13sep7:00 pm9:00 pmWildlife Ecology (September 13 - November 15)
Event Details
Wildlife EcologyNATH8265, 3.0 CEUs Gain an understanding of wildlife techniques and theory, including the basics of life history, identification, population and community ecology, habitat
Event Details
Wildlife Ecology
NATH8265, 3.0 CEUs
Gain an understanding of wildlife techniques and theory, including the basics of life history, identification, population and community ecology, habitat management, and animal behavior. Learn how institutional missions and federal laws influence wildlife and habitat conservation, and how humans affect and are affected by wildlife in rural, suburban, and urban environments of the Mid-Atlantic region. Pressing concerns about invasive species, the effects of climate change on wildlife, and the loss and degradation of habitats will also be discussed.
Class Schedule: September 13 – November 15, Tuesdays, 7-9 pm
Class Location: Online via Zoom
Field Trips: Saturdays: October 1, Huntley Meadows; October 15, Patuxent Research Refuge; October 29, Elizabeth Hartwell Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge
Course Fees: Zoom Lectures + 3 Field Trips: NF members $350, nonmembers $400
Required book: National Nature Forward Society Field Guide to the Mid-Atlantic by the National Nature Forward Society
Suggested book: Wildlife of the Mid-Atlantic: A Complete Reference Manual by John Rappole
About Your Instructor:
Sally Valdes is a retired Environmental Protection Specialist/Fishery Biologist, Division of Environmental Assessment, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Department of the Interior. Worked with BOEM’s Environmental Studies Program; wrote sections of environmental impact statements. Subject matter included fish and fisheries, birds and bats, invasive species, impacts of climate change on wildlife. M.A. in Biology, University of Michigan. Ph.D. in Aquatic Ecology, Cornell University.
Time
(Tuesday) 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm