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Day
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Date
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Topic
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Reading
Assignment
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Thurs.
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Jan.
10
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Introduction
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Tues.
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Jan.
15
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Human
Impacts--Magnitude, Significance & Acceptability |
Hammitt & Cole Ch.1
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Thurs.
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Jan.
17
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What is monitoring? (vs inventories, surveillance,
baselines, & surveys)
(in-class exercise)
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Cole, David N. 1989.
Wilderness campsite monitoring methods: a sourcebook.
pp 1-10
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Tues.
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Jan.
22
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Why monitor indicators?
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Criteria to Guide Selection of Indicators
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Thurs.
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Jan.
24
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A perspective on wilderness impacts
What is wilderness? Review of Wilderness management
principles
Desired wilderness conditions
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Recreation Carrying Capacity--Fact or Fiction?
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Tues.
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Jan.
29
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The role of monitoring and indicators
A Wilderness monitoring process:
The Limits of Acceptable Change
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Watson
& Cole.
1992. LAC indicators: an evaluation of progress and list of proposed
indicators. AND
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Thurs.
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Jan. 31
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Impact Patterns and Trends
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Hammitt & Cole
Ch. 6 &
Ch. 7
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Tues.
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Feb.
5
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Study Day -- No Class
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Thurs.
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Feb. 7
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The Role of the Public & Non-profits in Wilderness
Monitoring.
Guest: Rob Mason, Executive Dir Selway Bitterroot Frank Church
Foundation & Eric Melson, Program Director
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Hammitt & Cole
Ch. 2 AND
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Tues.
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Feb. 12
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Wilderness Character Monitoring
Guest Speakers:
Dr. Troy Hall--A National PerspectiveJesse
Engebretson--Applying WCM in Two National Parks |
Hammitt & Cole
Ch.10
AND
USFS. 2005. Frequently
asked questions about the national Framework for monitoring wilderness
character
2005.
Monitoring selected conditions
related to Wilderness character: a national framework. USDA
RMRS-GTR-151
pp 1-20
Wilderness Character Monitoring web site |
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Thurs.
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Feb. 14
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Monitoring impacts to soil
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Cole,
David N. 1991. Trampling disturbance and recovery of cryptogamic soil
crusts in Grand Canyon National Park.
Herrick, J.E. & T.L. Jones. 2002. A dynamic cone
penetrometer for measuring soil penetration resistance |
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Tues.
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Feb. 19
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NPS Inventory & Monitoring Program &
NPS Vital Signs Monitoring Program
Guest speaker: Gordon Dicus, NPS, UCBN Vital Signs program |
http://science.nature.nps.gov/im/units/ucbn/
Park Vital Signs Monitoring Brochure
http://science.nature.nps.gov/im/index.cfm
http://science.nature.nps.gov/im/networks.cfm
Monitoring Park Conditions 2008 |
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Thurs.
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Feb. 21
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Nature of vegetation impacts
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Hammitt & Cole
Ch. 3
AND
Understanding
and Managing Invasive Plants in Wilderness and Other Natural Areas |
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Tues.
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Feb. 26
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Monitoring Vegetation impacts & Multi-parameter Campsite
Impact Index |
Cole, David N. 1989. Area of vegetation loss: a new index
of campsite impact.
(Download from Lecture Notes) Table 8:
Indicators to monitor vegetation conditions & Campsite Impact Form 1 & 2
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Thurs.
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Feb. 28
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Review of vegetation indicators Monitoring
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Stark -- Exotic Weed Species (download from Lecture notes)
Winward, Alma H. 2000.
Monitoring the vegetation resources in riparian areas.
Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRSGTR-47. |
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Tues.
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March 5
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Midterm Exam
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Thurs.
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March 7
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Nature of aquatic impacts
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Hammitt & Cole Ch. 5
Davis, Minshall, Robinson, Landres. 2001. Monitoring
wilderness stream ecosystems. pp 1-12
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March 11 and 14
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Spring Break !!
Go out and enjoy the outdoors!
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None
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Tues.
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March 19
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Aquatic indicators, continued
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Temple, Kenneth L.; Camper, Anne K.; Lucas, Robert C. 1982.
