This course covers a variety of topics important to wildlife professionals, including ecological principles and habitat design, data analysis, law enforcement, hunting, predation, population dynamics, and endangered species management. The course will include a detailed discussion of techniques used by wildlife managers to manipulate habitat for the benefit of game and nongame species. Working in teams, students will formulate and present a management plan for the South Fork watershed on campus or a management area of their own choosing. Guest lectures will be presented by wildlife and natural resources professionals. Students are expected to participate in class discussion of popular and scientific articles relating to current wildlife issues. A course fee is required. Junior or senior standing is recommended. (F)
Dr. Mark Bergland
404 Agriculture-Science Building
715-425-3362
mark.s.bergland@uwrf.edu
**Portfolio information (for Biology majors only)
Sample job description for a wildlife position in Florida (posted 9/08)
Click here to access D2L web site, sign on with your falcon number and password, and click the "wildlife biology" link to see the course syllabus.
New "+/-" grading criteria adopted by the university as of Fall semester, 2005
****Mammal ID Powerpoint -- know for quiz, along with selected information on mammals from 'Wildlife and Your Land' pp. 138- 142
***Trees, shrubs and vines and their wildlife values - know information from this page for the second lecture examination.
John Wheeler's Powerpoint presentation on amur maple, an exotic invasive species
***Deer age training slides, Wisconsin DNR - you will be given 5 jaw descriptions for the second lecture examination.
A guide to age determination of white-tailed deer - publication of Texas Parks and Wildlife. These are the same criteria used in Wisconsin - know how to age deer for the second lecture exam.
The policy statement gives an overview of requirements for the management plan, along with grading critieria. For more detailed instructions regarding the web page and oral presentation, see Requirements for the Management Plan ,and the rubric which will be used for grading the written and oral portions of the plan. Download the Management Plan Template, upon which you will write your plan using Dreamweaver.
Here are some examples of past management plans:
Amanda Prochazka and Brittany Kerschner blanding's turtle management plan
Kara Nelson and Becky Davis's deer management plan
See the Dreamweaver Tutorial for on the Freshman Colloquium home page for techniques to create a home page and link it to your management plan. The only difference between these instructions and yours are that you will actually be downloading and working with the Management Plan Template (file named "template.htm") instead of the Career Paper Template (file named "career.htm"). Thus, whereever you see "career.htm" in these instructions, mentally substitute "template.htm", which is the default name for the file containing the Management Plan Template. Also, in your home page, you will type "here is a link to my wildlife management plan" (or something similar) rather than "here is a link to my career paper". Otherwise, the instructions are identical for both the Wildlife course and the Freshman Colloquium course.
***Live Search - Microsoft's version of Google Maps - excellent source of high resolution maps for your study area (note: Google Earth could also be used, but maps seem to be of better quality with Live Search.)
Terraserver satellite maps - both aerial photographs and topo maps - just type in a place name (nearest city, town, etc.)
USING MAPTECH TERRAIN NAVIGATOR TO OBTAIN USGS MAPS
USGS maps for any area in Wisconsin can be obtained from the Maptech CD-ROM available from your instructor. The PC computer in rm 410 (across from Bergland's office) can be used for this purpose. Click here for instructions.
SOUND FILES
Sound files can be linked to your page, as can Quicktime movies - anything to increase interest during your presentation (within reason!)
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