FOR 690 Workshop and Seminar on Natural Resources Policy and Management
Ruth Yanai, 210 Marshall, x6955, rdyanai@syr.edu http://www.esf.edu/fnrm/faculty/yanai.htm
CLASS NOTES
Ruth Yanai: Forest ecosystem ecology and nutrient cycling. I've been teaching at ESF for 14 years, including undergraduate Intro Soils and Forest Ecology. I like working with advanced students on their own projects. I teach a seminar for graduate students who are preparing manuscripts for publication, and now this.
Terri Wren: New MPS student (but with non-matriculated student credits to transfer in), interested in environmental impact assessments, environmental consulting (biology background, ecosystems). Has taken policy and law here at ESF. Worked for the Nature Conservancy, does search and rescue for DEC.
Nick Brown: Second-semester MPS student, may finish in the fall with an internship. Recreation resources major, undergraduate in business administration, concentration in sport and rec management. Internship experience with adventure tourism (e.g. to national parks), operational management. Interests: County or township level recreation programs, where you can have more of an impact than in federal projects. Management practices that minimize environmental impacts of recreation, LAC, VERP, and VIM (we'll need a seminar on those).
Terri and Nick: environmental impacts of new recreational development, such as ski resorts.
Nick: Onondaga County Parks – proposed developments
Terri: impact statements for parks – past developments
Samantha Glenn: Second-semester MPS, FNRM, Policy. Three semesters total, finishing next fall. Political science undergrad, then worked at NRDC for a year, in air and energy, alternative fuels for transportation. Interest in urban community environmental awareness. For example, urban farming.
Stanley Milewski: Second-semester MPS, ES. Undergraduate at ESF, ES, concentration in policy. Policy or law, for an internship. Future in environmental NGO, energy and climate, not yet narrowed in focus. Community-wide greening efforts.
(Diane Kuehn)
Stanley: Community-wide greening
Samantha: Urban agriculture
Eric Jones: First-semester MPS. Undergraduate major in chemistry, minor business, started medical school, then worked for Pioneer (lab job developing genetically improved corn). Interested in renewable fuels. Could switch to MS. Energy return on investment for liquid biofuels.
Examples of energy assessment for local entities (could be for ESF, if we don't have one).
If possible, we will have a librarian, 9:30-10:30, to answer our questions based on our first attempt to find information on the topics listed above. Please send me your report (items 5 a-e from Mark Meisner's assignment) by e-mail by 8 a.m., and we will have them on my laptop in class. From 10:30-11:30 we can look at what you found, see what we've learned that could help us in our search, and plan the next steps towards some research topics.
If possible, we will have a session on oral presentation skills, 9:30-10:30, followed by presentations on the context areas in Chapter 1. Plan on a 5 minute presentation (we said 10, but that wouldn't allow time for discussion).
LCD projector? Got it!
Library research, finding relevant information. Bibliographic software, refworks. Weds Jan 14.
Oral presentation skills: There are formal classes in public speaking.
Effective Tables and Figures: John Felleman?
Technical writing, including formatting conventions.
Professional communications, including impromptu speaking (Bob Malmsheimer)
Ask these people for 9:30-10:30 as our first choice, 10:30-11:30 if they can't do that.
Call bookstores:
(how many semesters does it take to complete the MPS? Which semester should this course be offered?)
Timing: Terri (non-matriculated, 1 semester enrolled in MPS, spring)
Principles of management is offered only in the fall.
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