Wildlife & Fisheries Biology: Prin of Wildlife Management (A)

About WFB 2740 A

Application of ecology and sociology to the management of wildlife populations and habitat; integration of wildlife management with demands for other resources; consideration of game species, endangered species, and biological diversity. Prerequisite: NR 2030 or BCOR 2100.

Notes

Prereqs enforced by the system: NR 2030 or BCOR 2100; Open to Degree and PACE students.

Section Description

This course will address the application of ecology to the management of wildlife populations and habitats. We will consider the attitudes of humans toward wildlife and their demands and impacts on North America's wildlife resources. A central theme throughout the course is the tension between the biological and social carrying capacities. Selected wildlife species will be studied to illustrate harvest strategies for game species, control of nuisance species, and the management of endangered and other nongame species. We will discuss case histories and current issues of wildlife management on public and private lands. This course is a traditional lecture course but will allow opportunities for dialogue around challenging wildlife management topics.

Section Expectation

Weekly meetings will be a blend of short lecture, class discussion, and group work and will rely on a variety of class materials including scientific articles, textbooks, popular science articles, podcasts, and videos. Students will reach mastery of concepts by writing an applied management paper that synthesizes the biological, social, political, and economic factors affecting the management of a species of your choosing. This assignment will enable you to really dig in to the issues that wildlife managers face with respect to mismatches between social and biological carrying capacity. On completion of this course, students will be able to: critically think about the ecology of wildlife and how it serves as the basis for making decisions about wildlife as one dimension of natural resource management, demonstrate technical writing skills for writing in afield appropriate scientific journal, and generate management recommendations that are informed by past management practices and decisions that have affected wildlife resources.

Evaluation

Evaluation will be based on class discussion, quizzes, exams, weekly exit polls, and the applied management project.

Important Dates

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