Environmental Science II
     The Northwest Center for Sustainable Resources is an Advanced
     Technological Education project funded by the National Science
     Foundation.
     Environmental Science II was developed at Chemeketa Community
     College, Salem, Oregon, and was tested and revised at Everett
     Community College, Everett, Washington. Materials were prepared by
     Wynn Cudmore, Ph.D., Principal Investigator for the Center. Cudmore
     holds a Ph.D. degree in Ecology/Systematics from Indiana State
     University and a B.S. degree in Biology from Northeastern University.
     Technology education programs in which this course is incorporated are
     described fully in the Center’s report entitled, “Visions for Natural
     Resource Education and Ecosystem Science for the 21st Century.”
     Copies are available free of charge.
     The authors and the center grant permission for the unrestricted use of
     these materials for educational purposes. Use them freely!
     Course materials will also be posted on our website:
               www.ncsr.org
     Please feel free to comment or provide input.
     Wynn Cudmore, Principal Investigator
     Susie Kelly, Project Director
     Northwest Center for Sustainable Resources
     kels@chemeketa.edu/503-315-4583
                    Table of Contents
                   Environmental Science II
     COURSE OUTLINE...............................................................................................................................1
    LABS & ACTIVITIES
     ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT
AN OVERVIEW.........................................................................................10
     NOTES FOR INSTRUCTORS..................................................................................................................17
     SOILS I/PHYSICAL & BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS.......................................................................................24
     NOTES FOR INSTRUCTORS..................................................................................................................32
     SOILS II/ANALYSIS & APPLICATION..................................................................................................34
     NOTES FOR INSTRUCTORS................................................................................................................42
     BIODIVERSITY I/FIELD TRIP
WILDLIFE REFUGE.............................................................................44
     NOTES FOR INSTRUCTORS..................................................................................................................48
     BIODIVERSITY II/NORTHERN SPOTTED OWL HABITAT ASSOCIATIONS...................................................57
     BIODIVERSITY III/CALIFORNIA CONDORS CASE STUDY.......................................................................62
     AMERICAN INDIAN CULTURAL PRESPECTIVES
CONDORS....................................................................65
     SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
CALIFORNIA CONDORS.......................................................................72
     NOTES FOR INSTRUCTORS..................................................................................................................73
     A BRIEF HISTORY OF ATLANTIC COD..................................................................................................77
     BIODIVERSITY IV/PACIFIC NORTHWEST SALMON
COMPLEX ISSUES....................................................79
     NOTES FOR INSTRUCTORS ................................................................................................................. 88
     TRIBAL LAND MANAGEMENT.............................................................................................................89
     DENDROCHRONOLOGY.......................................................................................................................90
     NOTES FOR INSTRUCTORS .................................................................................................................98
     THE CAPITAL PRESS AS A RESOURCE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE.................................................101
   STUDENT ASSESSMENTS
     STUDY GUIDE EXAM #1...................................................................................................................103
     STUDY GUIDE EXAM #2...................................................................................................................105
     STUDY GUIDE FINAL EXAM............................................................................................................107
     EXAM #1 WINTER 2000...........................................................................................................................109
     EXAM #2 WINTER 2000...........................................................................................................................116