Currently available extra credit options:
(Contact Ed Arnett (ed.arnett@orst.edu; 737-8469) for more details)
1. "MANAGING BIODIVERSITY IN YOUNG STANDS" Video
You can receive 1 OAU credit point for watching this program and answering a few basic questions regarding the content.
The video is available in the College of Forestry Learning Center in Peavy Hall (you should tell the assistant that this video is located with the GOD SQUAD video for FS/FW-453). Please request the questions when you check out the video. Return the questions directly to Ed after class or during his office hours, or you can leave them with the Learning Center assistant.
2. OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING PRESENTATION OF:
"The GOD SQUAD and the Case of the Northern Spotted Owl"
You can receive 1 OAU credit point for watching this program and answering a few basic questions regarding the content.
The video is available in the College of Forestry Learning Center in Peavy Hall. Please request the questions when you check out the video. Return the questions directly to Ed after class or during his office hours, or you can leave them with the Learning Center assistant.
3. SPOTTED OWL ECOLOGY WITH JOE LINT (BLM WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST and ERIC FORSMAN USFS RESEARCH WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST)
Wednesday, 7 April, 10:30 to 2:30 pm
We will visit a nest site of a local pair of northern spotted owls to discuss their ecology, habitat use, and relationships with forest management.
You will receive 2 OAU credit points for attending this field trip.
***PLEASE E-MAIL ED ASAP (ed.arnett@orst.edu) to sign up for either of these trips. We will meet at the Motorpool office at 10:30 am and take a van to the field sites.
4. DEAD WOOD FIELD TRIP WITH KIM MELLEN (USFS ECOLOGIST) - McDonald-Dunn Forest
Friday, 16 April, 10:30 to 1:30 pm
Standing and fallen dead wood provides habitat for a tremendous diversity of wildlife species in forest ecosystems, thus represents one of the most important structural components in managed forests. We will visit sites on the McDonald-Dunn Forest near Corvallis to discuss:
You will receive 2 OAU credit points for attending this field trip.
***PLEASE E-MAIL ED ASAP (ed.arnett@orst.edu) to sign up for either of these trips. We will meet at the Motorpool office and take a van to the field sites.
5. PROJECT LEARNING TREE WORKSHOP AND TOURS
Saturday, 10 April, 8:30 am to 3:30 pm; Forestry Club Cabin at the Peavy Arboretum.
For more information, click here: PLT FLYER
Contact James Mahaffy [mahaffyj13@yahoo.com] or Ed if you need more information.
You will receive 2 OAU credit points for attending this workshop AND lead at least one field tour.
6. SEMINAR:
"LEARNING ABOUT LATE SUCCESSIONAL HABITAT AT THE LANDSCAPE SCALE"
Bernard Bormann, USFS PNW Research Station
Wednesday, 21 April, 4:00 to 4:50 pm; 206 Nash Hall
You will receive 1 OAU credit point for attending this seminar. A signup sheet will be available at the seminar.
7. SEMINAR:
"CONSERVATION OF OLD GROWTH FORESTS: WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD?"
NORM JOHNSON, Dept. of Forest Resources, OSU
Wednesday, 28 April, 4:00 to 4:50 pm; 206 Nash Hall
You will receive 1 OAU credit point for attending this seminar. A signup sheet will be available at the seminar.
8. SEMINAR:
"FIRE AND AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS IN THE WESTERN U.S."
BRUCE RIEMAN, USDA Forest Service, Boise, ID
Wednesday, 5 May, 4:00 to 4:50 pm; 206 Nash Hall
You will receive 1 OAU credit point for attending this seminar. A signup sheet will be available at the seminar.
9. SEMINAR:
"STATUS AND TRENDS OF NORTHERN SPOTTED OWL POPULATIOINS - 1990-2003"
ERIC FORSMAN, USFS PNW Research Station, Corvallis
Wednesday, 12 May, 4:00 to 4:50 pm; 206 Nash Hall
You will receive 1 OAU credit point for attending this seminar. A signup sheet will be available at the seminar.
10. SEMINAR:
"CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTEGRATING WILDLIFE IN PRIVATELY MANAGED FORESTS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST "
ED ARNETT, Oregon State University, Dept. of Forest Science
Wednesday, 19 May, 6:30 to 7:30 pm; 130 Peavy Auditorium
You will receive 1 OAU credit point for attending this special seminar. A signup sheet will be available at the seminar.
11. WILDLIFE AND FOREST MANAGEMENT FIELD TRIP - Black Rock
Saturday, 22 May, 9:00 to 4:00 pm (RAIN or SHINE!!)
This is an all-day optional field trip to Black Rock, where we will discuss wildlife habitat relationships, stand and landscape relationships, and response of wildlife to silvicultural treatments. Transportation will be provided. BRING...your own lunch, water, raingear, binoculars, etc. Also, please wear sturdy footwear.
PLEASE E-MAIL ED (ed.arnett@orst.edu) to sign up for this trip. We will meet at the Motorpool office at 9:00 a.m. SHARP.
You will receive 2 OAU credit points for attending this field trip.
12. Songbird Identification, Monitoring, and Management - McDonald-Dunn Forest
Tuesday, 25 May, 7:00 to 10:00 am
Join Ed and well known Pacific Northwest Ornithologist Bob Altman (American Bird Conservation) on a trip to the school forest to learn bird calls, approaches to monitoring birds, and habitat relationships and management.
You will receive 2 OAU points for attending this field trip.
***PLEASE E-MAIL ED (ed.arnett@orst.edu) to sign up for this trip. We will meet at the Motorpool office at 7:00 a.m. SHARP and take a van to the field site.
13. SEMINAR:
"RIPARIAN CANOPY OPENING OVERRIDES CARCASS ADDITION IN AFFECTING GROWTH AND ABUNDANCE OF STREAM SALMONIDS"
PEGGY WILZBACH, USGS, Cooperative Fish Unit, Humbolt State University
Wednesday, 26 May, 4:00 to 4:50 pm; 206 Nash Hall
You will receive 1 OAU credit point for attending this seminar. A signup sheet will be available at the seminar.
14. SPOTTED OWL ECOLOGY II - WITH JOE LINT (BLM WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST and PETE LOSCHEL, USFS RESEARCH BIOLOGIST)
Thursday, 27 May, 10:30 to 2:00 pm
We will visit a nest site of a local pair of northern spotted owls to discuss their ecology, habitat use, and relationships with forest management.
You will receive 2 OAU credit points for attending this field trip.
***PLEASE E-MAIL ED ASAP (ed.arnett@orst.edu) to sign up for either of these trips. We will meet at the Motorpool office at 10:30 am and take a van to the field sites.
15. Amphibian Ecology, Monitoring, and Management - Mary's Peak
Thursday, 27 May, 2:00 to 5:00 pm
Join Margo Stoddard on a trip to the Mary's Peak area to learn about the ecology and management of terrestrial and stream-dwelling amphibians.
You will receive 2 OAU points for attending this field trip.
***PLEASE E-MAIL ED (ed.arnett@orst.edu) to sign up for this trip. We will meet at the Motorpool office at 2:00 p.m. SHARP and take a van to the field site.
16. SEMINAR:
"COASTAL CUTTHROAT TROUT IN HEADWATERS OF WESTERN OREGON"
ROBERT GRESSWELL, USGS-BRD, Corvallis, Oregon
Wednesday, 2 June, 4:00 to 4:50 pm; 206 Nash Hall
You will receive 1 OAU credit point for attending this seminar. A signup sheet will be available at the seminar.
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