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Week 1 - Jan 14 |
What in Range Management? |
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Week 2-5
Jan 21 - Feb 11 |
The Basics: How Plants Respond to Disturbance
» Effects of grazing and fire on plants
» Nutritional ecology of grazing animals
» Grazing behavior basics
Test 1-
Thursday or Friday, February 12 or 13 |
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Week 6-9
Feb 16 - March 11 |
Managing Disturbances
» Animal behavior and habitat selection
» Setting an appropriate stocking rate
» Selecting season and system of grazing
» Using livestock to manage weeds and fire
Test 2 -
Thursday or Friday, March 12 or 13 |
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March 16-20 |
Spring Break |
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Week 10-14
Mar. 23- April 22
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Forces of Change
» Managing Habitat Selection (Mar 23)
» Managing Riparian Areas (Apr 25)
» Developing Mgmt Plans/Livestock-Wildlife (Apr 30)
» Livestock-Wildlife Interactions (Apr 1)
» Grazing Effects on Watersheds/Effects of Removing Livestock (April
6)
» Negative Impacts of Grazing (April 8)
» Invasive Exotics... Integrated Weed Management (Apr 13)
» Wildland Fire & Grazing Interactions (Apr 15)
» Forest & Orchard Grazing (Apr 20)
» Recreation Impacts and Management (On-line module
Test 3-
Wednesday April 22 (or Thursday or Friday23 or 24) |
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Field trip – April 10-12 or April 16-19
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Week 15 -16
April 27 - May 06
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Putting It All Together
» Integrating Resource Plans
» Including "The Public"
» Mediation and Conflict Resolution
» Economic consideration |
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Week 17
May 11-15 |
Final Project Presentations - To be discussed
(Currently Scheduled Friday, May 15 @ 3:00 to 5:00 pm) |
