NR 552 - Ecology of Military Lands
3 credits
Delivery/Location: Online
Prerequisite
Completed undergraduate degree; NR 550 (Sustainable Military Lands Management).
Description
This course will focus on the landscape ecology of military training and testing areas. It covers ecological principles and the impacts of disturbances caused by military training and testing activities, to include scientific approaches to measuring and quantifying these impacts. A particular focus of the course will be on the ecology and management of threatened and endangered species, and their associated habitats on military lands. Regional case studies of soil erosion management and species management from military lands throughout the U.S. and in Europe will be incorporated.
This course can be applied towards:
Textbooks and Materials
Textbooks and materials can be purchased at the CSU Bookstore unless otherwise indicated.
Required
- Conserving Biodiversity on Military Lands: A Guide for Natural Resources Managers (2008)
Benton, N., J.D. Ripley, and F. Powledge, eds.
ISBN: 0-9711053-8-3
Not available at the CSU Bookstore - Ecosystem Geography: From Ecoregions to Sites, 2nd Ed. (2009)
Robert G. Bailey (Springer)
You do not need to purchase Conserving Biodiversity on Military Lands; it is available in your RamCT course or at the Conserving Biodiversity on Military Lands website.
A limited number of print copies are on reserve to be loaned by request. Contact Michele.Sterling@colostate.edu for more information.
Instructors
Madison Lee Barber
(970) 491-2713
Lee.Barber@colostate.edu
Dr. Lee Barber is the Director of the Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands (CEMML) at Colorado State University. His responsibilities include management of the Center and integration of its activities with those of the Warner College of Natural Resources and CSU as a whole. Prior to joining CEMML in February 2010, Dr. Barber managed the Army’s Integrated Training Area Management program (ITAM), first for National Guard Bureau (2004-2009), then for Army Installation Management Command (IMCOM) (2009-2010).
Dr. Barber’s interests include the role of strategic planning in the sustainable management of federally-managed natural and cultural resources, the integration of military training with natural and cultural resources management on Department of Defense Lands, and the use of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs) for the collection of data to support the management of federal lands.
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