ENV2521 ST: Natural Resource & Sustainability

Infused with wildlife, scenery, and a unique blend of cultures, there is simply no place like Alaska to focus on key ecological challenges from energy to fisheries. This course will travel from the interior of Alaska to the coast so that students can gain a broad appreciation of the diversity that is the 49th state. By taking advantage of nature’s backdrop we will be able to delve into a diverse range of fieldwork. We will revel in the exuberant arctic summer while deeply analyzing global questions of sustainable resource management in an anthropomorphically impacted area through a field-based exploration of Central Alaska. Through class lecture/discussion and filed excursions, students obtain an understanding of integrated resource management and sustainability in protected areas while assessing options for addressing impacts and perturbations in habitats where species have and continue to e affected. The course will emphasize a variety of disciplines including marine science and fisheries, wildlife management, geology, energy resources, forestry, botany, eco-tourism, and anthropomorphic impacts to biodiversity and marine and wilderness areas. Credits: 4

NSC1511 Lecture Min Credits: 4.00 Or NSC1521 Lecture Min Credits: 4.00 Or NSC1531 Lecture Min Credits: 4.00 Or NSC1000 Lecture Min Credits: 4.00 Or NSC1002 Lecture Min Credits: 3.00 Or BIO1511 Lecture Min Credits: 4.00 Or BIO1522 Lecture Min Credits: 4.00 Or BIO1521 Lecture Min Credits: 4.00 Or CHE1521 Lecture Min Credits: 4.00 Or CHE1522 Lecture Min Credits: 4.00 Or CHE1511 Lecture Min Credits: 4.00