Beach Pollution art piece - five jars, each containing different types of trash
Beach Pollution art piece (2021).  Trash collected on Emerald Isle, NC.  Left to right: miscellaneous items, paper, small hard plastics, soft plastic & wrappers, cigarette butts.  Part of our Challenges in Conservation Forum series.

I’m currently migrating this website for Fall 2022.

WordPress has changed in ways I don’t want to deal with. So I’m moving the site to Google Sites – you can find it here. – Hess 2022.08.06

Week 1 … 08.22-08.26 … Welcome … Connecting … Conservation Challenges

Objectives for the week …

  • Learn about your course
  • Begin getting to know one another
  • Start understanding what we think conservation biology is and needs to be
  • What do you see as major conservation challenges?
ASSIGNED DUE TIME ESTIMATE
Read the syllabus carefully (seriously, read it, it is different) and bring any questions to the next class. W 08.18 09:35 30 min
Read Topic Ideas & Guidance to help you think about how to craft a solid Challenges topic and to give you some ideas for topics. W 08.18 09:35 1 hour
Review the Potential Challenges Topics (created 08.18 in class) as well as the Topic Ideas & Guidance document and start thinking about the kind of topic you’d like to work on with a small team for the semester.  You’re not constrained by the topics in the Potential Challenges list.  You’ll make a choice as part of the Intro to Con Bio Reading Guide (see next assignment). M 08.23 09:35 1 hour
Complete Intro to Con Bio Reading Guide in your assignment folder with document name “08.23.IntroCB” – this includes picking a topic to consider in more depth for your Conservation Forums topic. M 08.23 09:35 3 hours

08.22 M … Welcome to Conservation Biology in Practice

08.24 W … Your Course … Connecting … Conservation Challenges

  • 09:35 – 09:40 Housekeeping & announcements
    • This is a time for just about anything relevant to your course – questions about anything, announcements of events or news or information relevant to conservation, birthdays and other exciting events.  Just speak up!
    • I’ll also use it for any administrative stuff we have to deal with
  • 09:40 So how’s this course going to work? Let’s talk!
  • 10:00 Stretch break
  • 10:05 Where ya from?
    • Join up pairs of tables (1+2, 3+4, etc) so that we have 5 groups – you can just turn and face one another – you’ll figure it out.
    • At each table pair, have each person spend a minute or two introducing themselves, saying where they grew up, recounting one awesome thing about growing up there, and describing a conservation need in that place
  • 10:25 Conservation Challenges
    • OK, so you’ve already look at some Topic Ideas & Guidance – now it’s time to start focusing in on what you might want to do.  Each table pair, talk about what you see as some of the biggest conservation challenges “out there.”  As you do this, keep in mind that you’ll each be working on a challenge this semester – so think also about how you could contribute to better understanding the challenges being discussed and anything being done to address them, explaining them to others, and maybe actually contributing to their solution over time.
    • Write down your ideas, by group, in this Potential Conservation Challenges document
    • One or two people from each table should be prepared to provide a short (5 minutes or less) summary of ideas to the full class
  • 10:50 Stretch break
  • 10:55 Report back – 5 minutes per table pair
  • 11:25 Adjourn

Week 2 … 08.29-09.02 … Influential Conservationists … Establishing Direction

Goals for the Week …

  • have a look at the kinds of work conservationists do
  • help you figure out the kind of role(s) you’re interested in with respect to conservation
  • begin establishing direction and evaluation criteria for our learning topics
  • start to create work teams for learning topics
ASSIGNED DUE TIME ESTIMATE
Review information about developing good questions in the Topic Ideas & Guidance document W 08.25  1 hour
Complete initial challenge topic development in assigned teams.  Teams will be assigned by W 08.25 based on your responses to the survey in the Intro to Con Bio Reading Guide.  Your initial team assignment is here and you’ll find a folder with a template and instructions for your teams’ work in the Challenges Topics folder (also linked in the Google Drive side bar on our home page).  Be prepared to present and discuss your topic with a peer review team on M 08.30. M 08.30 09:35 3-5 hour
Task force of 3-4 people to consolidate product evaluation criteria and report back to class with a written proposal for comment W 09.01 09:35 1-2 hours
Optional: If you want to learn more about influential conservation biologists, have a look at the Bradshaw et al (2011) article about landmark conservation papers – it’s in the Intro to Con Bio folder in our Articles Folder. As you wish 1 hour

08.29 M – Where do I fit in? … Establishing Direction

  • 09:35 – 09:40 Housekeeping
    • Please look at the Assigned section at the beginning of each week so you know what’s coming up.  Sometimes there’s something to review for Wednesday.  Most, but not all, submissions are on Mondays.
    • We’ve been asked by Student Health Services to take actions that facilitate contact tracing in the event someone reports an infection.  We will take attendance and write down the table number(s) you’re sitting at each day.
  • 09:40  Quick, anonymous google survey – advocate/scientist; hope/despair; neocortical/limbic continuums
  • 09:45 – 10:05 Small groups by table pairs  (1+2, 3+4, …) – discussion based on readings
    • Share where you are on the despair/hope and neocortical/limbic scales – spend time explaining why you feel as you do and what that means in terms of the role(s) (the advocacy / science scale) you’d like to play in conservation – how does where you are on the scales affect the role(s) you’d like to play?
    • Prepare to report major points to the full class – three minutes max with one or two slides per group in this Google Slides presentation – pick a person to represent your group – the person whose home (the place they call home) is furthest from our physical classroom (3214 Jordan Addition)
  • 10:05 – 10:25 Key points from discussion – each table pair 3-minute (max) report (use slides), then any discussion
  • 10:25 – 10:30 Stretch break
  • 10:30 – 11:00 Product evaluation criteria brainstorm – you’ll be at separate table pairs but working on the same document – instructions are in the document
  • 11:00 – 11:20  Let’s have a look!
  • 11:20 – 11:25  Wrap up – need a task force of 3-4 people to consolidate evaluation criteria and report back to class on W 09.01. This could be a continuing duty as we refine criteria throughout semester.  I can chat with the task force right after class for direction.

