Invasive Species Management Certificate

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This certificate is administered by the Fisheries and Water Resources Discipline.

Invasive species are a growing impediment to natural resource management impacting native communities of plants and animals, recreational pursuits as well as food and fiber production. This certificate provides skills needed to control, manage, and educate the public about non-invasive species that are problematic. It is interdisciplinary and provides the skills needed to understand and manage invasive species in aquatic and terrestrial environments. Coursework includes required and elective coursework in three topical areas listed below.

Consists of 13-21 credits.

Background - Introduction to invasive species and regulations, 3 cr.

Required

NRES 324 - Invasive and Exotic Species 3 cr. or
WATR 324 - Invasive and Exotic Species 3 cr.

Recognition - Identification of native and non-native species, 5-12 cr.

Required

NRES 405 - Selected Topics in Natural Resources 1-3 cr. (Plant identification, take 1 credit) or
BIOL 342 - Vascular Plant Taxonomy 4 cr.

Choose two of the following

BIOL 342 - Vascular Plant Taxonomy 4 cr. (if not taken above)
BIOL 347 - Aquatic Vascular Plants 2 cr.
BIOL 361 - Aquatic Invertebrate Zoology 3 cr. or
WATR 361 - Aquatic Invertebrate Zoology 3 cr.
BIOL 367 - General Entomology 4 cr.
BIOL 374 - Ichthyology 4 cr. or
WATR 384 - Life History of Fishes 3 cr.
FOR 232 - Dendrology and Silvics 3 cr.
FOR 342 - Urban Trees and Shrubs 2 cr.
FOR 424 - Forest Pathology 3 cr.
FOR 426 - Forest Entomology 3 cr.
WLDL 372 - Wildlife of North America 3 cr.

Management, restoration and outreach - Skills for control, restoration and education, 5-6 cr.

Required

FOR 224 - Fire Operations 1 cr. or
FOR 305 - Pulpcut - Chainsaw Safety and Use I 1 cr. or
FOR 396 - Science of Tree Felling 1 cr.
FOR 336 - Pesticides in Natural Resource Management 1 cr.
NRES 336 - Integrated Pest Management Workshop 1 cr.

Choose one of the following

FOR 324 - Fire Management and Ecology 2 cr.
NRES 301 - Foundations of Environmental Education I 3 cr.
NRES 368 - Oral Interpretation Methods 3 cr.
NRES 458 - Biodiversity and Conservation Biology 3 cr.
NRES 459 - Ecosystem Management and Restoration 3 cr.
WATR 360 - Wetlands Ecology and Management 3 cr. or
WLDL 360 - Wetlands Ecology and Management 3 cr.
WATR 484 - Fisheries Management 3 cr.
WLDL 305 - Selected Topics in Wildlife Ecology and Management 1-3 cr. (Wildlife Damage Management, take 3 cr.)
WLDL 450 - Human Dimensions of Wildlife 3 cr.
WLDL 458 - Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Biology 3 cr.