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CATALOG INFORMATION
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Discipline and Nbr:
NRM 103 | Title:
RESTORING NATIVE HABITAT |
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Full Title:
Restoring Native Habitats |
Last Reviewed:10/24/2016 |
Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
Maximum | .50 | Lecture Scheduled | 3.00 | 4 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 12.00 |
Minimum | .50 | Lab Scheduled | 2.00 | 4 min. | Lab Scheduled | 8.00 |
| Contact DHR | 0 | | Contact DHR | 0 |
| Contact Total | 5.00 | | Contact Total | 20.00 |
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| Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| Total Out of Class Hours: 24.00 | Total Student Learning Hours: 44.00 | |
Title 5 Category:
AA Degree Applicable
Grading:
Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:
00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As:
Formerly:
Catalog Description:
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Hands-on approach to restoring local habitats using native plants in the landscape. Overview of natural plant communities as models for restoration. Course includes study of dominant and typical plant constituents of each plant community in Sonoma County, focusing on species currently used in restoration. Matching plant species to local conditions for successful restoration, students will do field work at Shone Farm as well as develop individual restoration projects.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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Hands-on approach to restoring local habitats using native plants in the landscape. Overview of natural plant communities as models for restoration. Course includes study of dominant and typical plant constituents of each plant community in Sonoma County, focusing on species currently used in restoration.
(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
Associate Degree: | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
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CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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Certificate/Major Applicable:
Both Certificate and Major Applicable
COURSE CONTENT
Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Perform a site analysis.
2. Describe procedures used in site preparation.
3. Demonstrate knowledge of maintenance requirements for re-vegetation
projects.
4. Identify exotic and invasive plants and strategies to control them.
5. Discuss the importance of native plant habitat for wildlife.
6. Preserve and maintain a native habitat.
7. Describe the geographic profile of local watersheds.
8. Plan a successful landscape restoration project.
9. Differentiate between restoration and natural landscaping.
10. Demonstrate skill at restoration planting techniques.
11. Perform field monitoring at a restoration site.
12. Make informed selections and purchase seeds and container/bare
root/field grown plants.
13. Explain what constitutes relict and restored sites.
14. Select appropriate species of and sources for plants.
Topics and Scope
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I. Overview
A. Defining landscape restoration
B. Geographic profile of a watershed
C. Local plant communities and associations
II. Site analysis
A. Physical factors
1. Soils
2. Exposure
3. Climate
B. Plant/wildlife survey
C. Desired vegetation type
1. Analysis
2. Species selection
D. Invasive and exotic species
III. Project Planning and Goals
A. Natural versus restoration landscaping
1. Human needs
a. Recreation
b. Waste water sites
c. Flood control areas
2. Ecological needs
a. Importance of native plant habitat for wildlife
b. Requirements for encouraging wildlife
3. Use of relict and restored sites to establish goals
B. Timelines
C. Materials
1. Selecting appropriate species
2. Sources for plants
D. Layout
1. Blueprints and specs
2. Topographic maps
3. Geologic surveys
IV. Salvage Considerations
A. On/off site
B. Plants
C. Soil
D. Techniques
V. Succession
VI. Restoring healthy soils
A. Mycorrhizae
B. Weeds
C. Mulches
VII. Invasive species
A. Identification techniques
B. Removal
C. Pesticides
VIII. Out planting requirements and techniques
A. Site preparation for planting
B. On site layout techniques for materials
C. Plant protection strategies
D. Efficient labor techniques
E. Tools used in restoration
F. Field monitoring practices
G. Record keeping
IX. Maintenance of revegetation projects
A. Irrigation
B. Weed control
C. Grazing
D. Fire
E. Pest control
F. Thinning and replanting
X. Ecological restoration resources
A. Books
B. Web
C. Government agencies
D. Community based projects
1. Environmental groups
2. Landowners
Assignments:
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1. Weekly reading assignment: 10 - 20 pages.
2. Individually planned restoration project, written (4 - 8 pages),
graded 50% problem solving, 50% writing.
3. Oral presentation of project.
5. Field work: restoration activities at Shone Farm.
6. Lab activities:
a. Plant identification techniques;
b. Planting techniques;
c. Invasive species removal.
7. Quizzes (2-5), final exam.
Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.
Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing. | Writing 10 - 30% |
Restoration project | |
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving 10 - 40% |
Field work, Restoration project | |
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations 10 - 20% |
Lab & field techniques | |
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams 30 - 60% |
Multiple choice, True/false, Matching items, Completion, Short answer. | |
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category 10 - 20% |
Attendance and participation; oral presentation | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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A Flora of Sonoma County. Best, Howell, Knight, Wells. California Native
Plant Society. 1996.
Landscape Restoration Handbook. Harker, Libby, Harker, Evans, Evans.
Lewis Publishers. 1999.
A Guide to Restoring Native Riparian Habitat in the Russian River
Watershed. Sonoma County Water Agency an Circuit Rider Productions, Inc.
Circuit Rider Productions. 1998.
Know Your Natives. Jeanette Wrysinski. Yolo County Resource Conservation
District. 2000.
Jepson Manual, Higher Plants of California. James C. Hickman. Regents of
the University of California. 1993
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