what would you think this course would be about?

[Melissa in Australia]

what would you think the course Conservation Land Management would be about? MY son is just about to start this course I sort of thought that it was pretty obvious what the course would be about, but others seem a little mystified.

 

Poll to follow

[Jan in SC]

Well, it wouldn't have been exactly any of those things where I went to college. It would have been a forestry class about land management dealing with timber, marking natural resources, and planning for future growth, or perhaps a parks/recreation class that dealt with national parks and protected areas. I didn't hang out much in the wildlife biology or agriculture departments, so they might have had their own versions of the class. (Or- what I guessed is what you meant with option three!)

[Parrothead]

Something the Forestry Service would be doing

[misty.warden]

Something about forestry and state parks? Every time I hear land management I think of the BLM in eastern Oregon that has a giant sagebrush experimentation area.

[Dandelion]

Forestry and wildlife management.

[Garga]

What did the paragraph describing the course say?

[Amy in NH]

Around here it would be about managing agricultural and forest land in a sustainable conservation-minded manner.

[Melissa in Australia]

What did the paragraph describing the course say?

 

I know exactly what the course entails and what it leads to. I am interested in what others think it is.

I will post what the course is tomorrow.

[Arcadia]

I voted for what it would be in California. Back home that kind of course would include conservation of old buildings as well as urban re-development.

[UrbanSue]

I voted for what it would be in California. Back home that kind of course would include conservation of old buildings as well as urban re-development.

 

 

I would expect a course like that to be called "Preservation and Urban Development".

 

I voted for forest management.

[regentrude]

Managing natural resources for habitat preservation/improvement.

Restoration of native landscapes, removal of invasive species

Stream management to create habitat for aquatic wildlife

working with landowners to create favorable conditions for wildlife

[Word Nerd]

My sister has a degree in Park and Resource Management, and it sounds like the title of one of her courses.

[Melissa in Australia]

Managing natural resources for habitat preservation/improvement.

Restoration of native landscapes, removal of invasive species

Stream management to create habitat for aquatic wildlife

working with landowners to create favorable conditions for wildlife

 

Gold star for you

[Eagle]

Managing natural resources for habitat preservation/improvement.

Restoration of native landscapes, removal of invasive species

Stream management to create habitat for aquatic wildlife

working with landowners to create favorable conditions for wildlife

 

This is what I thought the course would entail, but I didn't think any of the poll choices fit so I voted 'other'.

[Melissa in Australia]

the course has the things that Rentrude mentioned, plus learning animal trapping, tracking and monitoring, especially of endangered species, tree identification, surveying and reporting on impact of Bushfire on the fauna and flora and recovery of a burned area of bush, introduction to fire management, as well as fire fighting skills like chainsaw operating, tree falling, 4 x4 driving etc.

 

I have had 4 people I know think it was a greenie camp, and one person who thought it was all about restoration and preservation of old buildings ( he was an Italian backpacker we picked up hitch hiking)

[lailasmum]

My friends did a course like this. It was about conservation so learning native species etc and the problems they face but also a big chunk was about land development, farming, land planning, learning about soil, geology, economics. etc.