Instructor: Dr. Matthew J. Gray (mattjgray@utk.edu)
Phone: 974-2740 (office)
Office: 247 Ellington Plant Sciences Building
Meeting Time and Place: 8:30–12:00 and 1:30–5:00 M,Tu,W,Th,F 114 and 115 PSB, 156/157 PBB (see below)
Course Goal: To expose students to the basic principles of wetland ecology and management via class lectures, labs, and field experiences.
Required Text: Wetland
Restoration and Construction, 2011 (978-0-9834558-0-6)
Author: Thomas
Biebighauser
Recommended Text: Wetlands,
2007, 4th edition (ISBN 978-0-471-69967-5)
or
Wetlands, 2000, 3rd edition (ISBN 0-471-29232-X)
Authors: William J. Mitsch and James G. Gosselink
Course Credits: 2 credits
Course Duration: 15 November – 4 December 2012
Tentative Schedule:
15–16 November:
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wed |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Morning |
WFS 341: Law Enforcement |
Wetland Definition *(8:00 – 11 am) 115 PSB |
Wetland Classification (115 PSB) |
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Afternoon |
TAMP Workshop *(12 – 4 pm) 115 PSB |
Waterbird and Wetland Plant ID (115 PSB) Human Impacts (podcast) |
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19–23 November:
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wed |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Morning |
Wetland
Restoration and Construction (Biebighauser, USFS) in 156/7 PBB *Start 8:00 am (Bring Lunch) |
Wetland Management (agriculture & moist-soil
management) 115 PSB |
Capacity Estimation Lecture 156/7 PBB |
Thanksgiving Holiday |
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Afternoon |
Wetland Management (GTRs) Coastal Wetland Loss 156/7 PBB |
Capacity Estimation Assignment & Lab Exercise 156/7 PBB |
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26–30 November:
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Morning |
OPEN Study for Practicum |
Leave for Noxubee (9:00 am) |
Noxubee NWR (moist-soil units, GTRs, aquatic plant management) |
Meet Drs. Rick Kaminski and Brian Davis MSU
Presentations |
Leave Noxubee NWR at 10:00 a.m. and return to Knoxville by 5:00 p.m. |
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Afternoon |
PRACTICUM (Classification & Waterbird, Amphibian, and Plant ID) (156/7 PBB) |
Visit Briefly with Refuge Staff, Watch Video |
Noxubee NWR (non-game management and research) |
Meet Dr. Steve Demarais MSU Captive
Wildlife Facility |
3–4 December:
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wed |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Morning |
OPEN Work on DED
Assignment; Study for Exam |
LECTURE EXAM (9:00−12:00) 114 PSB |
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Afternoon |
DED Assignment due by 5:00 p.m. |
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Academic Assessment:
Weights of Academic Assessments and Grading Scale:
The exam, lab practicum, homework assignment, and participation (field trip attendance) will be weighted as follows:
● Exam: 50% (Tuesday, 4 December 2012 at 9:00 am in 114 PSB)
● Lab Practicum: 30% (Monday, 26 November 2012 at 1:30 pm in 156/157 PBB)
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DED Assignment: 10%
(due Tuesday, 4
December 2012 by 5:00 pm)
● Participation: 10%
Your course grade will be determined using the following scale:
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Grade |
Final Weighted Percent |
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Grade |
Final Weighted Percent |
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A |
90–100% |
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C |
70–76% |
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B+ |
87–89% |
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D |
60–69% |
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B |
80–86% |
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F |
<60% |
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C+ |
77–79% |
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You can positively influence your grade as much as 4.5% by volunteering for extra credit. Your volunteer work however must be related to wetlands or wetland fauna (e.g., amphibians, waterbirds). For every 8 hours of volunteer work, your final grade will be increased by 1.5% up to 4.5% (24 hours total). All volunteering must be completed by 07 December 2012. A volunteer form (see website) must be filled out by the supervising individual, and submitted to Dr. Gray.
Attendance:
Attendance during the Tennessee Amphibian Monitoring Program (TAMP) and Wetland Restoration workshops as well as the 3-day field trip to Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge in Mississippi will count for 10% of your final grade. You must be present during the workshops and participate in all field trip activities to receive 10% (1.25% for each ½ day; ¼ of the attendance grade for the Wetland Restoration workshop will be a quiz over assigned readings). Attendance at lectures is not mandatory but strongly recommended.