08.31 W – Influential Conservationists … Establishing Direction

  • 09:35 – 09:40  Housekeeping
    • The NCSU Sustainability Fund is accepting applications for student advisory board members (deadline F 09.03)
    • When we ask for an assignment document to be given a specific name (e.g., 08.23.IntroCB), please use that name.  We search for that document name so that we can provide feedback without knowing whose submission we’re looking at; if you don’t use the requested document name, your document doesn’t show up in the search.  That delays your feedback and creates extra work for us.
  • 09:40 – 09:45  You will each be assigned to a small team to report on one of 8 influential and emerging conservationists (Tables 9 & 10 count off to 8 and redistribute):
    1 Rachel Carson … 2 Chico Mendes … 3 EO Wilson … 4 Fernanda Adame … 5 Sylvia Earle …  6 Victoria Qutuuq Buschman… 7 Marja Diaz … 8 Nilanga Jayasinghe
  • 09:45 – 10:10  Research and develop a 3-minute report, 2-3 slides, for the person you are assigned to in this google presentation to provide an overview of the background and key work of your assigned conservation biologist – be sure to hit on their key contributions and connect with our advocacy / science and neocortical / limbic scales.  Does the person do the kind of work you’d like to do?  One person per team should prepare to present to class – pick the person who got up earliest this morning.
  • 10:10 – 10:35  Lightning presentations – Each team has 3 minutes (maximum) to talk about their person, including questions – will be done in order shown in this google presentation.
  • 10-35 – 10:40  Stretch Break
  • 10:40 – 11:10  Get together with your exploratory team based on topic ideas; begin refining the topic ideas
    • Here are the initial challenges topic development teams – thanks so much for helping us get this done!  Please move to the table that corresponds to your topic number.
    • In this folder (Challenges Topics in Google Drive side bar), you’ll find a folder corresponding to your team’s initial challenge topic.  In that folder, you’ll find a Google doc called Initial Challenges Topic Development that is a template for you to complete in accordance with the instructions within.  Please complete the template document in that team folder.
    • Focus on initial thoughts and planning for how you will proceed to ready your team’s Initial Challenges Topic Development template for peer review by M 08.30
  • 11:10 – Very quick share, questions, concerns, comments
  • 11:20 – Wrap

Week 3 … 09.05-09.09 … No Class Monday … Work Team Meetings to Finalize Challenges Topics

Goals for the Week …

  • complete development of solid conservation challenges topics so that work can begin in earnest
  • adjust product evaluation criteria as needed (task force to coordinate)
ASSIGNED DUE TIME ESTIMATE
Prepare for team meetings with Hess & Van Voorhis on W 09.01.  We will have read your topic proposal and made some comments.  We should spend our time talking about areas for improvement, your concerns, and where you need guidance – know what those things are. W 09.01  1-2 hours
Complete ESA & RedList Reading Guide in Assignment folder with document name 09.08.ESARedList W 09.08 09:35 2-3 hours
Review and comment on the product evaluation criteria.  If you have comments, please make them directly in the document.  You can suggest edits or use the comment tool. W 09.08 0.5 hour
Continue working on your conservation challenge   3-4 hours

09.05 M – Labor Day – No Class

09.07 W – Team Meetings & Reviews of Challenges Topics

  • 09:35 – 09:40  Housekeeping & announcements
    • Please sit at team tables – number that matches your topic
    • We have spare masks in class, if you forget yours.  No need to run down back to your car!
  • 09:40-09:55 Guests from prior classes with student-let projects and self-evaluation grades
    • Kaitlyn Tiffany & Heather Moonier (this class last fall); Alex Simpson (Measurements class this past spring)
    • Hess & Van Voorhis will leave the room – please ask anything you want and speak freely – there will be no reports back to us other than general concerns
  • 10:00 – 10:15 Individual teams to prepare
    • How will you explain your topic to the other team?
  • 10:15 – 11:00  Pairs of team for critiques
    • Here are the team pairs (tables will be renumbered so this will work)
      • Coastal Non-Wildlife (2) + Coastal Wildlife (3)
      • Less Charismatic Species (1) + Pet Trade (6)
      • Ethics (4) + Principles (9)
      • Fire (5) + Invasives (7)
      • Mining (10) + Pollinators (8)
    • Each team presents their initial topic document to the other for critique – focus especially on the criteria for a strong research question (Item 8) in your Initial Challenges Topic Development guidance document
    • Also keep Product Evaluation Criteria in mind as you do this.  Note any concerns about the evaluation criteria directly in that document.  [ Note these criteria are not completed yet, but there are patterns developing ]
    • 10:15 – 10:35 First team critique
    • Stretch break
    • 11:40 – 11:00 Second team critique
  • 11:00 – 11:20  Individual teams
    • Time enough for some quick planning on when to meet again, who’ll do what, etc
    • Want to be prepared for Wednesday … Hess & Van Voorhis will have read your initial topic development document … we should spend our time talking about areas for improvement, your concerns, and where you need guidance – know what those things are.  If you have questions you’d like Hess & Van Voorhis to focus on as they review, please indicate those in your document.
  • 11:20 – Wrap-up and direction

