Instructors: Dr. Matthew J. Gray (mgray11@utk.edu) and Dr. Heath Hagy (hhagy@utk.edu)
Phone: Gray: 974-2740 (office); Hagy: 946-1142 (office)
Office: 247 Ellington PSB (Gray); 258 Plant Biotechnology Building (Hagy)
Meeting Time and Place: TR 5:05 − 7:05 p.m., 113 PBB (1 field lab required)
Course Goal: To develop an understanding of wetland delineation and classification, wetland communities and processes,
human impacts on wetlands, wetland restoration and construction, and the management of wildlife communities in wetlands.
Required Text: Wetlands, 2000, 3rd
edition, Wiley (www.wiley.com,
ISBN 047129232X) or
Wetlands, 2007, 4th edition, Wiley (ISBN 0471699675)
William J. Mitsch and James C. Gosselink
Optional Text: Rivers under Siege, UT Press (http://utpress.org/, ISBN 1572334908)
Jim W. Johnson
Course Credits: 3 credits
Academic Assessment:
Weights of Academic Assessments and Grading Scale:
|
● Exam 1 |
20% |
13-Sep |
|
10% |
18-Oct |
|
|
● Exam 2 |
20% |
20-Oct |
|
30% |
1-Nov |
|
|
● Exam 3 |
20% |
29-Nov |
(Data Sheets for Wetland Mapping Assignment)
Course grade will be determined using the following scale:
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Grade |
Final Weighted Percent |
|
Grade |
Final Weighted Percent |
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A |
90–100% |
|
C |
70–76% |
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B+ |
87–89% |
|
D |
60–69% |
|
B |
80–86% |
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F |
<60% |
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C+ |
77–79% |
|
|
|
Extra Percentage Points:
You can increase your final grade as much as 4.5% by making a plant collection. Your final grade will be increased by 0.15% for each correctly identified specimen up to 4.5% (or 30 specimens). All plants must be classified as facultative (FAC) or more wetland dependent. Due 15 November.
Teaching Resources:
Required Readings (Wetlands Edition 3 [below];
Edition 4 see: http://fwf.ag.utk.edu/mgray/wfs340/ReadingList2008.pdf)
EXAM #1: After Here!
•Wetland Values Chap 16 (571–591)
•What are Wetlands? Chap 2, Chap 6 (155–164, Hydric Soils), Chap 21 (754–758)
NRCS
Keys to Soil Taxonomy (Chaps 1 – 2)
•Wetland Regulations Chap 18
USACE Wetland Delineation Manual (1–34)
Regulatory Guidance Letter 90-7 (
SWANCC Decision (Geographically isolated wetlands)
Rapanos Decision (Non-navigable Tributaries, Guidance Memo)
Significant Nexus (Leibowitz et al. 2008)
Clean Water Restoration Act of 2007 (Bills H.R. 2421 and S. 1870)
•Wetland Classification Chap 21 (737–744)
USFWS (Cowardin)
Classification System (9–44)
•Wetland Mapping National Wetlands Inventory Strategic Plan (Draft Plan: 2011 – 2015)
•HGM Classification USACE Hydrogeomorphic
Classification (Brinson 1993, Chaps 1-3)
•Wetland Bioassessment Comparison of
Rapid Assessment Methods for Wetlands (Fennessy
et al. 2007)
EXAM #2: After Here!
•Wetland Hydrology Chap
5
Snow Goose Herbivory (Example of Biotic Feedback)
•Shorebird Biology Shorebird Management Manual (Helmers 1992)
Required:
Chapters 1 and 2
•Wood duck Biology Population Status (Davis 2005)
Wood Duck Brood Ecology (Davis et al.
2002)
New Nest Boxes (Stephens et al. 1998)
•Moist-soil 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
Manipulating Wetlands in Autumn (Gray et al. 1999a)
Hemi-marsh Concept on the Wintering Grounds
(Smith et al. 2004)
Food Preference Paradigm (Callicutt
et al. 2011)
•Agriculture Management Body Mass and Agricultural Grains (Loesch and Kaminski 1989)
Waste Rice for Waterfowl (Stafford
et al. 2005)
Available Food in Tennessee Croplands
(Foster et al. 2010)
Waste Corn for Waterfowl and Sandhill Cranes (Sherfy
et al. 2011)
•GTR Management Greentree Reservoir Handbook (Fredrickson and Batema 1992)
Required:
Chapters 1,2,5,6, and 8
GTR Flooding and Seedling Survival
(Gray and Kaminski 2005)
GTR Flooding and Tree Composition
(Young et al. 1993)
Acorn Selection by Wood Ducks
(Barras et al. 1996)
Bottomland Duck Microhabitats (Kaminski et al. 1993)
•Duck energy-days North American
Waterfowl Management Plan (read website)
Current DEDs for LMAV (Reinecke and Kaminski 2005)
TME for Acorns & Other Foods
(Kaminski et al. 2003)
New Method to Predict Seed Yield (Gray et al. 1999b)
Scanning Technologies to Predict Seed Yield (Gray et al. 2009)
EXAM #3: After Here!
•Wetland Loss
& Impacts Chap 4 (71–89), Chap
13 (419–430), Chap 17 (611–625)
Global Warming and Prairie Wetlands (Johnson et al. 2005)
•TN Wetland Degradation Rivers Under Siege: Chaps 1, 2 and 4 (Book
available in library and bookstore)
Hatchie River Shoals and Valley Plugs (Diehl 2000)
•Nutrient Cycling Chap
6 (165–187)
•Adaptive Harvest Management (AHM)
(1) Why AHM?