Teaching Resources:
Homework Assignment
DED Calculations (link not active yet) (Due: Tuesday, 4 December 2012)
Required Readings (Wetland
Restoration and Construction by T. Biebighauser; complete readings before 16 November)
•Why Should We Build Wetlands? Chap 1 (7 – 9 pp)
•Locating Drained Wetlands Chap 2 (10 – 27 pp)
•The Basics of Wetland Restoration Chap 3 (28 – 39 pp)
•Restoration Photos Website (9 links
under “Wetland and Stream Restoration Photo Albums)
Recommended Readings (Wetlands
Edition 3 [below]; Edition 4 see: http://fwf.ag.utk.edu/mgray/wfs340/ReadingList2008.pdf)
•What
are Wetlands? Chap 2, Chap 6
(155–164, Hydric Soils), Chap 21 (754–758)
•Wetland
Regs & Programs Chap 18, Chap 19
(653–668), Leibowitz et al. (2008)
•Wetland Classification Chap 21 (737–744)
USFWS (Cowardin) Classification System (pages 9-44 if questions
after lecture)
•Wetland
Losses & Impacts Chap 4 (71–89),
Chap 17 (611–625)
•Bottomland
Sedimentation Hatchie River Shoals and Valley Plugs (Diehl 2000)
•Wetland
Values Chap 16
(571–591)
•Wetland Construction Chap
19 (668–680)
NWRC
Waterfowl Habitat Management Handbook 13.4.8
Waterfowl Habitat Management Handbook for
LMRV
•Wetland
Management Chap 17 (625–638)
NWRC
Waterfowl Habitat Management Handbook 13.4.6
NWRC
Waterfowl Habitat Management Handbook 13.2.1
Waterfowl Habitat Management Handbook for the Lower MS River Valley
Flooding Effects on Agricultural Seed
(Foster et al. 2010)
Greentree
Reservoir Handbook
(Fredrickson and Batema 1992; Chaps 1, 2, 5, 6,
& 8)
•Duck energy-days TME for Acorns & Other Foods
(Kaminski et al. 2003)
(need for assignment) Predicting Seed Yield (Laubhan 1992)
Predicting Seed Yield (Gray et al.
1999a)
New Method to Predict Seed Yield (Gray et al. 1999b)
Scanning Technologies to Predict Seed Yield (Gray et al. 2009)
Current DEDs for LMAV (Reinecke and
Kaminski 2005)
DEDs in Tennessee Croplands (Foster
et al. 2010)
•Wood duck Biology Population Status (Davis 2005)
Wood Duck Brood Ecology (Davis et
al. 2002)
Supplemental Resources
USACE Wetland Delineation Manual (1987)
USACE
Wetland Delineation Form
NRCS Field Indicators of Hydric Soils
USFWS
National Hydrophyte List (1996)
USFWS
Wetland Status and Trends (2000)
Bottomland Hardwood Guidebook: GTRs (King and Fredrickson 1998)
Shorebird Management Handbook (Helmers 1992)
North American
Waterfowl Management Plan (2004)
USFWS Moist-soil Management Guidelines
(Strader and Stinson
2005)
PARC Habitat Management Guidelines for
Amphibians and Reptiles
Testing Preparation
Podcasts: (MP3 Format)
1.
iTunes
Instructions: (you must
first download iTunes to Listen to Podcasts)
1) Go to http://itunesu.utk.edu
2) Click on "Download iTunes & Quick Time"
3) Click on “Download iTunes Free”
4) Save iTunes to your hard drive and install.
2. Link to iTunes to Listen to Podcasts: Launch Podcasts in iTunes U
Slides: (PDF Format)
Lectures:
“What is a Jurisdictional Wetland?” (PDF)
“USFWS Wetland Classification” (PDF)
“Wetland Losses & Human Impacts” (PDF, assigned as a podcast)
“Louisiana Wetland Loss” (PDF, Jesse Troxler guest lecturer)
“Moist-soil and Agriculture Management” (PDF)
Supplement: 2010 SEAFWA Presentation (Foster
et al. 2010)
“Green-tree Reservoir Management” (PDF)
“Wetland Carrying Capacity” (PDF)
“Monitoring Ecological Restoration of
Hardwood Bottomlands” (Summers and Gray; not on exam)
Websites (Class)
Videos of Louisiana Coastal Wetland Loss
Historical Loss of Louisiana Wetlands
NWRC Waterfowl Management Site
Websites (Wetland
Conservation Programs)
Wetland Reserve Program WRP Brochure Tennessee WRP Website
Tennessee Partners Program TPP Brochure
Conservation Reserve Program (Forested Riparian Buffer Practice) Iowa
Brochure
Websites (Wetland
Conservation & Professionals)
Lab Resources:
Lectures:
“Tennessee Anuran Identification” “Tennessee Anuran Identification” (PDF)
“Waterfowl Identification” (PDF)
“Shorebird Identification” (PDF)
“Common Wetland Plants” (PDF)
Websites
Vascular Plant Identification and Taxonomy: http://tenn.bio.utk.edu/vascular/vascular.shtml
Tennessee Amphibian Identification: http://www.leaps.ms/ and http://www.state.tn.us/twra/tamp/tamp.html
Waterfowl Identification: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/tools/duckdist/duckdist.htm and http://www.ducks.org/waterfowling/gallery/
Shorebird Identification: http://samigbird.fws.gov/shorid.htm (click on ‘Learn to identify Shorebirds’)
Wetlands Class Photos
Fall Camp 2010
Link to Class and
Fieldtrip Photos
Graduate Instructors:
No graduate instructors this
year.
Previous WFS 340 Websites
2010: http://fwf.ag.utk.edu/mgray/wfs340/340home_2010.htm
2009: http://fwf.ag.utk.edu/mgray/wfs340/340home_2009.htm
2008: http://fwf.ag.utk.edu/mgray/wfs340/340home_2008.htm
2007: http://fwf.ag.utk.edu/mgray/wfs340/340home_2007.htm
2006: http://fwf.ag.utk.edu/mgray/wfs340/340home_2006.htm
2005: http://fwf.ag.utk.edu/mgray/wfs340/340home_2005.htm