Potential health hazard from human wastes in wilderness. Journal of
Soil and Water Conservation 37(6): 357-359.
Temple, Kenneth L.; Camper, Anne K.; McFeters, Gordon
A. 1980.
Survival of two enterobacteria in feces buried in soil under field
conditions. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 40(4): 794-797.
Cilimburg, A. 2000.
Wildland Recreation and Human Waste: A Review of Problems, Practices,
and Concerns. Environmental Management Vol. 25, No. 6, pp. 587–598.
Lachapelle, P. 2000.
Sanitation in Wilderness: Balancing Minimum Tool Policies and Wilderness
Values. USDA Forest Service Proceedings RMRS-P-15-VOL-5.
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Thurs.
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March 21
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Aquatic indicators conclusion
Air Quality Monitoring
Monitoring Protocol Assignment explained
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Landres, Meyer, Matthews. 2001. The Wilderness Act and
fish stocking: an overview of legislation, judicial interpretation, and
agency implementation
Blett, & Porter. 2000. Air Pollution-Related Lichen Monitoring in
National Parks, Forests, and Refuges
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Tues.
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March 26
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Nature of impacts on wildlife Review of wildlife indicators
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Hammitt & Cole Ch. 4
Cole & Landres,
Indirect effects of recreation on wildlife
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Thurs.
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March 28
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Wildlife impacts
continued |
Hammitt & Cole
Ch. 8
Table 7: Indicators to monitor selected wildlife/fish species in
Wilderness
Piliod, D.S. and C.R. Peterson.
2001. Local and Landscape Effects of Introduced Trout on Amphibians in
Historically Fishless Watersheds. Ecosystems: 4:322-333.
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Tues.
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April
2
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Monitoring recreation experience indicators
Troy Hall (Video
Presentation)
Research Paper Topic
Due |
Hall, Troy; Cole, David. 2000.
An Expanded Perspective on Displacement: A Longitudinal Study of Visitors to
Two Wildernesses in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon.
Watson, Cole,Turner, Reynolds. 2000. Wilderness recreation use
estimation: a handbook of methods and systems |
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Thurs.
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April
4
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Aircraft Overflights/Noise
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Kariel, HG. 1990.
Factors affecting response to noise in outdoor recreational
environments. The Canadian Geographer, 34(2),. 142-149.
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Tues.
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April 9
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Fire, Wildfire, & Fire Suppression
Student Presentations of exercise
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Parsons, David J. 2000. The Challenge of Restoring
Natural Fire to Wilderness. |
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Thurs.
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April 11 |
Evaluating indicators
Setting
up field experiments |
Cole Sourcebook INT-259 |
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Tues.
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April 16
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Designing a monitoring program
Long term data management
Monitoring Protocols
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Cole, Sourcebook
INT-259
Oakley, K. L., L. P. Thomas, and S. G. Fancy.
2003. Guidelines for long-term monitoring protocols
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Thurs.
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April 18
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Monitoring Air Quality
Monitoring
Protocol Assignment due
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Sign-up for times |
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Saturday
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April 20
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Potential FIELD TRIP
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Tues.
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April 23
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Student Presentations of
indicator protocols |
Roxann--soil
Britnee P--group encounters
Susie--PAOT
Jesse--Natural Soundscape |
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Thurs.
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April 25
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Student Presentations of
indicator protocols |
Caleb--vegetation indicators
Dylan--Air quality & smoke
Kaillie--vegetation, grazing, stubble |
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Tues.
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April 30
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Student Presentations of
indicator protocols
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Brittney H--winter recreation & subnivean impacts
Keith--wildlife harassment
Paul--soil compaction & pack animals
Mathew--invasives in waterways
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Thurs.
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May 2
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Student Presentations of
indicator protocols
Management strategies for dealing with impacts
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Jack--noxious weeds Selway Bitterroot
Tim D--marmot monitoring
Hammitt & Cole
Ch 9,
Ch 11,
Ch 12,
Ch 13
Hollenhorst et al
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Monday
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May 6, 2013
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Final Exam
(7:30 -- 9:30 a.m.)
Room 25 CNR
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