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Understanding the Landscape
Updated
02/01/2006
Personnel from 35 states traveled to the Lied Center in Lincoln, NE to
rollout the newest training course developed by the NRCS Wildlife Habitat
Management Institute, in conjunction with the NRCS Soil Quality Institute,
Colorado State University and Oregon State University. The course was 2 years in
the making and Wendell Gilgert and Kathryn Boyer of WHMI led the production.
The course “Understanding the Landscape” is designed to help conservationists and land managers understand the connectivity of ecological processes in order to apply resource management principles on managed lands in a more holistic and sustainable manner. Through a series of 3 DVDs-- 12 lectures and 5 case studies-- students will be introduced to the components of land management at a landscape scale. Two of the 5 case studies received Telly awards. Telly awards have become the most recognized non-broadcast award for training, education, and marketing. Colorado and Oregon State Universities were involved in directing and producing the course assisted by NRCS State and field offices in Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Iowa, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oregon, and Vermont.
Course content includes key elements of ecological processes, such as energy flow, hydrologic processes, disturbance ecology and soil quality. The course also examines elements of society and culture that affect land management, and new management technologies that are essential for sound conservation planning and practice.
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