I. General Information

1. Course Title:
Wildlife Management

2. Course Prefix & Number:
NATR 2130

3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:

Credits: 3

Lecture Hours: 2

Lab Hours: 2

4. Course Description:

This course covers the biological principles that form the basis of current wildlife management, management techniques, and societal factors affecting management decisions. Topics include population dynamics, management techniques, non-game and endangered wildlife, and conservation biology.

5. Placement Tests Required:

6. Prerequisite Courses:

There are no prerequisites for this course.

9. Co-requisite Courses:

There are no corequisites for this course.

II. Transfer and Articulation

2. Transfer - regional institutions with which this course has a written articulation agreement:

Name of Institution	Date of Acceptance	Discipline/Area/Program of Transfer
University of Minnesota Crookston	March 2010	Natural Resources Management
University of Wisconsin Steven’s Point	2007-2009	Natural Resources Management

III. Course Purpose

1. Program-Applicable Courses – This course fulfills a requirement for the following program(s):

Natural Resources Technology, AAS

IV. Learning Outcomes

1. College-Wide Outcomes

College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies	Students will be able to:
Apply abstract ideas to concrete situations	Discuss the use of adaptive management to solve wildlife management issues.
Apply ethical principles in decision-making	Read and compose a paper on A Sand County Almanac to determine what a land ethic is and how it is used in modern wildlife management.
Discuss/compare characteristics of diverse cultures and environments	Discuss wildlife management and conservation within Native communities and in countries around the world.

2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of the course:

• Examine current issues in wildlife management. 
• Evaluate different wildlife management techniques used in the field.
• Research wildlife diseases, adaptive wildlife management, and habitat evaluation techniques.
• Synthesize the current understanding of the systems used in the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation.
• Describe the state and Federal legislation relating to wildlife management in North America.
• Describe habitat association and how it relates to wildlife management in North America.
• Understand native treaty rights as they relate to wildlife in North America and internationally.
• Contrast and compare differences in wildlife management in North America and other countries.
• Describe the economics of wildlife management around the world.

V. Topical Outline

Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.

1. Lecture Sessions

1. Introduction
• Hearing our voices - what do they say?
2. Wildlife Management in the US and Canada
• Jurisdictional Responsibilities
• Legislation
• Administration
3. Man and Wildlife
• Culture
• Conflict
• Values and Religion
4. Native American Access to Wildlife
5. Some Bases and Approaches to Management
• Computer Models
• Behavior
• Resource Partitioning
6. Parasites, Disease, and Wildlife
• Rabies
• Bacterial diseases
• Viral diseases
7. Management Systems
• Adaptive Resource Management
• Passive Resource Management
8. Habitat Management
• Habitat Evaluation
• Techniques
9. Species Management
• Ungulates
• Marine Mammals
• Furbearers
• Waterfowl
• Upland Game Birds
10. Some Specialized Areas of Management
• Protected areas
• Exotics
• Migratory Species
• Urban Wildlife
• Depredation and Humane Trapping
11. Endangered Species Management
12. Environmental Impact Assessment
• EIA in the US
• EIA - the Process
13. International Wildlife
• IUCN
• CITES

2. Laboratory/Studio Sessions

1. Wildlife Techniques
• Aging white-tailed deer
• Aging and sexing upland game birds
• Radio-telemetry in practice
• Identifying, aging, and sexing waterfowl
2. A Land Ethic
• Read and compose a paper on A Sand County Almanac
3. What is adaptive management?
• Read and compose a paper on Thinking Like a Manager
4. Wildlife diseases
• Research and present a wildlife disease of choice
5. International Wildlife
• What is the IUCN and CITES?
• What is WWF?
• Current topics in wildlife management