Ecosystem Management and Conservation Specialization

This specialization gives students the knowledge and skills to become thoughtful stewards of the environment, to ensure that human and nonhuman species can coexist across landscapes.

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    Program Courses

    Core

     Two courses required.

    Course 1

    Required for all Ecosystem students.
    Course Fall 2023 Spring 2024 Fall 2024 Spring 2025
    ENV 602
    Ecosystems and Landscapes
    Bradford
    M,W 9:00-10:20
      Bradford  

    Course 2

    Choose one of these three courses.

    Enrollment for ENV 975 will be limited and determined by application. Ecosystem Management and Conservation (EMC) specialization students not accepted to ENV 975 for Spring ’24 may contact Marlyse Duguid , the EMC Learning Community Coordinator, to discuss an approved alternative core course. See the ENV 975 course description for application details.
    Course Fall 2023 Spring 2024 Fall 2024 Spring 2025
    ENV 642
    Environmental Justice/Climate Justice
    Torres
    M,W 10:30-11:50
      Torres  
    ENV 764
    Sociology of Sacred Values: Modernity, Ecology, and Policy
            Farrell  
    ENV 975
    Western Lands and Communities Field Clinic: Research to Practice
      Farrell
    tbd
      Farrell

    Elective

    Four required courses. Students must take at least one course from each of the following four bins:

    Social Science Principles

    Course Fall 2023 Spring 2024 Fall 2024 Spring 2025
    ENV 573
    Urban Ecology for Local and Regional Decision Making
    Grove
    W 1:00-3:50
      Grove
    Tentative
     
    ENV 605
    Environmental Risk Communication
    Schwarz
    Th 2:30-5:20
      Schwarz
    Tentative
     
    ENV 618
    Anthropology of Smallholder Agriculture in Developing Countries
      Carpenter
    W 1:00-3:50
      Carpenter
    ENV 631
    Poverty, Environment and Inequality
    Taylor
    Tu 1:00-3:50
             
    ENV 637
    A Toolkit for Communicating Environmental Science
      Mooney
    M 9:00-11:50
           
    ENV 685
    Engaging Landholders and Communities in Conserving and Restoring Tropical Forest Landscapes
      Garen
    M,W 10:30-11:50
      Tentative
    ENV 742
    Fundamentals of Working with People
      DeCew
    Tu,Th 8:30-9:50
      Tentative
    ENV 759
    Power, Knowledge, and the Environment: Social Science
    Dove
    M 1:00-3:50
      Dove  
    ENV 839
    Power in Conservation
    Carpenter
    W 1:00-3:50
      Carpenter  
    ENV 951
    Strategic Environmental Communication
      Leiserowitz
    M,W 1:00-2:20
      Leiserowitz

    Natural Science Principles

    Course Fall 2023 Spring 2024 Fall 2024 Spring 2025
    ENV 629
    North American Drylands: Ecology and Land Use
      Lauenroth
    Tu,Th 9:00-10:20
      Lauenroth
    ENV 646
    Foundations of Agriculture and Environment
    Wood
    Tu 1:00-3:50
      Wood
    Tentative
     
    ENV 659
    The Practice of Silviculture: Principles in Applied Forest Ecology (Friday field trips)
      Ashton
    M,W 8:30-10:20
      Ashton
    ENV 660
    Forest Dynamics
    Duguid
    Tu,Th 10:30-11:50
      Duguid  
    ENV 713
    Coastal Ecosystems
    Anisfeld
    W 1:00-5:50
             
    ENV 723
    Wetlands Ecology, Conservation & Management
    Freidenburg
    M,W 1:00-2:15
      Freidenburg  
    ENV 736
    Impacts of Climate Change on Freshwater Ecosystems
    Grimm
    Tu,Th 5:30-8:20
             
    ENV 738
    Wildlife Movement Ecology
    Harris
    Tu 4:00-6:50
      Harris  
    ENV 744
    Conservation Science and Landscape Planning
      Schmitz
    M,W 10:30-11:50
      Schmitz