(2) Benefits of AHM
(3) Making Sense of the Black Box
(4) Hunters’ Role in AHM
(5) Future of Waterfowl Management
•Treatment Wetlands Wetland Nutrient Removal (Fisher and Acreman
2004)
Wildlife Use of Treatment Wetlands (Knight 1997)
Supplemental Resources
USACE Wetland Delineation Form
USACE
ENG Form 4345 (Application
for Section 404 Permit)
USACE Notes
on EF-4345 Drawings (Necessary Maps for Application)
Nationwide
Permits (wildlife
management)
TDEC Aquatic Resource Alteration Permit (Application for State Section 401 Permit)
NRCS Field Indicators of Hydric Soils
USFWS National Hydrophyte List (1996)
USFWS Wetland Status and Trends (2006)
Management of Seasonally Flooded Impoundments (Fredrickson and Taylor 1982)
USFWS Moist-soil Management Guidelines
(Strader
and Stinson 2005)
Bottomland Hardwood Guidebook: GTRs (King and Fredrickson 1998)
North American Waterfowl Management Plan (2004 Update)
Slides:
EXAM
#1:
“Wetland Values” (PDF)
“What is a Jurisdictional Wetland?” (PDF)
“USFWS Wetland Classification” (PDF)
“Identification of Common Hydrophytes in the Southeast” (PDF)
“Wetland Mapping” (PDF)
“Hydrogeomorphic Classification of Wetlands” (PDF, Dr. Heath Hagy)
“Wetland Bioassessment” (PDF, Dr. Bill Sutton, UT)
EXAM
#2:
“Wetland Hydrology” (PDF, Dr. Carol Harden, UT)
“Tennessee Shorebird Identification” (PDF, Katie Percy)
“Waterfowl Identification” (PDF, Dr. Heath Hagy)
“Anatinae Wing Identification” (PDF, Dr. Heath Hagy)
“Waterfowl and Wing ID” (PDF, Dr. Heath Hagy, version delivered in class)
“Shorebird Management” (PDF, John Laux, Nebraska Game and Parks, podcast)
“Moist-soil Management” (PDF, Drs. Matt Gray and Heath Hagy)
“Wetland Management Assignment” (PDF, Matt Gray)
“Duck energy-days” (PDF, Dr.
Matt Gray)
“Green-tree Reservoir Management” (PDF,
Dr. Matt Gray, podcast)
“Bottomland Management” (PDF, Dr.
Heath Hagy)
“Vernal Pool Ecology” (PDF, Dr.
Katie Edwards, UT)
EXAM
#3:
“Wetland Losses and Human Impacts” (PDF, Dr. Matt Gray, podcast)
“Western Tennessee Wetland Degradation” (PDF, Sonja Oswalt, USFS)
“Federal Wetland Conservation Programs” (PDF, Mike Zeman, NRCS)
“Waterfowl Hunting and Regulations” (PDF, Tim White, TWRA)
“Chemical Transformations” (PDF, Dr. Matt Gray, podcast)
“Wetland Restoration I” (PDF, Tom Biebighauser, USFS)
“Wetland Restoration II” (PDF, Tom Biebighauser, USFS)
“Treatment Wetlands” (PDF, Dr. Andrea Ludwig, UT)
Podcasts:
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 Podcast in iTunes U
Websites:
Sites Referenced in Class
USFWS
Hydrophyte List (hydrophyte classification of plants)
NRCS National Climate Center (growing season duration)
USACE
Regulations and Permitting (Nashville District)
Overturn of the Tulloch Rule (incidental fallback)
USFWS
National Wetlands Inventory
USFWS
and USGS Wetlands Mapper (digital wetlands data)
USDA Web Soil Survey (digital soils maps)
TDEC Division of Water Pollution Control (state wetland
permitting)
USGS
Surface and Groundwater Data (stream
gage data)
USGS National Wetland Research Center
Louisiana Coastal Wetland Loss
TNC Hatchie River Conservation
NWRC Waterfowl Management Site
Center
for Aquatic and Invasive Plants
North American
Waterfowl Management Plan
Program for Regional and
International Shorebird Monitoring (PRISM)
U.S. Shorebird Conservation Plan
Division
of Migratory Bird Management
Adaptive Harvest Management (USFWS)
Adaptive Harvest Management (videos)
Wetland Conservation Programs
Wetland Reserve Program WRP
Brochure Tennessee WRP Website
Tennessee Partners Project TPP
Brochure
Conservation Reserve Program (CP22: Forested Riparian Buffer Practice) Iowa
Brochure
Wetland Conservation and
Professionals
Field Resources:
Websites
Vascular Plant Identification and Taxonomy: http://tenn.bio.utk.edu/vascular/vascular.html
USDA Plant National Database: http://plants.usda.gov/wetland.html
Waterfowl Identification: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/tools/duckdist/duckdist.htm
Waterfowl Wing Identification: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/birds/duckplum/index.htm
Previous Course Websites:
2005: http://fwf.ag.utk.edu/mgray/wfs560/560home2005.htm
2007: http://fwf.ag.utk.edu/mgray/wfs560/560home2007.htm