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Politics 371. Wilderness Politics -- September 2004
Course Calendar & Assignments

AUGUST 26, 2004

text = Hendee & Dawson, Wilderness Management, 3rd ed.

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morn

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Travel day: Depart for WFS at 0600; arrive in time for dinner

Station Tour & Canoe Orientation

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Introductions,
Science & Politics,
Philosophy & History,
Camping & Cooking

read: Allin, "Triumph of Politics";
text, #1-2

The Wilderness Act

read:
text, #4-5; Wilderness Act of 1964; 36 CFR §293; Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness Act of 1978

Wilderness Management

read:
text, #7-9

BWCA Politics & Management

read: Duncan & Proescholdt, "Protecting the Boundary Waters" ; review: USFS, Wilderness Management; and USFS, Management Direction for the BWCA Wilderness

Recreation Management

read:
text, #15

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settle in

sauna

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morn

Canoeing, Navigation Skills & Tree Recognition

Canoeing and Orienteering or Review & Catch Up

Campsite Monitoring Practices & Procedures
BWCA Wilderness Campsite & Portage Monitoring Manual

Canoe Trip

Canoe Trip

Canoe Trip

Canoe Trip

aft

Recreation Management

read:
text, #16;

Exam

Package Food & Pack for Canoe Trip

Permit Pick-up

eve

 

sauna

 

Campfire Talk on Wilderness Ecosystems, text #10; and Ecological & Fire Conditions (Merry)

Campfire Talk on the July 4 Storm, After the Storm; and The Perfect Windstorm Study (Leah)

Campfire Talk on Fire Management, text #11; and Ecological & Fire Conditions (Mike)

Campfire Talk on User Trends, text # 14 (Sarah)

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morn

Canoe Trip

Canoe Trip

Canoe Trip

Canoe Trip

Canoe Trip

prepare LAC report

Travel Day: return to Cornell

aft

2:00 p.m.: meet with Forest Service

eve

Campfire Talk on BWCA Motor Use, Tillman, "Eliminating Mororized Recreation" (Dylan)

Campfire Talk on Wilderness Wildlife, text # 12 (Nia)

Campfire Talk on International Wilderness Preservation, text # 3 (Abigail)

Campfire Talk on Wilderness & Native Americans (Craig)

sauna

 

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9:00 a.m.

paper writing period

Discussion: BWCA Fire Prevention Policy
POLICY PAPERS
DUE

 

ANY WORK FOR WHICH AN EXTENSION HAS BEEN GRANTED DUE NOT LATER THAN NOON FRIDAY

 

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