, East Africa and the …

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Student Authoring, Editing And Electronic Publishing, Aaron N. Moen, Spencer R. Hall, Thomas N. Moen Jan 1998

Student Authoring, Editing And Electronic Publishing, Aaron N. Moen, Spencer R. Hall, Thomas N. Moen

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

Millions of term papers have been written by college seniors who will be writing reports and publications as part of their professional responsibilities soon after graduation. While most term papers are graded and returned to student authors, a former student shared the observation that "nothing less than an 'A' is acceptable on the job." Writing assignments can be made more meaningful by giving student authors responsibility for their writing similar to those professionals have; their work will be edited, read and used by others. Student papers were first published on the Department's Cooperative Learning Center (CLC) local area network in …

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Kenya Model: Development And Implementation Of An Overseas Study Course On African Wildlife Ecology And Management, Kelly F. Millenbah, Henry Campa Iii, Scott R. Winterstein, Perez M. Olindo, Chiaki Nakamura Jan 1998

Kenya Model: Development And Implementation Of An Overseas Study Course On African Wildlife Ecology And Management, Kelly F. Millenbah, Henry Campa Iii, Scott R. Winterstein, Perez M. Olindo, Chiaki Nakamura

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

The brochure declares: "What better place to study a diversity of wildlife species and ecosystems than Kenya's spectacular National Parks and Conservation Areas?" Enticing! Exhilarating! A once in a life time experience! African Wildlife Ecology and Management in Kenya is an intensive two and a half week overseas study program offered by Michigan State University's (MSU) Department of Fisheries and Wildlife. Through this hands-on experience, students apply wildlife management principles to issues in Kenya's National Parks and Conservation Areas. Planning and coordination of this course requires a year's worth of thoughtful preparation in order to provide students with a dynamic …

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Promoting The Scholarship Of Teaching: Results Of A Workshop On Enhancing Education In Wildlife Conservation, Mark R. Ryan, Henry Campa Jan 1998

Promoting The Scholarship Of Teaching: Results Of A Workshop On Enhancing Education In Wildlife Conservation, Mark R. Ryan, Henry Campa

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

We describe the justification, format, and assessment of a workshop "Enhancing Education in Wildlife Ecology, Conservation, Management: An Exchange of Ideas" facilitated at the Wildlife Society's Fourth Annual Conference. The workshop was designed to meet the professional development needs of college and university wildlife educators. Over 80 participants from academic and agency backgrounds attended a keynote address and breakout sessions to discuss pedagogical techniques and approaches to teaching specific wildlife course content. Breakout sessions on active learning in large classrooms, constructed controversies, and using writing in the classroom were identified by most participants as most important. The diverse backgrounds of …

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Assessing The Wildlife Information Needs Of Forestry Professionals, Policy Makers, And Natural Resource Educators, Nancy A. Boriack, Edward C. Jensen, W. Daniel Edge Jan 1998

Assessing The Wildlife Information Needs Of Forestry Professionals, Policy Makers, And Natural Resource Educators, Nancy A. Boriack, Edward C. Jensen, W. Daniel Edge

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

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Proceedings Of The Second Biennial Conference On University Education In Natural Resources, Carla G. Heister Jan 1998

Proceedings Of The Second Biennial Conference On University Education In Natural Resources, Carla G. Heister

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

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Pbl - Making Natural Resource Education Really Real, Bob Ford Jan 1998

Pbl - Making Natural Resource Education Really Real, Bob Ford

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

A major concern in education today is making the student learning experience relevant to facilitate workforce readiness. Problem-Based Learning (PBL) is an instructional format which actively engages students in the learning process by requiring them to solve real-life problems (Arambula-Greenfield 1996, Norman and Schmidt 1992). Often times, however, the real-life experiences used are hypothetical and, as a result, simplify the problem to the point that the realness of the problem no longer exists (Nolan and Nolan 1997). Natural resource educators can make PBL activities real by having students work with local park and natural resource agencies to solve natural resource …

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Audio Tapes Vs. Interactive Computer Software For Studying Bird Songs: The Value Of Active Learning, Mark R. Ryan, Bruce D. Dugger Jan 1998

Audio Tapes Vs. Interactive Computer Software For Studying Bird Songs: The Value Of Active Learning, Mark R. Ryan, Bruce D. Dugger

