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Instructor: Dr. Matthew J. Gray (mattjgray@utk.edu) and Chris Graves (cgraves2@utk.edu)

Phone:         MG: 974-2740 (office), 385-0772 (cell); CG: 828-550-7909

Office: 247 Ellington PSB (MG), 275 Ellington PSB (CG)

Course Goal: To expose students to the basic principles of wetland ecology and management via class lectures, labs, and field experiences.

Recommended Texts: Wetlands, 2007, 4^th edition (ISBN 978-0-471-69967-5) or

Wetlands, 2000, 3^rd edition (ISBN 0-471-29232-X)

    By: William J. Mitsch and James G. Gosselink

Wetland Restoration and Construction, 2011 (978-0-9834558-0-6)

By: Thomas Biebighauser

Course Credits: 2 credits

Course Duration: 1 – 15 November and 3 December 2013 (18 – 20 Nov Optional)

Tentative Schedule:

28 October – 1 November:

	Monday	Tuesday	Wed	Thursday	Friday
Morning	FWF 415: Habitat Management				Wetland Definition *(8:00 – 11 am) 156/157 PBB
Afternoon					TAMP Workshop *(12 – 4 pm) 156/157 PBB

4–8 November:

	Monday	Tuesday	Wed	Thursday	Friday
Morning	WFS 305: Prescribed Fire	Wetland Classification 156/7 PBB	WFS 305: Prescribed Fire	Wetland Management (moist-soil management & agriculture) 156/7 PBB	Capacity Estimation Lecture 156/7 PBB
Afternoon		Waterbird and Wetland Plant ID 156/7 PBB Human Impacts (podcast)		Wetland Management (above continued and GTRs) 156/7 PBB	Capacity Estimation Assignment & Lab Exercise 156/7 PBB

11–15 November:

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Morning	Wetland Restoration (156/7 PBB) *(start at 8:00 am)	LECTURE EXAM (7:30−9:30) 114 PSB Leave for Noxubee (10:00 am)	Noxubee NWR (moist-soil units, GTRs, aquatic plant management)	MSU Presentations Meet Drs. Brian Davis and Rick Kaminski	Leave Noxubee NWR at 9:00 a.m. and return to Knoxville by 5:00 p.m.
Afternoon	OPEN Study for Lecture Exam	Visit Briefly with Refuge Staff, Watch Video	Noxubee NWR (non-game management and research)	MSU Captive Wildlife Facility and Entomology Museum Meet Dr. Richard Brown, Steven Tucker and Scott Edwards

18–22 November (FWF Camp Options Week):

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Morning	Wetland Restoration Workshop (Biebighauser) 156/157 PBB (9:30−11:30 am)	Cherokee Woodlot Wetland Construction Project (7:30 am −4:30 pm) Meet at JARTU * Bring Lunch	Cherokee Woodlot Wetland Construction Project (7:30 am −4:30 pm) Meet at JARTU  * Bring Lunch
Afternoon	Wetland Surveying UTIA Cherokee Woodlot (12 - 4 pm) * Bring Lunch

2–6 December:

	Monday	Tuesday	Wed	Thursday	Friday
Morning	OPEN Study for Practicum and Work on DED Assisgnment	PRACTICUM (9:00−12:00) Classification & Waterbird, Amphibian, and Plant ID) (156/7 PBB)
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, 12 November 2013 at 7:30 am in 114 PSB)

● Lab Practicum: 30% (Tuesday, 3 December 2013 at 9:00 am in 156/157 PBB)

● DED Assignment: 10% (due Tuesday, 3 December 2013 by 5:00 pm)

● Participation: 10%

Your course grade will be determined using the following scale:

Grade	Final Weighted Percent	Grade	Final Weighted Percent
A	90–100%	C	70–76%
B+	87–89%	D	60–69%
B	80–86%	F	<60%
C+	77–79%

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 06 December 2013. A volunteer form (see website) must be filled out by the supervising individual, and submitted to Dr. Gray.

VOLUNTEER FORM

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.

Full Syllabus

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Teaching Resources:

Homework Assignment

DED Calculations (link not active yet) (Due: Tuesday, 3 December 2013)

Handouts

Required TN Anurans

Required Wetland Plants

Required Waterbirds

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 Restoration (T. Biebighauser Readings)

•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)

•Wetland Management Chap 17 (625–638)

Managing Wetlands for Wildlife (Gray et al. 2013)

Managing Small Impoundments for Wildlife (Gray et al. 2012)

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

TN Hydric Soils List

NRCS Keys to Soil Taxonomy

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

Lab Practicum Requirements

Exam Review (not all topics covered)

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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

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Slides: (PDF Format)

Lectures:

“What is a Jurisdictional Wetland?” (PDF)

“USFWS Wetland Classification” (PDF)

“Wetland Losses & Human Impacts” (PDF, assigned as a podcast)

“Moist-soil and Agriculture Management” (PDF)

Supplement: 2010 SEAFWA Presentation (Foster et al. 2010)

“Green-tree Reservoir Management” (PDF)

“Wetland Carrying Capacity” (PDF)

“Wetland Restoration: Part 1” (Chris Graves)

“Wetland Restoration: Part 2” (Chris Graves)

           “Wetland Restoration” (Tom Biebighauser)

“Monitoring Ecological Restoration of Hardwood Bottomlands” (Summers and Gray; not on exam)

Websites (Class)

USFWS Hydrophyte List

USGS Wetland Hydrology Site

USGS Wetland Loss Site

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)

Society of Wetland Scientists

RAMSAR Convention on Wetlands

Ducks Unlimited

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Lab Resources:

Lectures:

“Tennessee Anuran Identification” “Tennessee Anuran Identification” (PDF)

“Waterfowl Identification” (PDF)

“Shorebird Identification” (PDF)

“Waterfowl ID: Graves" (PDF)

“Anuran Call Mnemonics" (PDF)

“Anuran ID: Graves" (PDF)

        “Common Wetland Plants” (PDF)

Websites

Vascular Plant Identification and Taxonomy: http://tenn.bio.utk.edu/vascular/vascular.shtml

            Moist-soil Plant Identification         http://www.amazon.com/Moist-Soil-Wetland-Plants-Mississippi-Alluvial/dp/1617031461

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’)

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Wetlands Class Photos

Fall Camp 2010

WFS 340 Video (2013)

Link to Wetand Restoration Photos (2013)

WFS 340 Video (2005 -- 2012)

Link to Class and Fieldtrip Photos

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Graduate Instructors:

No graduate instructors this year.

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Previous WFS 340 Websites

2012: http://fwf.ag.utk.edu/mgray/wfs340/340home_2012.htm

2011: http://fwf.ag.utk.edu/mgray/wfs340/340home_2011.htm

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

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