Formal approaches to making management decisions about wildlife and fish populations, using tools of decision analysis.
Prerequisite
FW 104 (Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (GT-SC2)) or FW 260 (Principles of Wildlife Management) or FW 555 (Conservation Biology) or LIFE 320 (Ecology) or NR 300 (Biological Diversity); STAT 301 (Introduction to Statistical Methods) or STAT 307 (Introduction to Biostatistics); Graduate standing.
Textbooks and Materials
Section 801
Required
- Structured Decision Making: A Practical Guide to Environmental Management Choices (2012)
Gregory, R., L. Failing, M. Harstone, G. Long, T. McDaniels, and D. Ohlson
ISBN: 978-1-444-33341-1 - Conservation Planning: Informed Decisions for a Healthier Planet (2016)
Groves, C and E. Game
ISBN: 10: 1-936221-51-9
Available on Amazon and the publisher's website.
Textbooks and materials can be purchased at the CSU Bookstore unless otherwise indicated.
Available as ebook for free through CSU's library. Print editions available on Amazon and the publisher's website.
Instructors
Heather B. Jackson
heather.jackson@colostate.edu
Heather Jackson is a conservation and landscape ecologist with a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from Louisiana State University. She is interested in research that will help conservation organizations maximize biodiversity protection given limited funds. In addition, her research aims to help researchers and conservation planners to conduct their work at the spatial scales that are most relevant to the species with which they are concerned. Dr. Jackson administers the Conservation Actions with Lands, Animals, and People graduate certificate provided through the Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology department.