PUAD6600/ Seminar in Wildlife Management Law & Policy. Syllabus Part II

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1 PUAD6600/ Seminar in Wildlife Management Law & Policy Syllabus Part II Summer 2011 Dr. Steven J. Bissell Office Hours by appointment. Dates: June 10/11 Fri. 5-9pm Sat. 9am-5pm June 24/25 Fri. 5-9pm Sat. 9am-5pm July 22/23 Fri. 5-9pm Sat. 9am-5pm Date Topic and Readings 6/10/2011 Topic A: Introduction, Overview, Course Logistics. Topic B: Issues of the pre-colonial Era in the United States. Magna Carta, The Charter of the Forest, The Black Act. (discussion Reading: Readings 1. Bissell 1993 (Posted on the course Website 2. Reading: The Charter of the Forest (available on-line at 3. Magna Carta ( Available on-line at 4. The Black Act The+Origins+of+the+Black+Act.-a Topic B: The Romantic Era in Science (lecture. 1

2 06/11/2011 A. Topic: Colonial Era to the Civil War. Morning Morning: 1. Introduction and Chapter 1 in Bean and Rowland ( Available on-line at rintsec=frontcover&dq=the+evolution+of+north+am erican+wildlife+law&hl=en&ei=wufhtfgnjiwssapyo dhaca&sa=x&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4 &ved=0cdsq6aewaw#v=onepage&q&f=false Or any appropriate coverage of this period. For example: Saving America's Wildlife: Ecology and the American Mind, [Paperback] Thomas Dunlap. Princeton University Press February 1, 1991 has good coverage of this issue. Also see The Evolution of the Conservation Movement (Available on-line from the Library of Congress at B. Topic: The changes in Science in the 19th Century (lecture Afternoon. A. Topic: The Progressive Era. 1. The Gilded Age and The Progressive Era (multiple sources on-line B. Topic: Aldo Leopold and the emergence of scientific wildlife management and policy. Reading: 1. Writings of Aldo Leopold and The Aldo Leopold Foundation and Ecology Hall of Fame C. Topic: The emergence of ecology (lecture 2

3 D. Topic: Wildlife Law and policy in the early 20th Century. 1. Federal Wildlife Law of the 20th Century. NOTE: This is a good resource for the entire course. tory.htm 06/25/2011 A. Topic: Property Rights and Wildlife Policy. 1. The PERC Web site is a good resource here ( also see search/documents/rt_pubs_short_proprightswil dprotect.pdf B. Topic: The Endangered Species Act. 1. The Endangered Species Act in brief (Available on-line at and the complete ESA of 1973 Available at 06/26/2011 Morning A. Topic: The Tension in State and Federal Wildlife Law and Policy and Modern Issues. 1. Refer back to the History of Wildlife Law ( tory.htm and review Facts About Federal Wildlife Law 3

4 2. Review issues of Federalism ( Afternoon B. Topic: Modern Issues, Wildlife Disease. 1. Chronic Wasting Disease Chronic+Wasting+Disease+Management+Policies +and+programs+in+colorado&hl=en&as_sdt=0& as_vis=1&oi=scholart 2. Whirling Disease 3. Students should explore other issues of wildlife disease including Rabies, Hantavirus, etc. lth/ 4. Current Issues at the US Fish and Wildlife Service 5. Predator Management and as an opposing view ife_management/facts/humane_predator_control. html. 6. Large Predators: Of Moose and Men (Available online at /Alces39_41.pdf C. Topic: Habitat Issues. 1. Some general definitions of habitat (Available online at p&defl=en&q=define:habitat&sa=x&ei=jwqctdlkou-sqp1kojsdq&sqi=2&ved=0cbkqkae and Biology OnLine 4

5 2. The issue of the Niche, ( 07/22/ /23/2011 Morning B. Hunting, Fishing, Wildlife Viewing. 1. The most recent analysis is: The Sportsman s Voice: Hunting and Fishing in America Mark Damian Duda, Martin F. Jones, and Andrea Criscione. Venture Publishing, Inc. Students are not expected to buy this unless they have a special interest, the instructor will give a brief lecture on this. 2. However there is also the National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation (FHWAR ml Afternoon B. Topic: Other Issues As Time Permits. 5