NRC 381: NATURAL RESOURCE POLICY ANALYSIS
Spring 2012
Lecture Schedule
Lecture Dates Assignments
January 2 Introductions, Class Syllabus
January 17 Environmental Timeline
Text, Chapter 4
Study Assignment (SA) #2
SA #3 to be completed in class
January 19 Environmental Thought: Pioneers
John Muir, "The American Forests"
Henry David Thoreau, "Walden"
George Perkins Marsh, "Man and Nature"
(SA #4)
January 24 Environmental Thought: Progressive Era
Gifford Pinchot, Aldo Leopold, Rachel Carson
(SA #5)
Gifford Pinchot link: " Breaking New Ground "
Aldo Leopold link: " The Land Ethic " -> " Table of Contents "
Rachel Carson link: " Silent Spring "
January 26 Contemporary Environmental Thought
William Cronon, Michael Pollan and Alston Chase
(SA #6)
William Cronon link: "Trouble with Wilderness"
January 31 The Meaning of Conservation, Wilderness Preservation, and Ecosystem Science
(SA #7)
February 2 Contemporary Environmental Propoganda
Text, Chp 4 pgs 103-107
Jared Diamond, excerpt from book, COLLAPSE, pgs 472-479 (handout)
(SA #8)
February 7 Green Thinking 2012
(SA #9)
February 9 Natural Resource Policymaking
Text, Chapter 3
(SA #10)
February 14 Happy Valentine's Day!
Policy Case Studies
William Lowry, "The Capacity for Wonder"
Ron Suskind, "The Price of Loyalty"
Mann & Plummer, "The Awful Beast is Back"
(SA #11)
February 16 Natural Resource and Environmental Agencies
Text, Chapter 6
(SA #12)
February 21 Forest Service Case Study
(SA #13)
February 23 Forest Service Case Study (continued)
(SA #14)
February 28 Forest Service Case Study (continued)
(SA #15)
March 1 NPS Case Study: Playing God in Yellowstone
(SA #16)
March 6 Review for Mid-Term Exam
Policy Case Studies
March 8 Mid-Term Exam