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University of Wyoming

ENR 4900/5900
Environmental Assessment Practice - Spring 2008

 

Instructors/Contact Information/Office Hours


Section One - The Roadless Rule and Medicine Bow National Forest

Don Mcleod - Scenario/Synthesis
Associate Professor; Agricultural and Applied Economics and ENR
Office: Agriculture C12
Office Hours: Tues./Thurs. 1:00-2:00; Wed. 2:00-3:00 and by appointment
Phone: 766-3116; Email: dmcleod@uwyo.edu

Ben Rashford - Socio-economic
Associate Professor; Agricultural and Applied Economics
Office: Agriculture C 234B
Office Hours: Wed. 1:00 - 3:00 and by appointment
Phone: 766-6474; Email: brashfor@uwyo.edu

Ginger Paige - Water Quantity
Assistant Professor; Renewable Resources
Office: AG C 1006
Office Hours: Wed. 2:00 - 4:00 and by appointment
Phone:766-2200; Email: gpaige@uwyo.edu

Jeff Morris - Water Quality/Fish
Adjunct Professor in ENR
Office Hours: by appointment
Phone: 721-2422; Email: JMorris@uwyo.edu

Doug Keinath - Wildlife
Associate Research Scientist; Wyoming Natural Diversity Database
Office: Wyo Hall 224
Office Hours: by appointment
Phone:766-3013; Email: dkeinath@uwyo.edu

Dan Tinker - Ecosystems
Assistant Professor; Botany, Renewable Resources and ENR
Office: Aven Nelson 130
Office Hours: Mon. 9:00 - 11:00, Wed. 3:00 - 4:00, and by appointment
Phone: 766-4967; Email: tinker@uwyo.edu

Elise Pendall - Ecosystems
Assistant Professor; Botany
Office: Aven Nelson 110a
Office Hours: by appointment
Phone: 766-6293; Email: pendall@uwyo.edu

Fred Chapman - Cultural/Aesthetic
Research Scientist, UW-AMST
Office: Cooper House/Mansion
Office Hours: Tues./Thurs. 12:00-2:00 and by appointment
Phone: 766-3860; Email: fchapman@uwyo.edu

Jim Oakleaf - Geo-Spatial
Technical Services Coordinator, Wyoming Geographic Information Sciences Center
Office: Agricultural C #336
Office Hours: By appointment
Phone: 766-2760; Email: JOakleaf@uwyo.edu

Linse Anderson - Scenario/Synthesis
Graduate Assistant, SENR
Office: Wyo Hall 205
Office Hours: Wed. 3:00-5:00 and by appointment
Phone: 766-2701; Email: lna@uwyo.edu

Section Two - Road Development in Panama

Robert Field - Scenario/Synthesis
Associate Professor, SENR
Office: 207 Wyo Hall
Office Hours: Mon./Wed. 10:00-12:00 and by appointment
Phone: 766-2701 (Wyo Hall & voice mail); Email: RField1@uwyo.edu

Roger Coupal - Socio-economic
Associate Professor; Agricultural and Applied Economics and ENR
Office: Agriculture C 314a
Office Hours: By appointment most days (call or email first)
Phone: 766-5246; Email: coupal@uwyo.edu

Fred Ogden - Water Quantity
Professor and Dual Chair in both Engineering and ENR
Office: EN 3029
Office Hours: irregular and by appointment via email
Phone: 766-6171; Email: fogden@uwyo.edu

Harold Bergman - Environment
Professor of Zoology and Physiology & Director of SENR/Ruckelshaus Institute
Office: 207 Wyo Hall
Office Hours: Mon. 11:00-12:00; Wed. 2:00-3:00 and by appointment
Phone: 766-5150 (Wyo Hall & voice mail); Email: bergman@uwyo.edu

Marj Brooks - Environment
Assistant Research Professor; Zoology and Physiology
Office: Bio Sciences 314D
Office Hours: Mon. 11:00-12:00 and by appointment
Phone: 399-0576; Email: brook@uwyo.edu

Fred Chapman - Cultural/Aesthetic
Research Scientist, UW-AMST
Office: Cooper House/Mansion
Office Hours: Tues./Thurs. 12:00-2:00 and by appointment
Phone: 766-3860; Email: fchapman@uwyo.edu

Jim Oakleaf - Geo-Spatial
Technical Services Coordinator, Wyoming Geographic Information Sciences Center
Office: Agricultural C #336
Office Hours: By appointment
Phone: 766-2760; Email: JOakleaf@uwyo.edu