    Quantitative Analysis

    Course Fall 2023 Spring 2024 Fall 2024 Spring 2025
    ENV 603
    Environmental Data Visualization for Communication
    Queenborough
    Tu,Th 9:00-10:20
      Queenborough  
    ENV 617
    Real World Environmental Data Science
      Grewal
    M 2:30-5:20
      Grewal
    ENV 728
    Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis in the Environmental Sciences
    Reuning-Scherer
    Tu,Th 2:30-3:50
      Reuning-Scherer
    Tentative
     
    ENV 730
    Environmental Data Science in R: Understanding Methane Dynamics
      Malone
    Tu 2:30-5:20
      Malone
    ENV 753
    Regression Modeling of Ecological and Environmental Data
    Gregoire
    M,W 10:30-11:50
      Gregoire  
    ENV 755
    Modeling Geographic Space
      Tomlin
    Th 1:00-3:50
      Tentative
    ENV 756
    Modeling Geographic Objects
    Tomlin
    Th 1:00-3:50
      Tomlin
    Tentative
     
    ENV 762
    Applied Math for Environmental Studies (AMES):Foundations for Measuring and Modeling Environmental and Socio-environmental Systems
    Fenichel
    M,W 10:30-11:50
      Fenichel
    Tentative
     
    ENV 781
    Applied Spatial Statistics
      Gregoire
    Tu,Th 10:30-11:50
      Gregoire
    ENV 795
    Nature as Capital: Merging Ecological and Economic Models
              Tentative
    ENV 834
    Environmental Economics and Policy
      Kotchen
    M,W 9:00-10:20
      Kotchen

    Management and Policy

    Course Fall 2023 Spring 2024 Fall 2024 Spring 2025
    ENV 610
    Managing Ecosystems for Climate Change Solutions
    Brando
    Tu 9:00-11:50
      Brando  
    ENV 624
    The Science, Policy, and Management of GHG Removal Strategies
    Saiers
    W 9:00-11:50
      Saiers  
    ENV 641
    Market-Based Mechanisms for Water Management
    Kruse
    Th 1:00-3:50
      Kruse
    Tentative
     
    ENV 649
    Food Systems: The Implications of Unequal Access
      Taylor
    Th 1:00-3:50
           
    ENV 677
    Ecological Restoration
      Duguid
    Tu,Th 10:30-11:50
      Duguid
    ENV 692
    Science and Practice of Temperate Agroforestry
    Giroux
    M 1:00-3:50
      Faculty  
    ENV 745
    Global Human-Wildlife Interactions
    Harris
    M,W 2:30-3:45
      Harris  
    ENV 760
    Conservation in Practice: An International Perspective
      Vedder
    Tu,Th 5:30-6:50
      Tentative
    ENV 767
    Building a Conservation Toolkit: From Project Design to Evaluation
      Vedder
    M,W 2:30-3:50
      Tentative
    ENV 817
    Urban, Suburban, and Regional Planning Practice
    Kooris
    Tu 4:00-6:50
      Kooris
    Tentative
     
    ENV 820
    Land Use Law and Environmental Planning
      Shansky
    M,W 4:00-5:20
      Tentative
    ENV 821
    Environmental Policymaking: From Local to Global
    Sanford
    M,W 2:30-3:50
      Sanford  
    ENV 824
    Environmental Law and Policy
      Klee
    M,W 1:00-2:20
      Klee
    ENV 835
    Seminar on Land Use Planning
    Bacher
    W 10:30-11:50
      Bacher
    Tentative
     
    ENV 835E
    Seminar on Land Use Planning (Online)
      Bacher
    O Online
      Tentative
    ENV 956
    Strategies for Land Conservation
      Gentry
    Tu 2:30-5:20
      Gentry
    ENV 962
    Tribal Resources and Sovereignty-Clinic
    Gonzalez-Rogers
    W 9:00-11:50
    Gonzalez-Rogers
    W 9:00-11:50
           
    Ecosystem Illustration

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    Michelle Downey

    Michelle Downey

    Program Director, Ucross High Plains Stewardship Initiative; Staff Manager, Ecosystem Management and…