Overview
Description
Identifying and explaining the ecology of a given rangeland area, analyzing the impacts of ecological disturbances, and exploring the ecological, social, and economic aspects of the challenges rangeland stewardship faces today.
A mix of in-person, field learning, and online learning materials and activities. A MANDATORY multiple-day field trip is required. Students will be provided with a full-semester schedule detailing which days are field, in-person, and independent online learning.
Requirements
Prerequisites
REM 110
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: REM 110
Units
Lecture2
Laboratory Studio1
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Spring
Terms
spring
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- identify geomorphological features and describe how they influence resource flows, soils, and plant distribution.
- use soils, ecological site information and make observations of a given land area to develop a site brief.
- identify and explain dominant disturbances within Western US rangelands.
- assess, explain, and suggest applications of a given STM.
- explain the basic tenets of grazing ecology and management using appropriate terminology.
- explain the theoretical principles of rangeland management.
- list and explain the ecological, social, and economic aspects of challenges rangeland stewardship faces today.