XXXX 09.01 W – Team meetings with Hess & Van Voorhis

  • 09:35 – 09:40  Housekeeping & announcements
    • Please sit with your challenges team
  • 09:40 – 09:55 Product Evaluation Criteria – report from task force
  • You can work with your team while we’re not talking with you
  • 09:55 – 10:10 Hess meets with Ethics (4); Van Voorhis meets with Coastal Non-Wildlife (2)
  • 10:15 – 10:30 Hess meets with Fire (5); Van Voorhis meets with Coastal Wildlife (3)
  • 10:35 – 10:50 Hess meets with Principles (9); Van Voorhis meets with Less Charismatic (1)
  • 10:55 – 11:10 Hess meets with Invasives (7); Van Voorhis meets with Pet Trade (6)
  • 11:10 – 11:25 Hess meets with Pollinators (8); Van Voorhis meets with Mining (10)

Week 4 … 09.12-09.16  … ESA & RedList

Goals for the Week …

  • learn about the Endangered Species Act and IUCN Red List
  • Continue working on conservation challenge
ASSIGNED DUE TIME ESTIMATE
Complete IBT Metapopulation Reading Guide in Assignment folder with document name 09.13.Metapop M 09.13 09:35 2-3 hours
Complete Marja Diaz Visit Preparation in Assignment folder with document name 09.15.Marja W 09.15 09:35 1 hour
Continue working on your conservation challenge   3-4 hours
Complete quick survey about leveraging your voice (I forgot to ask you to do this in class – sorry – if you’ve already done, no need to retake) ASAP 60seconds

09.12 M – NO CLASS – Labor Day Holiday

09.14 W – ESA & Red List

  • 09:35 – 09:45 Housekeeping & announcements
    • Sit wherever today – no challenges team work happening
    • Field trips are in place – details in syllabus
      • M 10.11 visit Sandy Pines Preserve, Wendell, service trip to plant Longleaf pine, depart NC State 08:00 return by 11:25.  We’ll have a bus. Directions, if you drive yourself to arrive by 08:30.
      • W 10.20, W 10.27 Half the class each day to Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve, Cary, to learn about challenges of managing a heavily used nature preserve.  We’ll have a bus.  Other half of class can meet in classroom to work on their projects.
    • Quick poll – How’s everyone doing? … RESULTS
  • 09:45 – 10:10 Questions and class-built Venn diagram for ESA & RedList
    • Explore similarities and differences between the ESA and the Red List
    • Quick poll – leveraging your voice … Union of Concerned Scientists categories … RESULTS
    • Additional information – ESA species databases – has listed species in all sorts of groupings, including by state, status, delisted, etc
  • 10:10 – 10:40 Small groups, each assigned one of the Red List / ESA “success” species … take short breaks as needed
    • 1 Australian grayling … 2 Robbins’ cinquefoil … 3 Humpback whale … 4 Blue iguana … 5 Mauritius kestrel … 6 Black-footed ferret … 7 Green sea turtle
    • Prepare a separate Google slide presentation (3-4 slides) for each species in this RedlistESA folder
    • Describe the species, threats, historic and current range, classification on ESA and RedList, conservation actions, and why it’s considered a “success.”  How did Red List and ESA help this cause?
  • 10:40 – 11:20 Each group presents and fields questions for 5 minutes total

Week 5 … 09.19-09.23 … Island Biogeography & Metapopulations … Challenges Work … Marja Diaz Visit

Goals for the Week …

  • Learn about island biogeography and metapopulations
  • Establish schedule for student-led forums
  • A Conversation with Marja Diaz
  • Continue project work
ASSIGNED DUE TIME ESTIMATE
Complete Fragmentation Reading Guide in Assignment folder with document name 09.20.Fragmentation M 09.20 09:35 2-3 hours
Complete survey about product evaluation criteria W 09.15 09:35 0.5 hours
Complete Marja Diaz post-visit survey F 09.17 17:00 0.5 hours
Continue working on your conservation challenge M 09.20 09:35 3-4 hours

