CON-216 Wildlife Management
This course will provide intensive classroom and some field experience in wildlife management theory including: population dynamics, mortality, natality and the relationship between wildlife and their habitats. Practical techniques used for aging, sexing, marking, and surveying will be presented. Students develop a wildlife management plan for a local species. Game and non-game species are included.
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Course Outline
Department
Environmental Conservation and Horticulture
Course Description
This course will provide intensive classroom and some field experience in wildlife management theory including: population dynamics, mortality, natality and the relationship between wildlife and their habitats. Practical techniques used for aging, sexing, marking, and surveying will be presented. Students develop a wildlife management plan for a local species. Game and non-game species are included.
Credit Hours
3Semester(s) Course Will Be Offered
Fall, Spring
Course Learning Outcomes
- Describe the basic principles of wildlife population dynamics including the interaction of natality and mortality factors.
- Explain the legal rights of wildlife in modern society.
- Practice wildlife management techniques that inform decisions (e.g. aging, sexing, marking).
- Develop a wildlife management plan, incorporating information management skills (e.g. identify, locate, evaluate, use, and share information from relevant resources).
Topic Outline
- History of Wildlife Management
- Wildlife Values
- Wildlife Habits
- Population Ecology
- Natality Factors
- Mortality Factors
- Population Dynamics
- Wildlife Damage Management
- Animal Behavior as it relates to Wildlife Management
- Waterfowl Identification
- Waterfowl & Wetland Management
- Deer Management
- Deer Aging
- Endangered Species Management
- Economics of Wildlife