NRES 285

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Field Experience

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Credit: 1 OR 2 hours.

Field based course that exposes students to procedures and methods used in various resource settings in a hands-on manner. Includes weekly field trips to visit representative natural resource and environmental science settings with supporting laboratory exercises. Content of offerings vary by section, but all focus on resource management, environmental quality and assessment, and effects of consumption and use on the environment. Field trips required.

Additional fees may apply. See Class Schedule. May be repeated in the same or subsequent semesters to a maximum of 6 hours. Prerequisite: NRES 201 and NRES 219.

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NRES 285 class schedule data for spring 2016
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
59153	Laboratory-Discussion	CST	8:00AM -5:00PM	MTWRF	Location Pending	Hayek, J	Part of Term: B Date Range: 03/21/16-03/25/16 Section Fee: ACES Field Trip $100.00 Flat Fee. Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Chainsaw Safety & Felling Tech Section Info: Chainsaw Safety & Directional Felling Techniques will provide NRES undergraduate students with instruction and hands-on training specific to chainsaw safety, saw maintenance, directional felling, limbing, and bucking. The class will meet at the Dixon Springs Agricultural Center (DSAC) in Simpson, IL during spring break (March 23-27, 2015). Students are responsible for their own transportation and all of their meals. Lodging will be on-site at the DSAC dormitory. All students are required to bring their own personal protective equipment (Type 1, class C hardhats; leather gloves; safety glasses; and 8" leather work boots). This course will charge a field trip fee. If all seats are full, complete the form at http://go.illinois.edu/NRESwaitinglist to be added to the waiting list. Restriction(s): Restricted to students in the Natural Res & Env Sci department. Restricted to students with Junior or Senior class standing.
48842	Laboratory-Discussion	CWC	ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending	Morgan, S Schooley, R	Part of Term: B Date Range: 03/14/16-05/04/16 Special Approval: Instructor Approval Required Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Communities & Wildlife Conserv Section Info: WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND COMMUNITIES - BOTSWANA This collaboration between NRES and Wildtrax presents students with classroom instruction and a hands-on research experience through a 2-month summer module on Communities & Wildlife Conservation Research Field Training Studies in Botswana. Students will attend class during spring semester, and begin the summer module with a 1 week lecture series to better prepare them for their time as being part of a research team. After the course work, students will head into the wilderness join the research camp for 7 weeks. The student's time in the field will include fulfilling the objectives of the two main research focuses of Wildtrax's partners, Wildlife ACT: implementing a standardized biodiversity monitoring protocol for Botswana's Department of Wildlife & National Parks and conducting human-wildlife conflict studies and implementing mitigation strategies with the University of Botswana's Okavango Research Institute. Students will play an active role in the research from project design, to data collection and implementation and will gain valuable skills and knowledge to equip them for their future. See https://app.studyabroad.illinois.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgram&Program_ID=11117 for more information. Students should also enroll in NRES 293 section CIB (CRN: 24238). STUDY ABROAD FEES APPLY.
59157	Laboratory-Discussion	EEF	2:30PM -4:50PM	R	David Kinley Hall	Grant, H Hodson, P	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/19/16-05/04/16 Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Environmental Ed Field Exper Section Info: Environmental Education Field Experience will introduce students to the thinking process required for developing high quality environmental education activities and provide practice designing and implementing them. The course will begin with classroom instruction and activities for the first few weeks of the semester. The field experience for this course will take two forms, leading an Environmental Science after school club at Booker T. Washington Elementary School once a week for eight weeks (February-April) and delivering an environmental education activity on Friday and Saturday of ExploreACES (March 11 and 12). There is no fee for this section of NRES 285. If all seats are full, complete the form at http://go.illinois.edu/NRESwaitinglist to be added to the waiting list. Restriction(s): Restricted to Natural Resrcs & Environ Sci major(s). Restricted to students with Sophomore, Junior, or Senior class standing.
48840	Laboratory-Discussion	LRF	3:00PM -4:50PM	R	Location Pending	Guyon, L	Part of Term: B Date Range: 04/04/16-04/29/16 Section Fee: ACES Field Trip $100.00 Flat Fee. Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Lrg River Floodplain Field Exp Section Info: Section LRF: Large River Floodplain Field Experience. This course will meet April 7, 14, 21, and 28th for classroom instruction and will culminate in a field experience from May 16th to 20th at the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC) in East Alton, IL. The National Great Rivers Research and Education Center, located at the confluence of the Mississippi, Illinois, and Missouri Rivers, is offering a two-week summer field course focused on large river floodplain ecology. Students will work directly in large river floodplain ecosystems, which generally consist of a mosaic of land and water containing bottomland forests, grasslands, islands, backwaters, sloughs, side channels, and wetlands. Students will learn how historic management practices have impacted these river systems, and how current science-based approaches to management and ecological restoration are impacting river health and sustainability. Monitoring the biological and physical components of riverine habitats is a key part of this process, and students will become familiar with the types of quantitative assessments common to the field of river ecology. Course fee required. Students are responsible for their own transportation to NGRREC. If all seats are full, complete the form at http://go.illinois.edu/NRESwaitinglist to be added to the waiting list. Restriction(s): Restricted to Natural Resrcs & Environ Sci major(s). Restricted to students with Junior or Senior class standing.
