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Natural Resource Management Certificate Agriculture & Natural Resources Total Units: 15
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Term Effective: Spring 2012

Description:

The Natural Resource Management Skills Certificate is designed for individuals who have a background or experience in natural resources, and who wish to acquire specific skills and knowledge necessary for successful job performance in the field of natural resource management.

The work of a natural resource management 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.

Population growth and the diverse resources base in California have created a demand for individuals trained in natural resource management. This program is designed to equip individuals with skills to make a positive impact on the sustainable use of natural resources.

For more information see the Agriculture Department website.

Program Student Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this certificate, the student will be able to:

  1. Identify and discuss historical approaches to Natural Resource Management in the U.S.;
  2. develop and use vocabulary for the protection, cultivation and management of wildlands;
  3. discuss economic benefits to protecting healthy watershed characteristics including: recreation opportunities, biological diversity, species richness and clean water;
  4. critically analyze and apply research and extension work in the field of forestry and NRM;; and
  5. Identify and employ sustainable forestry practices strategies and characteristics for harvesting, logging, milling and wood conversion.

Program Requirements:

The requirements for the Natural Resource Management Certificate program are:

  • Complete 15 units from
    • Natural Resource Management Requirements

Natural Resource Management Requirements - complete 15.00 units
Complete any combination totaling at least 15.00 units from the following:
CourseDescriptionUnits
AGRI 60Soil & Plant Nutrition3.00
NRM 103Restoring Native Habitats0.50
NRM 141Beginning Rock Climbing and Climbing Safety1.00
NRM 51Wildland Trees and Shrubs3.00
NRM 52Park and Woodland Surveying3.00
NRM 72Forest Fire Control & Its Use3.00
NRM 73Introduction to Forest Measurements3.00
NRM 84Introduction to Fish and Wildlife Conservation3.00
NRM 85Forest Hydrology and Watershed Management4.00
NRM 86Watershed Monitoring and Assessment2.00
NRM 91Rangeland Management3.00

Term Effective: Spring 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.

Term Inactive: Summer 2012

Previous Versions:

Natural Resource Management - effective Spring 2007
Natural Resource Management - effective Fall 1981

Course Prerequisites and Advisories:

Courses in a program of study may have prerequisites or advisories; that is, courses that must or should be completed before taking that course. Please check for prerequisites or advisories by clicking on the course numbers in the Program Requirements section.

Contact
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(707) 527-4408
srjccertificate003277@santarosa.edu