Mr. Hall
122 Yow Building
khall@abac.edu
FRSC 1190
NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION
(3 Semester Hours)
COURSE OBJECTIVE: To focus on the history of resource use/abuse, analyze current status, and speculate on the future.
PREREQUISITES: Exit Reading Learning Support
REQUIRED TEXTBOOK: None. Supplemental
handouts will be provided.
Suggested reading: Looking for
Longleaf: the Fall and Rise of an American Forest
L.S. Earley ISBN 0-8078-2886-6
Hope is the Thing with Feathers: a Chronicle of Vanished Birds
C. Cokinos ISBN 1-58542-006-9
Memoirs of a Naturalist
Herbert L. Stoddard, Sr. SBN 8061-0857-6
ATTENDANCE: Students whose number of unexcused absences from class/lab exceeds four (4) will receive an "F" for the course. Unexcused absences less than the maximum allowable will result in fractional participation deduction from the final grade. For example, one unexcused absence out of four (4) maximum results in 25% participation penalty. Students should advise the instructor of anticipated absences in advance when possible; informative messages may be left at (229)391-4800. All excused absences must be accompanied by written documentation; final evaluation of excuse legitimacy resides with the instructor.
TARDINESS:
A student entering class late will be considered absent for that day. It
is the sole
responsibility of the student to inform the instructor of his/her tardiness so
that
absences are not inadvertently recorded. Chronic tardiness will result in
class
participation penalty.
CHEATING: Automatic F for the course.
POLICY:
Students will not be permitted to review their exams at any time other than the
in-class review session (usually the next class period): exams will NOT be
available prior to finals.
GRADING SCALE:
90 - 100% = A
80 - 89% = B
70 - 79% = C
65 - 69% = D
Less than 65 = F
GRADE BASE:
Best three of four hourly exams (lowest score dropped)
60%
FINAL EXAM (cumulative)
35%
Attendance, attitude, participation, behavior
5%
NOTE:
Missed exams may not be made-up. Missed exam score will be the score
dropped.
No early or late final exams. Final exam scores and course grades will not
be posted.
Exam dates will be announced well in advance. Exams may include
TRUE/FALSE,
multiple choice, completion, and short essay-type questions. Chronic
misbehavior
in class may result in forfeiture of some or all five (5) participation
percentage
points.
OFFICE HOURS: Posted at Room 122 or by chance.
FRSC 1190 Natural Resource Conservation
COURSE OUTLINE
I. INTRODUCTION
A. Human Population Explosion,
Pollution, Resource Consumption
CH 4
B. History of American
Conservation: Roosevelt, Pinchot, and other Pioneers
CH 1
C. Important Legislation
II. ECOLOGICAL CONCEPTS
CH 3
A. Ecological pyramid:
food chains and webs
B. Ecological succession
C. Ecosystem concept:
interrelated cycles
III. ATMOSPHERE
CH 18 & 19
A.
Technological/Industrial Revolution
B. Acid Rain
C. Greenhouse
Effect/"Global Warming"
D. Ozone Depletion
IV. SOIL
CH 6 & 7
A. Formative
Processes
B. Basic
Properties/Horizons
C. Agricultural
management of soils
D. Woodland
management of soils; BMPs and SMZs
V. WATER
CH 10 & 11
A. Availability and
Importance
B. Hydrologic Cycle
C. Management -
Dams, Channelization, Irrigation
D. Pollutants -
Organic wastes, sediments, heavy metals, pesticides, etc.
VI. FORESTS
CH 14
A. Importance of
forest products to economy
B. Silvicultural
techniques: Monoculture, clearcutting, and other controversial aspects
C. Introduction to
Forest Insects and Disease
D. Wildfire:
Shifting Attitudes and Management
E. Prescribed
Burning: the Herb Stoddard Story
F. Future
Production Demands/Sources of Fiber
VII. WILDLIFE
CH 15 & 16
A. Importance -
Aesthetic, Recreational, Bio-indicators of Ecosystem health, Economics
B. Extinctions and
Extirpations
1. Important factors
2. Historical case studies: passenger pigeon, heath hen,
Carolina parakeet, ivory-billed
woodpecker, Eastern elk
C. Endangered
Species Act
D. Habitat
Management: Food, Water, Cover, Space
E. History of
Habitat Modification/Fragmentation
F. The Concept of
Keystone Species
VIII. URBAN FORESTRY/URBAN WILDLIFE
A.
Relevancy/Benefits
B.
Differences and Similarities to Rural Landscape Management
IX. EXOTIC SPECIES MANAGEMENT
A. The few success
stories
B. The MANY problem
species: birds, fish, plants, fungi
C.
Biodiversity issues
X. THE INEVITABLE MANAGEMENT CONFLICTS
updated: 08/05