ENVS 4800 - Wildlife Corridor Conservation & Crossing Design

(crosslisted) NTRES 4800
(CU-SBY)

Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only (no audit).

G. Tabor.

Habitat fragmentation is one of the biggest threats to biodiversity conservation. Ecological connectivity conservation is a growing approach to counter fragmentation and enhance landscape and seascape climate resilience. This course will develop comparative case study assessments of wildlife corridors and wildlife crossing designs as examples of connectivity conservation. Students will learn about ecological connectivity, large landscape/seascape conservation, and road ecology.

Outcome 1: As a result of participating in this course, students will be able to: Work effectively as a team, collaborating with peers, outside experts, and instructors.

Outcome 2: Design and manage a team project that defines feasible goals and executes them.

Outcome 3: Integrate knowledge from diverse disciplines and prior courses to critically analyze a complex problem in sustainability.

Outcome 4: Communicate their findings to both academic and public audiences via written reports and oral presentations.

Outcome 5: Adapt to challenges and evolving stakeholder requests without sacrificing the rigor and objectivity of their assessment.

Outcome 6: Understand the complex regulatory, policy, public relations, scientific, and engineering constraints that influence ecological connectivity initiatives.