This course teaches the structured decision making process. Students will learn to enable people representing diverse interests to come together to form a common understanding and to create scientifically rigorous, inclusive, defensible, and transparent fish, wildlife, and conservation management plans.
Prerequisite
FW 104 (Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (GT-SC2)) or FW 260 (Principles of Wildlife Management) or FW 555 (Conservation Biology) or LIFE 320 (Ecology) or NR 300 (Biological Diversity); STAT 301 (Introduction to Statistical Methods) or STAT 307 (Introduction to Biostatistics); Graduate standing.
Textbooks and Materials
Section 801
Required
- Structured Decision Making: A Practical Guide to Environmental Management Choices (2012)
Gregory, R., L. Failing, M. Harstone, G. Long, T. McDaniels, and D. Ohlson
ISBN: 978-1-444-33341-1 - Conservation Planning: Informed Decisions for a Healthier Planet (2016)
Groves, C and E. Game
ISBN: 10: 1-936221-51-9
Available on Amazon and the publisher's website.
Textbooks and materials can be purchased at the CSU Bookstore unless otherwise indicated.
Available as ebook for free through CSU's library. Print editions available on Amazon and the publisher's website.
