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• WILD 5100: Forests and Fuels Measuring & Modeling

  3.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  This course covers forest and fuels measurements, sampling techniques, and data collection and calculations. In addition, students learn surface and crown fire behavior, assumptions inherent to modeling, and how models are used in planning and management.
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• WILD 5220: Community-based Conservation Partnerships

  3.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  Seeks to infuse ecology with applied conservation and management approaches. Conservation and management of natural resources requires an understanding of ecological relationships and strategies for working with diverse stakeholders. PhD-level students present their research.
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• WILD 5300: Human-Wildlife Interactions

  3.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  This course explains current legal, ethical, and biological principles for the control and/or management of problem vertebrate species.
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• WILD 5350: Wildland Soils

  3.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  Application of basic principles of soil science to wildland ecosystems. Effects of disturbance and land use on wildland soil properties. Role of soils in natural resource management.
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• WILD 5560: Applied Avian Ecology (CI)

  3.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  Application of ecological principles to avian population, community and habitat management. Includes applied aspects of physiology, anatomy, and taxonomy of N.A. bird groups, and review of state and federal management plans and practices.
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  General Education Course

  This course is a general education course.

• WILD 5580: Mammalogy

  3.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  This course teaches evolution, adaptations, distribution, natural history, behavior, and identification of mammals of the world, with special emphasis on North American species. It consists of two lectures and one lab.
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• WILD 5700: Forest Assessment and Management (CI)

  3.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  Detailed analysis of forest stand structure and growth. Development of silvicultural prescriptions to meet specific objectives. Analysis of costs and benefits of alternative forest management strategies. Emphasizes forest management to achieve a broad range of objectives.
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• WILD 5710: Forest Vegetation Disturbance Ecology and Management

  3.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  Examines causes, effects, and management options for selected biotic and abiotic agents of disturbance in wildland ecosystems.
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• WILD 5750: Applied Remote Sensing

  3.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  Covers the application of remote sensing to landcover mapping and resource monitoring at a quantitative level. Students instructed on the effects of atmosphere and surface interaction on the reflectance collected by electro-optical sensors, as well as on the proper use and interpretation of various calibration and classification algorithms.
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• WILD 5860: Poisonous Range Plants Affecting Livestock

  3.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  Poisonous plants of rangelands and their effects on grazing animals, especially livestock. Management practices to reduce or prevent poisoning.
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