09.19 M – Island Biogeography & Metapopulations

  • 09:35 – 09:40 Housekeeping & announcements
    • Join Zoom Conference Room 1 (sidebar) if you’re remote today
    • Sit at the tables corresponding to your equation number (2, 3, 4)
    • Leveraging Science results
    • Seminar TODAY 12:50-13:40 … From Poaching to Clinical Application of Anatomical Discovery in the White Rhinoceros … 2010 Biltmore or Zoom
  • 09:40 – 10:00 Finish RedlistESA “success” stories
    • Australian grayling | Green sea turtle | Black footed ferret | Blue iguana
  • 10:00 – 10:20 Compare and contrast island biogeography & metapopulation theory
  • 10:20 – 11:00 – Examining the different metapopulation models
    • You’ll be split based in the metapopulation model you examined for the assignment (i.e., Model 2, 3, or 4) – there may be two groups for each model – I might bring them together for the last 10 minutes of prep.
    • Take 20 minutes to prepare, during which time you should sketch your metapopulation rate curves, and write down your equilibrium value(s) – you can use the whiteboards for this – just remember you’ll want to save what you do so that you can share it out with the class.   Prepare to describe verbally how extinction and colonization occur and how why they are changing the way they do as p (proportion of patches occupied) increases.
    • Be ready to review each model with class by 10:40
  • 11:00-11:20 Implications of the models for conservation action – what do they mean? – Full class discussion
    • Think about a population [what is a population??] of organisms living in contiguous habitat
    • What happens as the habitat is changed?
    • How do island biogeography and metapopulation theory suggest landscape change should be managed?
    • Based on the models, what would you ideally want to know about a species before making changes to the landscape?
    • Can you associate the results of these models with any conservation practices on the ground that you know about?
    • HERE ARE THE SOLUTIONS
  • 11:20 – Wrap

09.21 W – Challenges Work … Marja Diaz

  • 09:35 – 09:40 Housekeeping & announcements
    • Please sit in challenges teams
  • 09:40 Scheduling student-led forums, staring M 11.08
    • Milestones & Guidance
    • Ten teams are developing forums about their topic in 35-minute sessions, two per class period.  Finished products are due last week of classes, but we need to schedule the forums.  Not everyone can go last.  It might make sense to do some together (e.g., the two Coastal teams)
    • We need to get teams on the calendar so you know what dates you’re working toward.  Then I will establish some milestone dates to keep things moving and provide opportunity for feedback.
  • 10:05 – One rep from each team come to front of the room to negotiate the forum schedule; then you’ll be able to return to your team with the good news (it’s good either way – you either go early and get it done with, or you go last and have more time to work :-))
  • 10:20 – 10:30 Break
  • 10:30 – 11:25 A Conversation with Marja Diaz

Week 6 … 09.26-09.30 … Patches & Fragmentation … Challenges Work

Goals for the Week …

  • Examine patches and fragmentation on the landscape
  • Continue work on learning topics
ASSIGNEDDUETIME ESTIMATE
Complete Corridor Reading Guide in Assignment folder with document name 09.27.CorridorsM 09.27 09:35 2-3 hours
Continue working on your conservation challenge – check your milestones (see sidebar)!  All teams have detailed description & schedule due.M 09.27 end of day3-4 hours 
Complete Hines & Schlauch Visit Preparation in Assignment folder with document name 09.29.HinesSchlauchW 09.29 09:350.5 hours

09.26 M – Patches & Fragmentation

  • 09:35-09:40 Housekeeping & announcements
    • Please have a look at your forum title on the Conservation Challenges Forum page and let me know if you’d like a change – I’d like to get this out soon.  You will be able to change it later when you do your advertising flyer, but I’d like something at least close for now.
    • Although we have some set milestones, you are free to work ahead of them and to seek feedback from us at any time
    • Your take-away points from our Conversation with Marja Diaz
    • Did you notice Marja’s presentation …
  • 09:35 – 10:30 Bird’s Eye View
    • There will be 5 groups, one for each of 5 bird species
    • Complete Exercise 1 (sort of) for your species.  Open the Google Sheet for your bird, put X’s in the suitable habitat squares your bird can use according to the rules on the first page, and count the number of habitat squares your bird can use (it should auto-count).  Be sure to do all 6 landscapes in the spreadsheet.
    • Post the number of suitable habitat squares (not the rank) for your bird in this shared spreadsheet (20 minutes to do these steps, then we’ll talk as a full class)
    • Report back – For each bird – describe bird & habitat needs (we can have image on screen), report results (20 minutes total)
    • Discussion (5-10 minutes)
      • Which is habitat loss without fragmentation? With fragmentation?
      • Relate what we’ve seen to the readings – for which species is fragmentation positive? negative?
      • Personal experience with habitat loss or fragmentation
  • 10:30 – 11:15 Conserving species habitat – a pictorial approach
    • Consider the world to be either habitat (dark color) or non-habitat (background color) (let’s not worry about the particular habitat type or species that can use it)
    • In the “Left Better Than Right” Google Slide in this folder matching your table number, sketch out as many pairs of images of habitat patches, corridors, etc, of various sizes and shapes in which the left-hand image is a better landscape configuration for the species requiring habitat than the right-hand image. Be prepared to articulate the logic behind each pair (please write in the notes section of each slide, for the record). (20 min)
    • Take breaks as needed
    • Round robin: Each team shows one image and explains it until we run out of new images or time (20 min)
  • 11:15 Summarize (10min)

09.28 W – Challenges Work

  • 09:35-09:40 Housekeeping & announcements
    • Tables by team – if you’re Zooming in, enter the FW333 Zoom Room (side bar)
    • Almost caught up with assignment feedback – a few left to do on the last (fragmentation) assignment
    • Seminar M 09.27 12:50-13:40 Biltmore 2010 or Zoom … Meredith Martin … Research in community forestry & tropical restoration …
    • College of Natural Resources Virtual Career Fair is Th 10.07 10:00-15:00 by Zoom
    • There is a virtual session on how to prepare for the career fair  TODAY (W 09.22) 15:00-16:00
    • You can have your resume professionally reviewed if you upload it by 09.30 17:00
  • 09:40 Our journeys – a little bit about Hess & Van Voorhis
  • 10:00 Challenges work