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

We tested the use of audio tapes versus interactive computer software for learning of bird songs by undergraduate students at the University of Missouri. Overall final grades did not differ between semesters when audio tapes or computer software were used to study bird songs. Mean song quiz scores were higher (21.63 vs 19.48; 25 maximum, P=0.04) and mean quiz score variances lower (0.49 vs. 0.75, P=0.007) when students had access to interactive computer software than when they used audio tapes to study bird songs. Key factors affecting improved student performance seemed to be higher student interactions and peer teaching activity, …

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Tree Of The Month: A Mentored, Web-Based Learning Experience, Edward C. Jensen Jan 1998

Tree Of The Month: A Mentored, Web-Based Learning Experience, Edward C. Jensen

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

In Fall 1996 the College of Forestry at Oregon State University conducted a student-led retreat to discuss the need for mentoring in the university environment. It was attended by undergraduate and graduate students, by faculty and staff, and by a few members of the local professional community. We discussed what mentoring is (different things to different people), who needs it (we all do, but in differing amounts), who can provide it (we all can, but in different situations), and what college administrators can do to foster it (fund it!). The key idea that I took away from the retreat is …

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Research And Training Opportunities At Makerere University Biological Field Station Located In Uganda's Kibale National Park, R. J. Lilieholm, T. L. Sharik, K. B. Paul Jan 1998

Research And Training Opportunities At Makerere University Biological Field Station Located In Uganda's Kibale National Park, R. J. Lilieholm, T. L. Sharik, K. B. Paul

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

Makerere University’s Biological Field Station (MUBFS), located in western Uganda’s Kibale National Park, offers excellent research and training opportunities in the physical, biological, and social sciences. This region of East Africa has exceptional natural and cultural resources, and is home to seven national parks and numerous protected areas. The Station can accommodate researchers and trainees year-round, and offers a wide range of facilities and services, including lodging, meals, laundry, phone, fax, e-mail, a library, and limited transportation and computer access. MUBFS is easily accessible, has a strong 25-year research record, and an extensive forest trail system. Uganda’s stable democratic system, …

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Integration Of Ethics Into A Forestry Curriculum, David K. Lewis, Thomas Kuzmic, Edwin L. Miller Jan 1998

Integration Of Ethics Into A Forestry Curriculum, David K. Lewis, Thomas Kuzmic, Edwin L. Miller

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

Following a comprehensive review of their forestry curriculum in 1995, the Oklahoma State University Forestry Faculty elected to modify the way professional ethics are formally addressed. The modifications involve three courses. An introduction of ethics and their role in natural resource management is presented to freshman in an introductory course. This provides a framework for learning and applying the science and practices of the Forestry Profession in the context of an ethical philosophy. Students address ethics a second time between their sophomore and junior years. This happens during the initial summer camp course where students are exposed to philosophical and …

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University-Based Courses In Human Dimensions Of Fish & Wildlife Management In The United States Of America: A Preliminary Inventory And Investigation, Donna L. Minnis, Robert A. Robertson, Judy Silverburg, Peter Pekins Jan 1998

University-Based Courses In Human Dimensions Of Fish & Wildlife Management In The United States Of America: A Preliminary Inventory And Investigation, Donna L. Minnis, Robert A. Robertson, Judy Silverburg, Peter Pekins

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

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Trees Of The Pacific Northwest: A Web-Based Approach To Forestry Education, Elizabeth A. Littlefield, Edward C. Jensen Jan 1998

Trees Of The Pacific Northwest: A Web-Based Approach To Forestry Education, Elizabeth A. Littlefield, Edward C. Jensen

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

Tree identification is a powerful vehicle for introducing people of varying ages and backgrounds to natural resources. For some it's a rewarding and delightful end in itself; for others it provides an important first step into the issues and practices of natural resource management. For most, it's an empowering skill they can share with others. For many, it's a black box process, filled with obscure terms, uncertain choices, and hidden characteristics.

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Development And Testing Of Innovative Learning Techniques In Woody Plant Identification And Tree Biology, John R. Seiler, John A. Peterson Jan 1998

Development And Testing Of Innovative Learning Techniques In Woody Plant Identification And Tree Biology, John R. Seiler, John A. Peterson

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

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Huckleberry Story: Building A Bridge Between Culture And Science, Bodie K. Shaw, Edward C. Jensen Jan 1998

Huckleberry Story: Building A Bridge Between Culture And Science, Bodie K. Shaw, Edward C. Jensen

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

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Commensal Rodents: Wildlife Damage Management Series, Terry A. Messmer, B. C. West Jan 1998

Commensal Rodents: Wildlife Damage Management Series, Terry A. Messmer, B. C. West

Wildland Resources Faculty Publications

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General Catalog 1998-2000, Utah State University Jan 1998

General Catalog 1998-2000, Utah State University

University Catalogs

Contains course descriptions, University college calendar, and college administration.

