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  • 2.00 Credits

    Identification of important range plants based upon specialized morphological characteristics. UW Range Judging Team is selected from this course. Prerequisite: REWM 3000, 3320, LIFE 2020.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Examine plant physiological processes that have application to ecological and land management issues. Topics include carbon assimilation, water relations, mineral nutrition as applied to plant distributions, plant and system responses to grazing, as well as plant tolerance of extreme conditions including drought, excessive temperatures and changes in climate. Prerequisites: LIFE 2022.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Plants poisonous to livestock in Wyoming and the Mountain West; identification, ecology, toxic principles, physiologic responses of animals, situations leading to poisoning, control and management to prevent losses. Prerequisite: 12 hours of biological and chemical sciences.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Analyzes environmentalism as a political phenomenon. Provides students with a basic understanding of how to analyze political issues by: (1) examining the historical and contemporary issues that produce controversy over environmental matters; and (2) surveying the impacts of these issues on the formulation and implementation of laws, policies, and regulations. Cross listed with POLS, ENR, G&R and AMST 4051. Prerequisite: POLS 1000.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Examines the political forces that have shaped and continue to shape federal land policy and management. Explores the interactions between democratic decision making and science in the management of federal lands. Surveys the sources of controversy over federal land management and methods for harmonizing public demands with technical expertise. Cross listed with POLS/ENR/GEOG/AMST 4052. Prerequisite: POLS 1000.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Examines ecological processes and management of nutritional resources by domestic and wild rangeland herbivores. Topics include nutrient availability, nutritional demand, foraging behavior, diet composition, grazing systems, stocking rates, livestock/wildlife competition, predation, parasitism, plant toxicity, and influences on ecological condition. Students evaluate case studies and analyze nutritional data using current technologies.Prerequisites: LIFE 1010 or LIFE 1020
  • 3.00 Credits

    Understanding of public demands for leisure use of public and private rangelands; potential impacts on rangeland resources, ranch practices and families and other rangeland users. Students prepare public range or private ranch recreation operations plan. Graduate students assist in peparation and presentation of lecture. Dual listed with REWM 5103. Prerequisites: REWM 2000 and GEOG 2550.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Strategies for manipulation of behavior and management of the grazing herbivore will be developed from scientific and practical information. Designed to equip the student to manage for animal and natural resource production. Dual listed with REWM 5150. Prerequisites: REWM 2000 and ANSC/REWM 3020 or ANSC 3100.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Overviews reclamation of drastically disturbed lands in the west, emphasizing surface mined lands. Includes principles of ecology, agronomy, soils and other relevant disciplines as applied to mitigate adverse environmental impacts of land disturbance. Prerequisite: LIFE 2400, AECL 2100.
  • 4.00 Credits

    Teaches essential and unique characteristics of the hydrologic cycle as it occurs on range and forest lands, concentrating on quantification of these processes and storages. Course consists of lectures and a computer lab. Cross listed with ENR 4285. Dual listed with REWM 5285. Prerequisite: MATH 1000, MATH 1450, or MATH 1405.