Week 7 … 10.03-10.07 … Conservation Corridors … Challenges Work … Erin Hines Visit

Goals for the Week …

  • Examine real-life conservation corridors, consider challenges and opportunities, relate to theoretical constructs
  • A conversation with conservationists Erin Hines (Jen Schlauch moved to next week)
  • Challenges work
ASSIGNEDDUETIME ESTIMATE
Make an appointment to see Hess and talk about your completed reflection & evaluation and anything else you’d like.  Student Appointment slots are 30minutes, but expect to spend about 20.  Hess will have looked at your document before the meeting. PLEASE don’t forget to indicate in the Where field: TABLES, OFFICE, or ZOOMMake appt by F 10.010.2 hours
Complete reflection on Erin Hines visitF 10.010.5 hour
Complete mid-semester reflection & evaluation.  Make a copy of the reflection and evaluation document in your work folder and complete it as directed.  I strongly recommend spreading this out over time.  This is also your opportunity to suggest changes to the reflection and evaluation document for the final version.  W 10.06 any time3 hours
Continue working on your conservation challenge – check your milestones (see sidebar)! 3-4 hours

10.03 M 

  • 09:35-09:40 Housekeeping & announcements
  • 09:40 – 10:25 Real-life corridors – preparation
    • 6 teams today
    • Start with the websites below and also search around for other information about your corridor or topic
    • Team 1: Wildlife crossings (also see this article and this document) [ Talk about the challenge overall and illustrate with a couple examples of solutions; you can look for some NC examples if you’d like. ]
    • Team 2: Herpetofauna Crossings (this is a big document – focus on Chapter 6; also poke around the web for other examples)
    • Team 3: Florida Wildlife Corridor (statewide; here’s a technical document)
    • Team 4: Terai Arc Landscape Corridors (also see this article and this document)
    • Team 5: Pacific Ocean marine life corridors (also see this article)
    • Team 6: North-West Wildlink (also see this document)
    • Prepare a 5-min presentation in this folder that includes: + what the corridor is called + what the corridor is intended to connect and do (provide context) + basic information about the corridor design (if applicable) + maps of the corridor + relate to readings, particularly in terms of how the corridor is being designed/selected (pattern, process, critiques) + any information about whether its function has been evaluated (and what was found) + challenges encountered and expected
    • Pick two people from your team to give the full presentation.  You can pick using any criteria you wish (best presenters, those who most want to practice, etc).  But these people will have to learn the full story, and the rest of the team will have to help them do that.
    • Remember, keep your presentation visual.  Slide heading should provide key point for slide.
  • 10:25 – 10:30 Break
  • 10:30 – 11:10 Real-life corridors – reports
  • 11:10 Summarize & Wrap

10.05 W – Challenges Work … Erin Hines Visit

  • 09:35-09:40 Housekeeping & announcements
    • Joining by Zoom today?  Please use the FW333 Guest Portal (side bar) and I’ll let you in from the waiting room
    • Sit with challenges team tables today
    • Have only received notification from 4 teams (2 late on Tuesday) that their work due 09.27 was ready for review.  The time we had allotted for reviews on Tuesday is now gone, so not all teams will have feedback by 10.01.
  • 09:45  Last two teams for Real-life corridors – reports
  • 10:00 Challenges work
  • 10:30 Erin Hines Visit

Week 8 … 10.10-10.14 … FALL BREAK MONDAY … Challenges Work … Jen Schlauch Visit

Goals for the Week …

  • Challenges work
ASSIGNEDDUETIME ESTIMATE
REMINDER: Make an appointment to see Hess and talk about your completed reflection & evaluation and anything else you’d like (assigned last week).Make appt by F 10.010.2 hours
REMINDER: Complete mid-semester reflection & evaluation (assigned last week)W 10.06 any time3 hours
Complete reflection on our discussion with Jen SchlauchF 10.080.5 hour
Complete Sandy Pines Service Trip preparationM 10.11 08:001 hour
Complete Cox-Parobok Visit Prep in your Assignment folder in a document called 10.13.CoxParobokW 10.131 hour
Continue working on your conservation challenge  – check your milestones (see sidebar)! 3-4 hours

10.10 M … NO CLASS – Fall Break

10.14 W … Challenges Work … Jen Schlauch Visit

  • 09:35-09:40 Housekeeping & announcements
    • Joining by Zoom today?  Please use the FW333 Guest Portal (side bar) and I’ll let you in from the waiting room
    • Team tables today
    • Your take-away points from our conversation with Erin Hines
    • From Hannah, lots of fire positions have opened on USA Jobs
    • Those participating in our service outing to Sandy Pines on Monday will need to sign this release form for the County.  I will not compel you to sign this form but you cannot participate if you don’t sign.  There is no penalty for not participating.  I’ll have paper copies today.
  • 09:45 Challenges work
  • 10:30 Jen Schlauch Visit

Week 9 … 10.17-10.21 … Service Outing to Sandy Pines Nature Preserve … Kelly Cox (Florida Audubon) & Daniel Parobok (Islamorada Planning)

Goals for the Week …

  • Longleaf restoration service outing to Sandy Pines Nature Preserve, Wendell.
  • Protecting marine habitat patches and species of conservation concern – guest lesson from Kelly Cox (Director of Everglades Policy, Audubon Florida) & Daniel Parobok (Environmental Coordinator, Biologist, Planning Dept, Islamorada, FL)
ASSIGNEDDUETIME ESTIMATE
Complete Sandy Pines Preserve service reflectionF 10.150.5 hour
Complete reflection on our discussion with Kelly Cox & Daniel ParobokF 10.150.5 hour
Complete Team Peer Feedback – please complete one form for each team member AND for yourselfM 10.181-1.5 hour
Continue working on your conservation challenge  – check your milestones – Forum milestones are starting to kick in (see sidebar)!

