Natural Resource Management in Wilderness : Fish and Wildlife Inventory and Monitoring
Self-paced
Full course description
Course summary:
As you may recall from the Natural Resource Management in Wilderness: Monitoring course, developing a monitoring program includes three phases and eight steps regardless of the specific resources you are monitoring. This course focuses exclusively on monitoring fish and wildlife in wilderness and provides examples of fish and wildlife monitoring programs.
Course objectives:
After completing this course, learners should be able to:
- Explain why it is important to monitor fish and wildlife species.
- Identify the basic concepts of survey sampling of fish and wildlife species in wilderness.
- Apply the basic concepts of survey sampling of fish and wildlife species in wilderness.
Recommended background:
You should complete the free The Wilderness Act of 1964 e-course and the Minimum Requirements Analysis courses before beginning this course. It is also recommended that you complete all previous courses in the Natural Resource Management in Wilderness sequence (including Natural Resource Management in Wilderness: Fundamentals, Natural Resource Management in Wilderness: Monitoring, and Natural Resource Management in Wilderness: Fish and Wildlife Management) before beginning this course.
Course topics include:
- Monitoring Program Review
- Monitoring Purpose
- Sampling Techniques
- Monitoring Program Examples
Elements of the course:
- Informational text
- Interactive practice activities
- Supplemental reference materials
- Final assessment
This course is self-paced, allowing learners the flexibility to complete the course as quickly or slowly as they need.
After completing all course content and activities, you will complete a final quiz to demonstrate your understanding of key course concepts. Upon successful completion of the quiz, you will be awarded a certificate of completion.
Course creators:
This course was designed and developed jointly by the Arthur Carhart Wilderness Training Center and the Eppley Center for Parks and Public Lands at Indiana University.
How to access:
Upon enrolling, you will receive instructions and the link to the Canvas course. Note: When you register, you will receive an email invitation. Be sure to accept that invitation, or Canvas will not allow you to open the course modules.
Enrollees can move through content modules at their own pace within the course timeframe.