Management

Grazing Ecology and Management

Ecological principles of domesticated livestock grazing and their application to manage grazing lands will be discussed. Theoretical and applied models of plant/animal interactions will be presented. Grazing systems and their management of ecosystem services will be presented as balance between production and conservation outcomes. Course is offered in Fall semester of even years.

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Rangeland Vegetation Management

Principles and recent advances in brush and weed control with mechanical, chemical, burning and biological methods; interrelationships of brush management with grazing, wildlife and watershed management; planning and economic analysis of range improvement practices.

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Wildlife Habitat Management

Designed to acquaint the student with major land use practices on lands that produce wildlife, how these influences wildlife production and alterations or manipulations of habitat used to achieve specific wildlife management goals.

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Landscape Analysis and Modeling

Introduction to quantitative methods of landscape analysis and modeling for applications in natural resource conservation and management; quantification of landscape composition and configuration; spatial statistical methods for characterizing landscape pattern; methods for hypothesis testing with spatial data; landscape modeling approaches and applications; current literature and software.

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Range and Forest Watershed Management

Management of range and forest water-sheds; influence of range and forest practices on runoff, interception, infiltration, erosion and water quality; current literature and research advances.

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Rangeland Resource Management

Basic concepts and theories of rangeland resource management; trends in range classification, grazing management and improvement practices.

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Recreation Resource Management

Overview of recreation resource management including study of land and water resources used for outdoor recreation. The planning and management of natural and cultural resources for long-term resource productivity, with a focus on rural and wildland areas of the forest, range and coast.

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Structured Decision Making in Natural Resource Management

Structured decision making (SDM) is used for making natural resource management and policy decisions. It is an ideal framework for interdisciplinary teams to cooperate and identify the most effective management strategies. Graduate students from diverse backgrounds (natural resources, political science, others) are provided with an understanding of the SDM process.

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Structured Decision Making in Natural Resource Management - Lab

Students who are taking or have taken FW 537 are provided with the understanding of and ability to employ the techniques needed to build models that are used during the structured decision-making process. The laboratory emphasizes the use of graphical models and basic statistical techniques for building decision-making models.

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Land Use in the American West

Development of a conceptual framework for land use study; analysis of land as a resource, land use trends, land use principles, and management issues as related to planning, focusing on the American West, the fastest growing region in the nation.

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Range Education at a Distance

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