 

REMINDER: DRAFT for peer review due to your partner team 10.18 – guidance is in the product guidance document

M 10.183-4 hours
Planting longleaf pine at Sandy Pines Preserve, Wendell.
Planting longleaf pine at Sandy Pines Preserve, Wendell.

10.17 M 08:00 Start – Service Outing to Sandy Pines Nature Preserve

  • 08:00 bus departs from Hodges Lab behind Biltmore Hall.  We are going to Sandy Pines Preserve, Wendell, to plant Longleaf pine and will return by 11:25 latest.  You may drive yourself if that is more convenient for you – here are directions from NCState; please arrive by 08:30 latest.  Address is 7201 Doc Procter Rd, which seems to work correctly in Google Maps.  If you drive by yourself, your vehicle trip is not insured by NC State.
  • Bring water, snacks, and any medication you need.  Wear clothes you don’t mind getting dirty, including long pants and closed-toed shoes.  You’ll be in an open field, so protect yourself from the sun with a hat and sunscreen.  If you have work gloves that you like, you should bring them; the County will have some if you don’t.
  • YOUR TAKE-AWAY POINTS from the survey

10.19 W – Kelly Cox & Daniel Parobok

  • 09:35-09:55 Housekeeping & announcements
    • Joining by Zoom today?  Please use the FW333 Guest Portal (side bar) and I’ll let you in from the waiting room
    • Here’s a great article I found about how to read scientific papers (and the frustrations article it references in the first sentence is pretty funny)
    • Barkalow Lecture is today at 15:30 in the Talley Coastal Ballroom or on Zoom (go.ncsu.edu/barkalowlecture).  Dr. Caleb Hickman, supervisory biologist for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, speaking on Research with Tribes: A Suggested Framework for the Co-production of Knowledge
    • REMINDER: DRAFT product for peer review due to your partner team 10.18 – guidance is in the product guidance document (see milestones in sidebar)
    • REMINDER: Forum milestones are starting to kick in – be sure to keep track of your milestones (see sidebar for milestones)
    • Your takeaway points from Jen Schlauch’s visit
  • 09:40 Introductions & journeys – NC State graduates Kelly Cox (Director of Everglades Policy, Audubon Florida) & Daniel Parobok (Environmental Coordinator, Biologist, Planning Dept, Islamorada, FL)
    • Kelly will discuss her work coordinating the efforts involved in public policy, advocacy, and science in the Greater Everglades Ecosystem
    • Daniel will talk about what conservation looks like amidst rapid development and urban expansion
    • YOUR TAKE-AWAY POINTS from the survey
  • 10:25 Break
  • 10:35 Open conversation and discussion
  • 11:20 Wrap – don’t forget to share your key take-away points

Week 10 … 10.24-10.28 … Conservation Planning … Hemlock Bluffs Field Trip (1/2 of students) … Cons Planning & Challenges Work (other half)

Students conducting a willingness to pay survey at the Talley Student Union.
Conducting a willingness to pay survey at the Talley Student Union.

Goals for the Week …

  • Conservation planning
  • Visit Hemlock Bluffs (half the class)
  • Challenges work (other half)
ASSIGNEDDUETIME ESTIMATE
Continue working on your conservation challenge  – check your milestones (see sidebar)!

 

REMINDER: Peer review returned to your partner team 10.25 – guidance is in the product guidance document

M 10.253-4 hours
Complete Hemlock Bluffs reflectionF 10.220.5 hour

10.24 M Conservation Planning in Urbanizing Areas

  • 09:35-09:40 Housekeeping & announcements
    • Sit at least crowded table as you come in (there will be 6 tables)
    • If attending by Zoom, use the link in the sidebar
    • Don’t forget to transmit your product peer review information to your partner team today
    • Guests to our Conservation Challenges Forums will need to attend by Zoom – we can’t have a bunch more people in this room and there isn’t another room.  I will help run the Zoom sessions.
    • Take-away points from our discussion with Kelly Cox & Daniel Parobok
    • Take-away points from our visit to Sandy Pines Preserve
    • Students from these teams are going to Hemlock Bluffs with Hess on W 10.20: Beach Pollution (2), Coastal Degradation (3), Zoos (4), Non-native Species (7), Pollinators (8) and should meet the bus in the Hodges Lab parking lot behind Biltmore Hall for an 09.35 departure. If you drive yourself, please be there by 10A.
    • Students from the other five teams should meet with Moriah in the classroom for feedback and guidance on your challenges work – sit at challenges teams tables
  • 09:40-10:30 Development Activity
    • 09:40 Instructions
    • 09:45-10:15 Work in small teams – draw on the paper copy with your table.  When done, take a photo and upload it to this folder; name it with your table number (e.g., Table1).  If there are enough people on Zoom, they’ll form a separate team and should work together on the ZoomTeam slide in this folder.
    • 10:15-10:35 Report out from teams
  • 10:35-10:40 Break
  • 10:40-11:25 [ Development Activity Redux ]
    • 10:40-11:00 Continue in teams (10 min)
    • 11:00-11:10 Discussion (10 min)
    • 11:10-11:20 Continue in teams (10 min)
  • 11:20 Wrap

