UNM Course Readings
Homework Fall 2016
(just read Preface and Exec. Summary)
Write RA 1: Consider the significant alterations humans have made to the Middle Rio Grande Valley and its ecosystem.
a) Share your view of how the historical changes to the ecosystem have impacted the landscape and wildlife.
b) What types of scientific monitoring can help our understanding of this system and future planning efforts?
List all references & cite the reading
Watch: Mother Nature’s Child (video)
Write RA 2: Louv writes that almost all conservationists and environmentalists had a “transcendent experience in nature when they were children.” Describe your own transcendent experience in nature and discuss how this example informs your ethic and attitude toward nature today. BEMP’s mission is to do science, education, and stewardship of the Rio Grande and its watershed. How do you think BEMP enacts the stewardship pillar of its mission?
Additional Readings:
Poff et al. 2010 – Ecological Limits of Hydrologic Alteration
Schmidt et al. 2003 – Hydrology & Geomorphology of the Rio Grande
Write: 3 questions you might as the water panelists
Coordinate with your Monthly Monitoring Site Rep or BEMP Staffer about next week
Write RA 3: What are the impacts of climate change in terms of water availability for the Middle Rio Grande and bosque? What are the likely future conditions of the bosque? What are some of the challenges that land managers will face? List all references.
Dec 6: Email revised Data Nugget to Dr. Eichhorst; email list of special project hours to Kim Fike; turn in field notebooks
Introduction and Background and References for Data Nugget emailed to Dr. Eichhorst and printed (x2) for class.
Be ready for a quiz on the monthly monitoring and pitfall trapping protocols.
Email Methods for Data Nugget to Dr. E
Homework Fall 2016
(just read Preface and Exec. Summary)
Write RA 1: Consider the significant alterations humans have made to the Middle Rio Grande Valley and its ecosystem.
a) Share your view of how the historical changes to the ecosystem have impacted the landscape and wildlife.
b) What types of scientific monitoring can help our understanding of this system and future planning efforts?
List all references & cite the reading
Watch: Mother Nature’s Child (video)
Write RA 2: Louv writes that almost all conservationists and environmentalists had a “transcendent experience in nature when they were children.” Describe your own transcendent experience in nature and discuss how this example informs your ethic and attitude toward nature today. BEMP’s mission is to do science, education, and stewardship of the Rio Grande and its watershed. How do you think BEMP enacts the stewardship pillar of its mission?
Additional Readings:
Poff et al. 2010 – Ecological Limits of Hydrologic Alteration
Schmidt et al. 2003 – Hydrology & Geomorphology of the Rio Grande
Write: 3 questions you might as the water panelists
Coordinate with your Monthly Monitoring Site Rep or BEMP Staffer about next week
Write RA 3: What are the impacts of climate change in terms of water availability for the Middle Rio Grande and bosque? What are the likely future conditions of the bosque? What are some of the challenges that land managers will face? List all references.
Dec 6: Email revised Data Nugget to Dr. Eichhorst; email list of special project hours to Kim Fike; turn in field notebooks
Introduction and Background and References for Data Nugget emailed to Dr. Eichhorst and printed (x2) for class.
Be ready for a quiz on the monthly monitoring and pitfall trapping protocols.
Email Methods for Data Nugget to Dr. E