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CSS 496 - Monitoring
Impacts in Protected Areas & Wilderness
Course Syllabus --
Spring 2013
| Instructor:
Professor Ed Krumpe, Ph.D. |
Office:
CNR 19J |
Phone:
885-7428
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Office Hours:
2:30-3:30 p.m.
T & TH. or by app't.
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Class
Meeting Time and Place:
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9:30--10:45 a.m.
Tuesday & Thursday
CNR Room 25
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| Course
Homepage: |
http://www.cnr.uidaho.edu/css496 |
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Course Objectives:
Upon successful completion
of this course a student will be able to:
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Identify
and describe how on-site and off-site human activities impact wilderness &
natural conditions.
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Discuss
why human impacts in protected areas are important to managers, visitors and scientists.
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| 3. |
Describe
the role of monitoring in wilderness management.
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| 4. |
Design
and know how to implement a wilderness monitoring program.
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Identify indicators which could be used to monitor wilderness conditions
and describe the information obtained from monitoring these indicators. |
| 6. |
Identify
minimum-impact practices and describe how these practices reduce wilderness impacts.
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Identify
management strategies to reduce wilderness impacts. |
These student learning objectives directly relate to the Department’s overall
Program Learning Objectives as indicated:
CSS Program Learning Objectives
| Communicate Sensibly: Create and practice effective
oral, written, and graphic communication with diverse audiences,
especially stakeholders in conservation. |
Supportive |
| Develop Plans and Solve Problems: Apply appropriate
theoretical and applied frameworks from the social and management
sciences to practice field level conservation, and nature-based
recreation and tourism management. |
Central |
| Engage People and Lead: Employ effective and
principled leadership practices, persuasive communication approaches,
formal and non-formal education techniques, and/or collaborative
processes to bring together a diversity of perspectives to address
concerns of the publics associated with conservation and sustainability.
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Supportive |
| Evaluate and Use Basic Social Science Research:
Gather, critically evaluate and use appropriate scientific research
materials (e.g., scientific sources, secondary socio-demographic data)
and employ selected methodologies (e.g., survey research, and
observation) specific to social science aspects of conservation.
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Central |
| Recognize Conservation Policy: Identify
and understand the development of policy and the application of
regulations used in conservation planning and management at various
landscape levels (e.g., land parcel, community, region, ecosystem,
watershed, or a cultural landscape). |
Supportive |
| Use Hard and Soft Technological Applications:
Analyze, interpret, respond to, and be able to use current technologies
(e.g., GPS, GIS, statistical packages, environmental and social
assessment techniques, and word processing software) in creating,
managing, and delivering conservation programs. |
Central |
| Use Planning and Management Principles to solve
problems: Use sound management skills and processes (e.g., appropriate
theoretical and applied frameworks, decision making, and strategic
planning) to productively address conservation problems and deliver
results. |
Central |
Optional Text:
Hammitt,
W.E. and D.N. Cole. 1998. Wildland
Recreation--Ecology and Management. John
Wiley and Sons. NY.
Cole,
David N. 1989.
Low-impact Recreational Practices for Wilderness and Backcountry.
Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-265. Ogden,
UT: U.S.D.A., Forest Service,
Intermountain Research Station. 131
p.
As
needed, additional reading material will be posted on the Course Homepage in a
password-protected web page.
Class Format:
Classroom sessions will be a combination of lectures and discussions.
Students are strongly encouraged to ask questions and offer personal
field experiences. It is your
responsibility to have read the required readings before
class and be ready to contribute to class discussions.
Due to the importance of discussions, class attendance is required unless
prior arrangements are made.
Overheads, presentations and videos will also be used to illustrate lectures.
Guest speakers will be worked into the class schedule at their
convenience. To really understand
field-level wilderness monitoring you just need to get out and do it; thus one
all-day field trip will be held, weather permitting.
Supplemental material for this course comes from research completed at
the University of Idaho and is available in the following reference:
Merigliano,
L. 1987.
Identifying and Evaluating Indicators to Monitor Wilderness Conditions.
MS Thesis, University of Idaho. Moscow,
ID.
| Course Requirements |
Percent of grade |
| Midterm exam
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15% |
| Monitoring program exercises (five steps)
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35% |
| Research report (including in-class presentation)
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25% |
| Class participation
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10% |
| Final exam
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15% |
Grading Scale:
90--100 = A
80--89 = B
70--79 = C 60--69 = D
below 60 = F
A = Exceptional, does truly
outstanding work
B = Above average; does
above and beyond minimum requirements
C = Average; does all that
is required satisfactorily
D = Below average; does not
meet minimum standards
F = Failing; unacceptable
performance
FINAL EXAM: Monday, May 6, 2013, 7:30-9:30 a.m. CNR Room 25
Reasonable accommodations are available for students who have documented
temporary or permanent disabilities. All accommodations must be approved through
Disability Support Services located in the Idaho Commons Building, Room 306 in
order to notify your instructor(s) as soon as possible regarding accommodations
needed for the course.
Phone: 885-6307 Email: dss@uidaho.edu
Webpage:
http://www.uidaho.edu/studentaffairs/taap/dss
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