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Adding Nutrients To Enhance The Growth Of Endangered Sockeye Salmon: Trophic Transfer In An Oligotrophic Lake, Phaedra E. Budy, Chris Luecke, Wayne A. Wurtsbaugh Jan 1998

Adding Nutrients To Enhance The Growth Of Endangered Sockeye Salmon: Trophic Transfer In An Oligotrophic Lake, Phaedra E. Budy, Chris Luecke, Wayne A. Wurtsbaugh

Watershed Sciences Faculty Publications

Snake River sockeye salmon Oncorhynchus nerka, listed under U.S. law as endangered in 1991 in response to a decline in anadromous adult numbers, spend their first 1–2 years in Redfish Lake, Idaho, before migrating to the sea. To determine how nutrient enhancement might influence phytoplankton, zooplankton, and fish production, we performed fertilization experiments in large enclosures in this oligotrophic lake using juvenile kokanee (lacustrine O. nerka) as analogues for endangered sockeye salmon. Fertilization of the metalimnion substantially increased chlorophyll a (150%), phytoplankton biovolume (75%), primary productivity (250%), and zooplankton biomass (200%), and moderately increased fish growth (12%) over our control …

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Logging In Alaska's Boreal Forest: Creation Of Grasslands Or Enhancement Of Moose Habitat, William B. Collins, Charles C. Schwartz Jan 1998

Logging In Alaska's Boreal Forest: Creation Of Grasslands Or Enhancement Of Moose Habitat, William B. Collins, Charles C. Schwartz

Aspen Bibliography

Timber harvest in Alaska’s boreal forest can greatly enhance or severely reduce moose (Alces alces) habitat quality, depending on forest management objectives, timing and methods of harvest, and post-logging site preparation. Overstory removal associated with timely exposure of mineral soil favors establishment of early successional hardwoods important as moose browse. A combination of clear-cutting and soil scarification on mesic sites mimics fire, windfall, and fluvial erosion, important natural forces that drive regeneration of the boreal forest. When cut during dormancy, aspen (Populus tremuloides) and balsam poplar (P. balsamifera) Regenerate prolifically by root and stump …

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Woodpeckers: Wildlife Damage Management Series, Terry A. Messmer, G. W. Wiscomb Jan 1998

Woodpeckers: Wildlife Damage Management Series, Terry A. Messmer, G. W. Wiscomb

Wildland Resources Faculty Publications

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Pocket Gophers: Wildlife Damage Management Series, Terry A. Messmer, G. W. Wiscomb Jan 1998

Pocket Gophers: Wildlife Damage Management Series, Terry A. Messmer, G. W. Wiscomb

Wildland Resources Faculty Publications

Pocket gophers are medium-sized fossorial (burrowing) rodents, which have external fur-lined pouches located on the outside of their mouths. They use the pouches to carry food, hence the name "pocket" gopher. There are 35 species of pocket gophers in North and South America. Pocket gophers are sometimes confused with moles because of their similar burrowing activities. Moles, however, are smaller and lack cheek pouches.

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Controlled Environment Potentiostat To Study Solid-Aqueous Systems, R A. Petrie, P. R. Grossl, Ronald C. Sims Jan 1998

Controlled Environment Potentiostat To Study Solid-Aqueous Systems, R A. Petrie, P. R. Grossl, Ronald C. Sims

Biological Engineering Faculty Publications

We designed a redox apparatus that controls electropotenial (Eh), pH, and temperature. The apparatus is fully automated and can be assembled from equipment found in most soil analytical laboratories. The reactor can maintain environmental conditions used to evaluate the chemical fate of contaminants under natural conditions (natural attenuation) or adjust them to a new steady state to evaluate the effect of engineered remediation on a subsurface system. It can operate within a wide range of redox potential values (−400 to 400 mV) and at any pH value. The stability and accuracy of the instrument was tested by performing Eh-pH titrations …

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