NS 103 - Practical Stream Stewardship: How to, Save the Planet One Trout At a Time

Credits: 3
Credit Configuration: 2+3, 3 Cr.

An interdisciplinary course with laboratory designed to train students to apply the scientific method to restore a river. Through site visits and field observations, students will survey a river to discover limiting factors then plan and execute improvements. Discussions will include finding community partners, permitting and financing restorations, and learning a philosophy which guides us to attainable ends. Fieldwork is suited for someone with an active lifestyle who enjoys the outdoors. This will be a hybrid course taught in Summer II. Lectures will be online; laboratories (fieldwork) will be on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.