41647	Laboratory	SJC	ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending	Darmody, R	Part of Term: B Date Range: 03/14/16-05/04/16 Special Approval: Instructor Approval Required Section Fee: ACES Field Trip $200.00 Flat Fee. Credit: 1 hours Section Title: Soil Judging Field Experience Section Info: Section SJC: Soil Judging Contest. The course meeting time will be arranged after everyone is enrolled. The course will meet one 3 hour lab period per week, and require students to go to the soils judging contest, which generally occurs in mid-April (exact dates TBA). Pre-requisite: completion of NRES 276. Consent of the instructor required to enroll. E-mail Dr. Darmody at rdarmody@uiuc.edu for authorization.
48787	Laboratory-Discussion 03/19/16-03/23/16 Lecture-Discussion 02/15/16-03/14/16	WBE WBE	7:00AM -6:00PM 2:00PM -3:50PM	MTWSU M	Location Pending Turner Hall	Hagy, H Hagy, H	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 02/15/16-03/23/16 Section Fee: ACES Field Trip $55.00 Flat Fee. Credit: 1 hours Section Title: Wetland Bird Ecology & Mangmnt Section Info: This field course will expose students to wetland complexes of international importance and a myriad of wetland and wildlife management practices. Students will have the opportunity to observe or participate in activities such as wildlife marking, waterbird identification, focal and scan sampling, radio telemetry, wetland sampling, and other research techniques. Five lectures will be required during the semester (2:00-3:50 pm February 13, 20, 27, March 6, 13) and will be followed by a 5-day field trip to the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers (during the week of SPRING BREAK, Saturday, March 18-Wednesday, March 22). Students will tour wetlands and several field stations while in the vicinity of Havana, Illinois and the Forbes Biological Station. Students will accompany scientists from the Illinois Natural History survey where they will observe and participate in active wetland and waterbird research projects. Upon completion of this course, students will have gained a greater understanding of wetland and waterbird ecology and management and of the conservation, research, and monitoring activities of various government and non-government organizations in North America. Students will also be introduced to wetland conservation policy and tour wetlands of international importance (e.g., RAMSAR) along with those restored and managed through NAWCA and USDA Farm Bill programs. A field trip fee to cover transportation and lodging will be charged for this course, and students will be expected to pay for their meals on the trip. If all seats are full, complete the form at http://go.illinois.edu/NRESwaitinglist to be added to the waiting list. Restriction(s): Restricted to Natural Resrcs & Environ Sci major(s). Restricted to students with Junior or Senior class standing.
46855	Laboratory-Discussion	WFT	9:00AM -1:00PM	S	Turner Hall	Schooley, R	Part of Term: B Date Range: 03/14/16-05/04/16 Section Fee: ACES Field Trip $130.00 Flat Fee. Credit: 1 hours Section Title: Wildlife Field Techniques Section Info: Section WFT: Wildlife Field Techniques. This course will introduce students to field techniques used in monitoring and research within the discipline of wildlife ecology and conservation. We will cover methods for capturing, marking, and sampling wildlife populations and communities. The field trips will allow students to get hands-on experience with common techniques used to estimate the distribution and abundance of animals, species diversity, movements and habitat selection, survival, and habitat structure. This class meets on Saturdays in the second half of the semester, and one additional evening field trip will be scheduled. If all seats are full, complete the form at http://go.illinois.edu/NRESwaitinglist to be added to the waiting list. Restriction(s): Restricted to Natural Resrcs & Environ Sci major(s). Restricted to students with Junior or Senior class standing.
48839	Laboratory-Discussion	WMT	ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending	Kent, A	Part of Term: B Date Range: 03/14/16-05/04/16 Special Approval: Instructor Approval Required Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Wildlife Management Tanzania Section Info: Enrollment requires the successful application to the program at www.studyabroad.illinois.edu. Students must also register for NRES 293 (CRN 45711), which provides 2 additional hours of credit (type the CRN into a box at the bottom of the registration page). This course presents students with hands-on experience in the conservation of natural and cultural resources across wilderness, rural, and urban regions of Tanzania. Students will attend courses at the world-renowned College of African Wildlife Management – Mweka (Mweka) and participate in selected projects that reflect the multifaceted demands facing conservationists in Africa. Classroom experiences will provide the foundation for further studies at the interface of ecology and wildlife management. Scientific principles and human dimensions are used to explain current strategies and techniques for managing natural and cultural resources. The curriculum will focus on how changes in land use and resource availability in Tanzanian ecosystems can be managed to assist local communities while conserving biodiversity. Experiencing the socio-political and ecological variables in Tanzania will yield an understanding of culture and life that is vital to successful conservation efforts. 4 pre-departure meetings will occur April 7-May 2, and the tentative travel dates are July 11-August 6. Students in the course are required to participate in the study abroad experience, the fees for which are expected to cost approximately $5,500 plus airfare.