TRES5201

This course is the first in a series of two that will provide the student with the understanding of the interconnected environmental and cultural implications of stewardship practices necessary to support Indigenous sovereignty, worldviews, and ways of life. This course emphasizes practices that support sustainable environments. An Indigenous Stewardship Methods (ISM) and Integrated Natural Resource Management (INRM) approach will be used to discuss the reasons why clean air, water, and land are required to support a healthy environment, which in turn supports a healthy human population. Specific topics in this course may include geological setting, surface water and groundwater interaction, physical environment of lakes and streams, biodiversity, air quality assessment, soil health, assessment of water quality trends, environmental regulations and standards, energy stewardship and production, extractivism, and byproduct treatment / disposal / storage.

pre-req: grad student or instructor consent

000850

Every Spring