Jeff Soltis - Scenario/Synthesis
Graduate Assistant, SENR
Office: Wyo Hall 205
Office Hours: Wed. 3:00 - 5:00 and Fri. 12:00 - 2:00
Phone:766-2701; Email: jsoltis@uwyo.edu
 

General Course Information


Problem-Based Learning

Links to Laws and Regulations for Individual Writing Assignment One

Conceptual Models Power Point by Dan Tinker

Conceptual Diagram Resource - Univ. of Maryland

Collaborative Process Principles Handout

Collaborative Natural Resource Diagrams

Collaborative Natural Resource Readings

Referencing Individual Writing Assignments

    Use the Council of Biology Editors style as a style guide and for citing resources:

http://library.austincc.edu/help/CBE/CBE-ny.htm

NEPA Analyses - http://www.wy.blm.gov/rfo/nepa.htm

 

Section One - The Roadless Rule and Medicine Bow National Forest

Course Documents

Syllabus Section 1

Section 1 Class Schedule

Section 1 Teams

Medicine Bow Roadless Area Scenario Map

GIS Scenario presentation

    Preservation Scenario Map

    Conservation Scenario Map

    Development Scenario Map

Presentations

Conceptual Models Power Point by Dan Tinker

Forest Planning & the Roadless Area Conservation Rule by Melissa Martin

Decision Support Tools by Ginger Paige

Pine Bark Beetle Epidemic by Clint Kyhl

Assignments

Individual Writing Assignment One

Individual Writing Assignment Two

Team Presentation - Scoping Session Guidelines

Team Assignment 2 - Conceptual Model

Team Assignment 3 - Annotated Bibliography

Readings

Public Participation in Roadless Area Management

Wyoming Roadless Case Draws Attention - August 31, 2007

California v. USDA and Wilderness Society v. USFS

Memo: Cooperating Agencies in Implementing the Procedural
            Requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act

A Citizen's Guide to NEPA

    The NEPA Process -- from A Citizen's Guide to NEPA

Reclaiming NEPA's Potential

Environmental Impact Statements by Salzman and Thompson

Conceptual Models for Environmental Planning

Bark Beetle Infestation - Casper Star Tribune Feb. 15, 2008

USFS Planning Process: 36 CFR 219

USFS Special areas: Roadless area conservation: 36 CFR 294

The Value of Clean Water and Wild Forests: Economic & Community Benefits of Protecting New Mexico's Inventoried Roadless Areas

EPA slams new plan for Sublette gas field - Feb. 20, 2008

Rethinking Forest Health - Feb. 27, 2008

Environmental Impact Statements

Pinedale Anticline Oil & Gas Exploration & Development

Pinedale Resource Management Plan

Powder River Basin Oil & Gas Project

Roan Plateau Resource Management Plan

North Shore Road

All EISs since 2004

Links

USDA Forest Service: Inventoried Roadless Areas, Wyoming

National Forest Management Act

Medicine Bow Proposed Land & Resource Management Plan

        Preface, Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4

The Clinton Roadless Rule and why Wyoming continues to oppose it by Bob Beck

Rocky Mountain Region Bark Beetle Information

March 27 news article - Timber industry argues the opposite in beetle response

ENR 4000/5000 Proposals

Air Quality

Water Management

Biodiversity

Cultural

Socio-economic

Legal

ENR 4900/5900 Spring 2008 Environmental Assessments

Coalbed Methane Assessment

    Executive Summary, Coalbed Methane Assessment

Liquefied Natural Gas Assessment

    Executive Summary, Liquefied Natural Gas Assessment

 

Section Two - Road Development in Panama

Course Documents

Syllabus Section 2

Section 2 Class Schedule

Section 2 Teams

Scenario - FORTHCOMING

Presentations

Conceptual Models Power Point by Dan Tinker

Assignments

Individual Writing Assignment One

Individual Writing Assignment Two

Team Presentation - Scoping Session Guidelines

Readings

A Citizen's Guide to NEPA

    The NEPA Process -- from A Citizen's Guide to NEPA

Reclaiming NEPA's Potential

Environmental Impact Statements by Salzman and Thompson

Conceptual Models for Environmental Planning

Environmental Impact Statements

Pinedale Anticline Oil & Gas Exploration & Development

Pinedale Resource Management Plan

Powder River Basin Oil & Gas Project

Roan Plateau Resource Management Plan

North Shore Road

All EISs since 2004

Links

 

ENR 4000/5000 Proposals

Water Management

Ecosystem Services

Cultural

Socio-economic