Rangeland Ecology & Management Dept. University of Idaho Moscow, ID 83844-1135 phone (208) 885-6536 range@uidaho.edu
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We offer a variety of courses that help students understand how rangelands work and how to manage them. Our goal is to offer effective and interactive courses that form an informational foundation for future rangeland managers, researchers, educators, and consultants.
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Fundamental principles of ecology. Major topics covered include the physical environment, how organisms interact with each other and their environment, evolutionary processes, population dynamics, communities, ecosystems, human influences on ecosystems, and the integration and scaling of ecological processes through systems ecology.
Introduction to wildland fire management including fire behavior, fuels, fire prevention and suppression, fire policy and fire ecology. Includes discussion of current fire management issues.
Development of range use and range resource management, rangeland vegetation types, current management issues, relationship of grazing use with other land uses and values.