Course Syllabus: Wildlife & Recreation Management

Course Overview

Semester 1:

August : Habitat Management Practices

                Management practices for wildlife to thrive, eat, drink, etc.

                Brush Management, Cropland Management, Food Plots, Range Planting, Prescribed

                Burning, Grazing Management, Providing Water & Shelter,

September : Plant Identification and Preference Listings

                Identify key grasses, forbs, and woody plants for wildlife

                List wildlife preferences for each key grass, forb and wood plant

October : Wildlife Species Identification and Biological Facts

Biological facts for each species of wildlife, game birds, furbearers, and predators.

November : Waterfowl identification

                Identification of each species, feather identification, two types of waterfowl

December : Habitat Evaluation

                Evaluation of habitat for wildlife purposes

Semester 2:

January : Foundations of Wildlife Conservation

                Land Evaluation and land management practices for wildlife

February : Population Management and Field Techniques

                Dynamics: Carrying capacity, birth/death rates, and predator-prey loops, census

                counts, determining the age of deer herds using jawbone wear.

March : Game Laws, Safety, and Recreation Management

                Local games laws, hunter and boating safety, bag limits

April : Conservation of Habitat and Destruction

                Ways to conserve the habitats we have and how they are in threat of destruction.

May : Ecosystems

                Types, importance of each and species of wildlife in each one