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ESRM 200 Society and Sustainable Forest Environments |
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Logging on DNR Trust Lands, 2007 |
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Schedule |
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Week 1 |
Introduction |
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Introduction to the course
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Lab: Campus walk – Values of the urban forest |
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Week 2 |
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Landscapes as: Nature, Habitat, Artifact, System, Problem, Wealth, Ideology, History, Place and Aesthetics |
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The concept of drivers, patterns, processes and change |
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Week 3 |
Settlement history of the United States and the Puget Sound region |
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Forces of land use change and context for examining forested landscapes · Policy · Population, · Employment/economic development/technology · Land value/services/benefits · Infrastructure · Preferences |
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Institutional/Policy direction · Federal – NFMA, NEPA, ESA · Regional – PSRC · State- GMA, FPA, SEPA · Local – Comprehensive plans, Green Initiative · NGO – Cascade Agenda · Private – Strategic plans |
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Week 4 |
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Patterns Spatial characteristics Benefits Driver, forces, policies Management and sustainability issues |
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Week 5 |
Landscape Types– Small subdivisions and Master Planned Communities |
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Patterns Spatial characteristics Benefits Driver, forces, policies |
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Lab/Discussion:
Take-home mid-term exam passed out after class on Thursday, due Tuesday morning before class |
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Week 6 |
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Patterns Spatial characteristics Benefits Driver, forces, policies |
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Week 7 |
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Patterns Spatial characteristics Benefits Driver, forces, policies |
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Week 8 |
Landscape Types—Federal Lands (National Forests, National Parks, Wilderness Areas) |
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Patterns Spatial characteristics Benefits Driver, forces, policies |
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Week 9 |
Class Presentations |
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Tuesday |
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Thursday |
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Week 10 |
Class Presentations |
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Tuesday |
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Thursday |
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Final Exam |
Take-home exam passed out at the end of the last class, due at time of scheduled final |