FW 4220 Wetlands

Instructor: Dr. Rod A. Chimner Office #114,  SFRES Phone: 487-1464 rchimner@mtu.edu Office Hours: M & W - 9 to 11am open door policy TA and Lab Instructor: Katy Marlor Office #837, DOW Phone: 487-3295 kmmarlor@mtu.edu Lecture Time & Location: G002 Hesterberg Hall 8:05 - 8:55, M, W & F Lab Time & Location: G029 Horner Hall Sections 1 Monday 2:05pm - 4:55pm Section 2 - Tuesday 2:05pm - 4:55pm	Goals: The goals of this course are for students to be able to: · Define, describe, and identify the physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of wetlands and how to measure these characteristics; · Determine whether one is in a wetland and how to delineate this wetland; · Describe the variation in different wetland types throughout the US and the world (palustrine, riverine, mangrove, estuary, prairie potholes, salt water marsh, etc.); · Understand the ecology of wetlands by being able to: i) identify key wetland plant species, ii) identify common wetland soils, iii) assess wetland hydrology, and iv) assess the importance of wetlands as habitat for birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles, and microfaunal populations; · Gain a basic understanding of State & Federal Laws regulating and protecting wetlands.
	Grading:        Total    3 Exams 20% each --- 60%    Lab Assignments   --- 20%    Final Report   --- 20%
	Classroom Links Lecture Schedule and notes Lab1 Lab3 Lab4   Useful Wetland Links                          TopoZone topo maps                          NCSS online soil survey             National Wetlands online mapper                 MDEQ Wetland ID Manual              Title              Chapter 1 – Introduction              Chapter 2 - Wetland Hydrology              Chapter 3 - Wetland Vegetation              Chapter 4 - Wetland Soils              Chapter 5 - Field Indicators              Chapter 6 - Lit cited              Dataform (Michigan)              Appendix C - Plant Adaptations              Appendix F - Supplemental Hydric Soils              Plant List - Region 3              Hydric Soil List - Michigan              Corps of Engineers Wetland ID Manual (1987)            1987 COE Wetland Form (PDF)            1987 COE Wetland Form (Word)            Field Indicators of Hydric Soils            Soil Texture by Hand            Introduction to Soil Surveys            Society of Wetland Scientists International Mire Conservation Group Society for Conservation Biology International Peat Society Ecological Society of America Ramsar Convention on Wetlands EPA Wetlands Environmental Laboratory Wetlands Association of State Wetland Managers, Inc Wetlands Ecology and Management National Wetlands Inventory IUCN Wetlands Required Text: Wetlands, 3rd Ed., Mitsch W.J. and J.G. Gosselink. 2000. Wiley & Sons, Inc. New York, NY. Recommended Text: A Great Lakes Wetland Flora, 2nd Ed. Chadde, S.W.  2002. Pocketflora Press, Laurium, MI. Required Equipment: Rubber boots

 

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