ESSE 568: Wildlife/Forest Mgt

Description:

Competency Areas: ASJS, CB, Cert, EE, SDCC, SDS - Methods

This course will focus on management activities and their effects on forested ecosystems. In particular, habitat for wildlife populations, more specifically forest birds and mammals. The course will also address timber, water, aesthetics, carbon and forest certification. Topics covered include NRCS methodology for preparing a forest management/wildlife habitat management plan, wildlife habitat inventory techniques, habitat requirements of game, song, and other non-game birds, and upland and wetland game and fur-bearing mammals, and the integration of game and non-game species management with forest product harvesting.