EFB 493/693 - Management of Wildlife Habitats and Populations
Class Schedule 2008

William F. Porter
470-6798 - 257 Illick - wfporter@esf.edu

Monday	Wednesday	Friday
Aug 25 Course Introduction Lab: Field Trip to Heiburg Forest	Aug 27 Origins of Wildlife Conservation in America Kirkpatrick and Turner. 1997.  Seven Stages of Grief Leopold (Aldo) 1933 Chapter 1 A History of Ideas in Game Management Lab: Field Trip to Heiberg Forest.	Aug 29 Adaptive Management: The Planning Process
Sept 1  Labor Day - No Class	Sept 3 Adaptive Management Parma et al. 1998. What can adaptive management do for our fish, food, and biodiversity? No Lab	Sept 5 Niche Theory & Habitat
Sept 8 Habitat Evaluation Intro to ArcGIS Lab: Getting Comfortable with ArcGIS	Sept 10   Habitat Evaluation Procedure Porter. 1992. Habitat Analysis and Assessment. Anderson and Gutzwiller. 2005. Habitat Evaluation Methods. Higgins et al.  2005. Vegetation Sampling and Measurement (Part I and Part II). Lab:  Getting Comfortable with ArcGIS	Sept 12 Monitoring for Management
Sept 15  Habitat Evaluation at the Landscape Level Lab: ArcGIS & Habitat Assessment O'Neil et al. 2005. Application of spatial technologies in wildlife biology. Part I and Part II.	Sept 17 Review of Population Dynamics . Lab: Computer - ArcGIS & Habitat Assessment O'Neil et al. 2005. Application of spatial technologies in wildlife biology. Part I and Part II.	Sept 19 Recruitment and K
Sept 22 Basics of Population Modelin Lab: Moose Restoration	Sept 25 What is Carrying Capacity? Caughley & Sinclair. 1994. Animals in Populations. Lab: Moose Restoration	Sept 27 Population Modeling – Time Lines · Porter et al. 1990. Application of Population Modeling Techniques
Sept 29 MSY and OSY Lab: Contraception and Deer Management	Oct 1 Independent Group Work Caughley & Sinclair. 1994. Animals in Populations. Lab: Contraception and Deer Management	Oct 3 Independent Group Work
Oct 6 Independent Group Work Lab: Contraception and Deer Management	Oct 8 Case Example: Fertility Control in Deer Management Porter and Underwood. 2001. Contraception and Deer. (Book) Lab: Contraception and Deer Management	Oct 10 Age-structured Populations
Oct 13 Complex Timelines Lab: Confusion Control for Complex Timelines Open Lab Section / Turn in Population Model for Management Species/ Progress Report	Oct 15 Leslie matrix modeling example Lab: Confusion Control for Complex Timelines Open Lab Section / Turn in Population Model for Management Species/Progress Report	Oct 17 Natural Regulation & Elk Management Chase. 1987:14—84. Playing God in Yellowstone (4 files). Part I, II, III, IV.
Oct 20 Stochastic Population Models Lab: Grizzly Bears, Grey Partridge and Coyotes: Leslie Matrix Modeling	Oct 22 Population Management Dilemmas Burk .1973. The Kaibab Deer Incident… Porter. 1992. Burgeoning Ungulate Populations in National Parks… Lab: Grizzly Bears, Grey Partridge and Coyotes: Leslie Matrix Modeling	Oct 24 Life History, Population Management & Intervention
Oct 27 Integrating HSI & Population Management Lab: Integration HSI and Population Change	Oct 29 Restoring the Wolf, the Cougar and a Vignette of Primitive America Smith et al. 2003. Yellowstone after Wolves. Leopold, Starker et al. 1963. Wildlife Management in National Parks. Lambert et al. 2006. Cougar population dynamics and viability in the Pacific Northwest Lab: Integrating HSI and Population Change	Oct 31 Managing Forest Vegetation
Nov 3 Lecture:  Exam Review	Nov 5 Written Exam Part 1	Nov 7 Written Exam Part 2
Nov 10 Professional Presentation Progress Reports	Nov 12 Progress Reports Progress Reports	Nov 14 Progress Reports
Nov 17 Management Plan Rehearsal	Nov 19 Management Plan Rehearsal	Nov 21 Management Plan Rehearsal
Nov 24 Management Plan Presentation	Nov 26 Thanksgiving Break	Nov 28 Thanksgiving Break
Dec 1 Management Plan Presentation	Dec 3 Management Plan Presentation	Dec 5 Management Plan Presentation

Assignment	Due	% of Grade
Habitat Requirements (G)*	Sep 15	5.0
ArcGIS & Habitat Assessment (G)	Sep 22/24	2.5
Moose Restoration (P)	Sep 29/Oct 1	2.5
Contraception & Deer Management (G)	Oct 20/22	5.0
Management Plan Progress Report I (G)	Oct 13 - 17	5.0
Leslie Matrix Models (G)	Oct 27/29	5.0
Integrating HSI and Population Change (P)	Nov 10/12	2.5
Management Plan Progress Report II (G)	Nov 10- 14	5.0
Written Exam (I)	Nov 5 & 7	25.0
Mgmt Plan Presentation (G)	Nov 29 - Dec 5	30.0
Class Participation/Quizzes (I)		12.5
TOTAL		100.0

I* I = Individual, G = Group, P = Pair

Please Note

Unless otherwise noted, all assignments are due in your Teaching Assistant’s mailbox in by 3:00 pm on the date specified. Late papers will not be accepted without prior approval. All assignments must follow The Wildlife Society Unified Guidelines style (to include title, author, introduction, methods, results and discussion) unless specified otherwise. Points will be deducted for each typographical, spelling, grammatical or style error.