Lecture Materials
Science and Ways of Knowing (PowerPoint PDF)
Research Concepts (PowerPoint PDF)
Data and Measurement (PowerPoint PDF)
Bill Bryson--A Short History of Nearly Everything Introduction (MP3)
Bill Bryson--A Short History of Nearly Everything Part 2 (MP3)
Depend on Nature--IUCN Report (Primary Precis Article)
Wetlands and New Orleans Floods
Assignment #3. Speaker Conrad Reining (Sept. 26)
The Northern Appalachians Wildlands Project Website
A Critique of the Wildlands Project Website
Biological Science in Conservation (Primary Precis Article)
Science, Values, and Uncertainty: A Critique of the Wildlands Project
Assignment #4. Speaker Rebecca Purdom (Oct. 3)
Would Ecological Landscape Restoration
Make the Bandelier Wilderness More or Less
of a Wilderness? (Primary Precis
Article)
Assignment #5. Speaker Linda Weintraub (Oct. 17)
Introduction to Book (Unpublished Draft) (Primary Precis Article)
Ecosystems and Home (Unpublished Draft)
Assignment #6. Speaker Adam Werbach (Oct. 26)
The Death of Environmentalism (Primary Precis Article)
New York Times Article (Provides context for the "Death of Environmentalism" essay)
Assignment #7. Speaker Robert Manning (Oct. 31)
Use of Visual Research Methods to Measure Standards of Quality for Parks and Outdoor Recreation (Primary Precis Article)
Assignment #8. Speaker Robert Thorson(Nov. 7)
Stone by Stone (Primary Precis Article)