Integrated Forage Management
Development of management plans that integrate diverse forage resources including native rangeland and cultivated forages.
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Weed Management and Control
This course is designed for working professionals in range or animal science, land managers or homeowners, those involved with the farming or ranching industries, those involved in the agriculture "green" industry including landscape and retail greenhouse sectors, county weed managers, county Extension agents, and employees of lawn-care businesses.
Leopold's Ethic for Wildlife and Land
Philosophy, art, history, and science of wildlife and land management from writings of Aldo Leopold.
Sustainable Military Lands Management
This course provides an overview of military lands in the U.S. from within several different contexts – historical, geographical and environmental. It provides an overview of how military lands evolved as part of the federal land system to today's current inventory and uses of these lands, to include the role of the military in the early National Parks system and the various federal legislative actions that codified these lands. The course content will include discussions on the purpose and use of these lands as they relate to national defense requirements.
Advanced Rangeland Management
The emphasis of this course is linking bio-physical and human systems to ensure sustainable practices and uses. The class is designed for individuals from all backgrounds who have an interest in management of rangelands or other natural resources.
Water Resource Development
This course is for graduate students and professionals interested in water resources. We will explore the physical basis for water management to set the stage for addressing the social, economic, environmental, historical, and technical forces that have led to our current methods of water distribution, management, and policy in Colorado and around the world. A strong historical context will be used through the course. Colorado and the West will provide many examples for discussion; however, other areas of the US and the world will also be examined.
Fire Ecology and Management
Integrated fire-related ecological effects of fire on vegetation, soils, and air quality; natural and changing role of fire in forests, woodlands, shrublands and rangelands; influence of global change including climate and invasive species; fire as a management tool; application to current issues.
GIS Application in Fire Ecology and Management
Introduces applications of GIS in fire ecology, research, and management including incident mapping, fire progression mapping, GIS overlay analysis, remote sensing fire severity assessments, fire atlas analysis and the role of GIS in the Fire Regime Condition Class concept and the National Fire Plan. Additional assignment/projects required for graduate credit.
Integrated Rangeland Management
Management strategies for integrating grazing with other natural resource values such as wildlife, water, timber, recreation, and aesthetics; emphasis on herbivore ecology including ecological impacts of grazing, ways to manage grazing, and nutritional relationships between plants and free-ranging ungulates on rangeland, pastureland, and forest ecosystems. One 1-week field trip.
Planning and Decision Making for Watershed Management
Focus on ecological and human factors in process-oriented approaches to watershed analysis and planning for effective decision-making; emphasis on practical applications of current tools and approaches, e.g., GIS, MAU Theory, collaborative management.
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The creation of this Rangeland Science Course Catalog was made possible by USDA Higher Education Challenge Grant No. 2010-38411-21370 "Repositioning Rangeland Education for a Changing World."