10.26 W … Hemlock Bluffs Field Trip (Half of Students) … Challenges Forum Work Session (Other Half)

  • 09:35 Half the students to visit Hemlock Bluffs, the other half has the room for team work and practice
    • Students from these teams are going to Hemlock Bluffs: Beach Pollution (2), Coastal Degradation (3), Zoos (4), Non-native Species (7), Pollinators (8) and should meet the bus in the Hodges Lab parking lot behind Biltmore Hall for an 09.35 departure. If you drive yourself, please be there by 10A.
    • Students from the other five teams should meet with Moriah in the classroom for feedback and guidance on your challenges work – sit at challenges teams tables
  • 09:40 For In Class Teams
    • 09:40 Development Activity Redux – Moriah will present instructions.  Zoom participants will join a table
    • Work in small teams – draw on the paper copy with your table.  When done, take a photo and upload it to this folder; name it Part2 with your table number (e.g., Part2_Table1).
    • 10:30 Challenges work teams – Moriah will check in with each team
  • 11:25 Back at Hodges Lab / Dismissed

Week 11 … 10.31-11.04 … Conservation Planning … Hemlock Bluffs Field Trip (1/2 of students) … Cons Planning & Challenges Work (other half)

Class at Hemlock Bluffs
Park Manager Mark Johns (sitting on rail)( talks with our class at Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve.

Goals for the Week …

ASSIGNEDDUETIME ESTIMATE
Continue working on your conservation challenge  – check your milestones (see sidebar)!Varies3-4 hours
Complete Hemlock Bluffs reflectionF 10.290.5 hour

10.31 M – Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan

  • 09:35-09:45 Housekeeping & announcements
    • Sit at least crowded table as you come in
    • If attending by Zoom, use the link in the side bar
    • Peer reviews due back to partner teams today
    • On W 10.27 students from these teams are going to Hemlock Bluffs with Van Voorhis : Corridors (9), Fire (5), Gold Mining (10), Illegal Wildlife Trade (6), Less Charismatic Species (1) and should meet the bus in the Hodges Lab parking lot behind Biltmore Hall for an 09.35 departure. If you drive yourself, please be there by 10A.
    • Students from the other five teams should meet with Hess in the classroom for feedback and guidance on your challenges work – sit at challenges teams tables
  • 09:45 Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan lesson [ Hess ]

11.02 W – Hemlock Bluffs Field Trip (Half of Students) … Challenges Forum Work Session (Other Half) 

  • 09:35 Half the students to visit Hemlock Bluffs, the other half has the room for team work and practice
    • Students from these teams are going to Hemlock Bluffs with Van Voorhis: Corridors (9), Fire (5), Gold Mining (10), Illegal Wildlife Trade (6), Less Charismatic Species (1) and should meet the bus in the Hodges Lab parking lot behind Biltmore Hall for an 09.35 departure. If you drive yourself, please be there by 10A.
    • YOUR TAKE-AWAY POINTS from the survey
  • 09:40 For In Class Teams
    • Students from the other five teams should meet with Hess in the classroom for feedback and guidance on your challenges work – we’ll start out at 3 tables for our development activity and then switch to team tables
    • If you’re Zooming in, please use the Zoom room in the sidebar
    • 09:40 Development Activity Redux – Hess will present instructions.  Zoom participants will join a table
    • Work in small teams – draw on the paper copy with your table.  When done, take a photo and upload it to this folder; name it Part2 with your table number (e.g., Part2_Table1; Part2_Zoom).
  • 10:30 Challenges work teams – Hess will check in with each team
  • 11:25 Back at Hodges Lab

Week 12 … 11.07-11.11 … Student Conservation Activities … Fox Squirrel Conservation …. Challenges Work

Goals for the Week …

  • Learn about the conservation activities undertaken by some of our students
  • Learn about fox squirrel conservation (Moriah)
  • Challenges work
ASSIGNEDDUETIME ESTIMATE
Complete Exotic Pet Trade reading guide. Please be sure to do the survey by F 11.05 so the team can analyze the data before their forum.F 11.05 & M 11.081 hour
Complete Fire Management: East v West reading guideW 11.101 hour
Continue working on your conservation challenge  – check your milestones (see sidebar)!  Forums start next week!!Varies3-4 hours

11.07 M – Student Conservation Activities & Fox Squirrel Conservation – Moriah Leading

11.09 W – Challenges Work

  • 09:35-09:45 Housekeeping & announcements
    • Sit with challenges team;  Zoos (Team 4) has the room across the hall (3213)
    • If attending by Zoom, use the link in the side bar
    • Challenges Forums start next week!!
  • 09:45 Challenges work in teams
  • 11:25 Adjourn

Week 13 … 11.14-11.18 … Conservation Challenges Forums

Goals for the Week …

  • Conservation Challenges Forums
  • Challenges work
ASSIGNEDDUETIME ESTIMATE
Complete Corridor Forum reading guideM 11.15 09:3530 min
Complete Non-Charismatic Species reading guideM 11.15 09:3545 min
Continue working on your conservation challenge  – check your milestones (see sidebar)!Varies3-4 hours

11.14 M – Conservation Challenges Forums

  • 09:35-09:40 Housekeeping & announcement
    • Sit wherever you wish
  • 09:40-10:15 Exotic Pet Trade
  • 10:15-10:25 Break – Complete Feedback Form
  • 10:25-11:00 The Case for Non-Native Species in Conservation
  • 11:00-11:10 Break – Complete Feedback Form
  • 11:10-11:25 Debrief – what went well, what could be better?

