Sustainable Forestry: A Study in Natural Resource Management

Fall 2012 quarter

Faculty

Richard Bigley forest ecology, sustainable forestry

Description

Sustainable Forestry: a study in Natural Resource Management is lecture and field-based introduction to forests of the Pacific Northwest, the science of forests and associated aquatic habitat management and the forces of change on their management. Case studies from forest, wildlife and fisheries management will examine 1) how society catalyzed, and forest science has fueled, recent developments towards a sustainable forestry; 2) the role of habitat restoration in sustainability of both forests and fisheries; and 3) insights into the future of ecosystem-based management. Weekend field trips will provide an insider's perspective into the fount line of natural resources management science and policy. The course will provide background, and an introduction to analysis skills to help evaluate policies and strategies for management, restoration and protection of forests and the services they provide.

Syllabus (Fall 2010)

 

Faculty Bio

Richard Bigley is a forest ecologist who teaches as adjunct faculty in the Evening and Weekend Studies and Masters of Environmental Studies programs. Richard teaches sustainable forestry and on occasion a forest ecology class.

After his family, his passions are the science of natural resources management and conservation, and boating.

His current work focuses on the restoration of riparian forests to older forest conditions in western Washington, and the ecology and management of headwater streams and wetlands. He works for the Washington State Department of Natural Resources in Olympia. Over the last 21 years with DNR, he has served as the team leader for the Forest Ecology, Wildlife Science and the Habitat Conservation Plan Monitoring and Adaptive Management Teams. He also advises other organization on the development of conservation plans. Before joining WADNR, he worked as an ecologist for the Forest Service PNW Experiment Station and private industry.

Richard earned a Ph. D. in Forest Ecology and Silviculture and M Sc. in Botany from the University of British Columbia. He has been an Affiliate Assistant Professor at the University of Washington, College of the Environment, School of Forestry Since 1994. As member of the Northern Spotted owl “5-year review” panel in 2004, Richard was a contributor to the first comprehensive evaluation of the scientific information on the Northern Spotted owl since the time of listing of the as threatened under the Endangered Species Act in 1990.

 

Advertised Schedule

6-10p Wed

Location

Olympia

Online Learning

Enhanced Online Learning

Books

Greener Store

Undergraduate Credit Option

Requires Faculty Approval

Offered During

Evening