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Term Effective:
Summer 2012
The requirements for this program of study are effective beginning the semester shown above. If you began working on this program before the effective semester, you may not be affected by the changes. Consult with the program contact person or the department chair to determine your eligibility to complete the program under previous requirements.
Description:
The Environmental Conservation Certificate of Achievement provides instructional training necessary for technician level positions in visitor information services, maintenance, resource protection, fish and wildlife, public safety, natural resource and watershed management. The program consists of 18 units of core requirements. Students then select one of three emphases: Parks and Recreation Management, Natural Resources Management, or Watershed Management, and complete 15 units in the chosen emphasis.
The Environmental Conservation: Natural Resources Management Certificate of Achievement will allow students to focus on the protection, cultivation, and management of wildlands and the use of their products, in cooperation with other wildland users.
This program has been designed with the help of experts in the field of Natural Resource Management to fulfill the needs of employers. Employment has been mainly in governmental positions. However, jobs in the private consulting industry have been increasing. Working conditions are ideal for those who like to help others enjoy the out-of-doors.
Students who have completed the Natural Resources Management Competency Certificate have fulfilled a portion of the Environmental Conservation : Natural Resources Management Certificate of Achievement.
The work of a conservation technician supports and compliments that of the professional wildland forester. The principal duties of technicians involve the protection, cultivation, and management of wildlands and the use of their products in cooperation with other wildland users. Typical work may include duties related to reforestation, estimating, appraising, selling or buying timber; range management; research and extension work; logging, milling, and wood conversion.
Students interested in a suggested order for taking classes in this program, can view the recommended course sequence. This program of study is also available as an Associate degree major option. Students wishing to move beyond the technician level are encouraged to pursue a four year degree in Forestry or other related sciences. For more information see the Agriculture Department website.
Program Student Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this certificate, the student will be able to:
- Identify and discuss historical approaches to Natural Resource Management in the U.S.;
- develop and use vocabulary for the protection, cultivation and management of wildlands;
- discuss economic benefits to protecting healthy watershed characteristics including: recreation opportunities, biological diversity, species
richness and clean water;
- critically analyze and apply research and extension work in the field of forestry and NRM;
- identify and employ sustainable forestry practices strategies and characteristics for harvesting, logging, milling and wood conversion; and
- apply broad-based theories and applications in the natural resources management field to solve problems and address issues in the profession.
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