11.16 W – Conservation Challenges Forums

  • 09:35-09:40 Housekeeping & announcement
    • Sit wherever you wish
  • 09:40-10:15 How Climate Change Affects Pollinators, Pests, & NC Agriculture
  • 10:15-10:25 Break – Complete Feedback Form
  • 10:25-11:00 West vs East – Regional Differences in Fire Management, Conservation, History, & Future
  • 11:00-11:10 Break – Complete Feedback Form
  • 11:10-11:25 Debrief – what went well, what could be better?

Week 14 … 11.21-11.23 … Conservation Challenges Forums … Thanksgiving Wednesday

Goals for the Week …

  • Conservation Challenges Forums
  • Challenges work
ASSIGNEDDUETIME ESTIMATE
Complete Gold Mining reading guideM 11.2230 minutes
Complete Zoo Perceptions reading guideM 11.2230 minutes
Continue working on your conservation challenge  – check your milestones (see sidebar)! 3-4 hours
Start working on final reflection and self-evaluation (see sidebar)M 12.06 noon3-4 hours total

11.21 M – Conservation Challenges Forums

  • 09:35-09:40 Housekeeping & announcement
    • Sit wherever you wish
  • 09:40-10:15 Opening the Door to Wildlife Corridors
  • 10:15-10:25 Break – Complete Feedback Form
  • 10:25-11:00 Implicit Bias Surrounding Charismatic & Less Charismatic Species
  • 11:00-11:10 Break – Complete Feedback Form
  • 11:10-11:25 Debrief – what went well, what could be better?

11.17 W – Thanksgiving – No Class

  • 09:35-09:40 Housekeeping & announcement
    • Sit wherever you wish
  • 09:40-10:15 Beach Pollution is not Always What it Seems
  • 10:15-10:25 Break – Complete Feedback Form
  • 10:25-11:00 Coastal Degradation & Effects on Wildlife
  • 11:00-11:10 Break – Complete Feedback Form
  • 11:10-11:25 Debrief – what went well, what could be better?

Week 15 … 11.28-12.02 … Conservation Challenges Forums

Goals for the Week …

  • Conservation Challenges Forums
  • Challenges work
ASSIGNEDDUETIME ESTIMATE
Continue working on your conservation challenge  – check your milestones (see sidebar)! 3-4 hours
Submit final productW 12.01 noon 
Revise Team Peer Feedback – if you would like to change your assessment of a teammate since mid-semester, please submit another form for themF 12.031 hour
Continue working on final reflection and self-evaluation (see sidebar)M 12.06 noon3-4 hours total

11.28 M – Conservation Challenges Forums

  • 09:35-09:40 Housekeeping & announcement
    • Sit wherever you wish
  • 09:40-10:15  How the Public Sees the Role of Zoos in Conservation
  • 10:15-10:25 Break – Complete Feedback Form
  • 10:25-11:00  Mining Gold in the Amazon
  • 11:00-11:10 Break – Complete Feedback Form
  • 11:10-11:25 Debrief – what went well, what could be better?

12.02 W – Conservation Challenges Forums

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Week 16 … 12.05 … Last Day of Class … Bring your pet to class day … WrapUp Reflections

Goals for the Week …

  • Pets and reflection
ASSIGNEDDUETIME ESTIMATE
Submit final product – Please eMail Hess & Moriah about where we can find it, when it’s readyW 12.01 noon 
Revise Team Peer Feedback – if you would like to change your assessment of a teammate since mid-semester, please submit another form for themF 12.031 hour
Continue working on final reflection & self-evaluation (see sidebar) – if you let us know when it’s done, we’ll get on it ASAP and enter your grade.  We might ask for clarification on things you’ve written – please respond ASAP if we do.M 12.06 noon3-4 hours total

12.05 M … Bring Your Pet to Class Day … WrapUp Reflections

  • 09:35-09:45 Housekeeping & announcements
    • Sit wherever you wish
  • 09:45 Introduction of pets
  • 10:00 Final reflection and discussion
    • Revisit our definition of Conservation Biology – What would you change? Who are the players? How does conservation happen?
    • Discussion – main learning points, what went well in class, what would you change (and how)?
  • Final reminders
    • Don’t forget to submit your final product by W 12.01 noon.  Please eMail Hess & Moriah about where we can find it, when it’s ready
    • Don’t forget to update your Team Peer Feedback by F 12.03 – if you would like to change your assessment of a teammate since mid-semester, please submit another form for them
    • Don’t forget to submit your final reflection & evaluation (see side bar) by M 12.06 noon

Week 17 … 12.06 … Final Reflection & Self-Evaluation Due M 12.06 Noon

Goals for the Week …

  • Submit your final reflection & self-evaluation (see sidebar) my M 12.06 Noon
  • Get ready for a terrific break!

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