UWREN Capstone Autumn

Restoration Ecology Network (UW-REN)
Capstone Course

ENVIR/ESRM/BES/TESC 462-463-464

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Capstone I: ENVIR/ESRM/BES/TESC 462
Autumn 2009

Time: Fridays, 1-3 pm

*classes will start promptly at 1:00 and you are expected to allow sufficient travel time to arrive on time.

Location: Douglas Classroom at the UW Botanic Gardens Center for Urban Horticulture (UWBG/CUH) directions map

Parking: Free parking is available while you are in class and on class business in the lot next to Douglas Classroom.

Required text: Clewell & Aronson, Ecological Restoration: Principals, Values, and Structure of an Emerging Profession

Field trips: One in-class Friday & two all-day Saturday :

Friday, Oct 9th, 1-4PM - project sites

Saturday, October 10th, 9AM-2PM - project sites

Saturday, October 24th, 9AM-2PM - site assessment exercise

The field trips will leave from the east parking lot of UWBG/CUH promptly at 1PM on Friday Oct 9 and 9AM on Saturday Oct 10. Transportation will be provided in UW vans. The Saturday Oct 24th site assessment exercise will take place at UWBG/CUH. Meet in the headhouse at 9AM.

Meetings: Two extended 3 hour classes for 30 minute team meetings with instructors and project partners. Meeting times will be assigned and posted below in the class schedule table:

Friday, October 30th, 1230-330PM Team/project partner/instructor meetings

Friday, November 20th, 1230-330PM Team/instructor meetings

Class bulletin board: We utilize the Catalyst GoPost tool to share information. Please check and participate in the class bulletin board frequently.

Assignment submittal: We use the Catalyst Collect It tool to receive assignments and return reviews. Links to the Collect It dropboxes are highlighted in the 'assingments' column below.

AUTUMN 2009 CLASS SCHEDULE

WEEK	CLASS ACTIVITY	CLASS SCHEDULING	EXERCISE & PROJECT HANDOUTS	ASSIGNMENTS
1	October 2 course mechanics introduction to ecological restoration		Autumn 2009 course packet student questionnaire	fill out forms
2	October 9 field trip - project sites	1-4PM 120 - Madrona Woods 215 - Yesler Creek 315 - Island Grove		DUE: field trip form & student questionnaire
	October 10 field trip - project sites	9AM-2PM 1000 - Cotton Hill 1200 - Earth Sanctuary
3	October 16 teams assigned team dynamics conduct, health & safety site assessment		project ranking spreadsheet student time sheet	DUE: Project ranking for team assignments, Tuesday October 13, midnight submit team contact information sign conduct, health & safety forms
4	October 23 restoration design proposal development		proposal instructions site assessment field instructions site assessment report instructions
	October 24 site assessment exercise	9AM-2PM	site assessment exercise
5	October 30 client/team/instructor meetings	1230-330PM meeting times 1230-pierce oaks 1 - cotton hill 130 - earth sanc 2 - madrona 230 - island grove 3 - yesler 330 -MV green alleys
6	November 6 plant selection		plant selection classroom lab
7	November 13 invasive species identification, management & control guest lecture by Sasha Shaw King County Noxious Weed Control
8	November 20 instructor/team meetings to review proposal	1230-330PM meeting times 1230-pierce oaks 1 - cotton hill 130 - earth sanc 2 - madrona 230 - island grove 3 - yesler 330 -MV green alleys		DUE: Project site assessment and draft proposal Weds November 18th, 5PM
9	November 27	Thanksgiving holiday no class
10	December 4 site preparation project management: scheduling & sequencing			DUE: final proposal
11	December 11 work plan development peer & course evaluations last class of quarter	last day of class	Work plan instructions	peer & course evaluations client approval of proposal

Class Readings & Resources

Follow the links in this table for readings and resources pertainent to that week's lecture/exercise. The required readings should be read BEFORE CLASS .
You are encouraged to read the suggested readings and use the supplemental resources when applicable to the assignments.

WEEK	REQUIRED READINGS	SUGGESTED READINGS	SUPPLEMENTAL RESOURCES
1	Clewell & Aronson, chps. 1, 2 & 9 Introductory lecture - ecological principals SER primer	Science 2006 article - Collaborative ecological restoration Hobbs & Harris (2001) Restoration in the new millenium	Selected readings in ecological theory
2	Project RFPs Earth Sanctuary Madrona Woods Island Grove Yesler Creek Ravine Cotton Hill Park Pierce College
3	Clewell & Aronson, chps. 4 & 5 reference site guide SER guidelines for ecological restoration projects	GSP Tree-iage analysis Site conditions tables Benchmarks for woody vegetation in wetlands	Site assessment resources Using binomial nomenclature in writing NRCS web soil survey
4	Clewell & Aronson, chps. 6 & 10 Restoration design lecture		Technical report writing tips
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6	Kern's plant selection & acquisition lecture	Plant forms Warren's plant selection resource list	A guide to vascular plant anatomy A guide to the pronunciation of biological latin Puget Sound Lowland native and nonnative plants USDA Plants Database Burke WTU Herbarium photo gallery USFS Fire Effects Information System (FEIS) plants database ESRM 412 Native Plant Production restoration species specifications O. D. Hyde Herbarium at UWBG Center for Urban Horticulture USDA NRCS Plant materials technical note #1: Plant species with rooting ability from live hardwood materials Sound Native Plants information sheets WACD PMC stock types guide
7	Invasive plants lecture	Bradley method	King County Noxious Weed Board web site Invasipedia PNW Weed Management Handbook Washington State Noxious Weed Control
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10	Habitat features concepts & guidelines Site preparation handout Plant-it-right guide Plant installation & site preparation Planting & amendments Plant root-soil water relationship		Habitat features bat boxes bird boxes herp structures snags Sound Native Plants information sheets

Autumn Quarter Grading

PLEASE NOTE! For UW Seattle students a final grade will not be posted to your transcripts until you have completed ALL THREE quarters of the capstone series. For autumn & winter quarters you will receive a 'N' grade. This is a placeholder grade that means student performance is satisfactory and the final grade is contingent on completing the course series. UW Tacoma & Bothell students will receive the a normal grade i.e. the one you earned that quarter.

You will be graded based on three team assignments and individual participation in class. Each team assignment will be evaluated by the instructors and TA and receive a grade reached by consensus. Individual grades will be calculated using peer evaluations as outlined on the peer evaluation form in your course packet. Individual participation will be assessed based on class attendance and level of engagement in presentations and field exercises. The grade distribution is as follows:

Assignment	Percent of grade	Due date
Project site assessment	20	November 18th
First draft of proposal	30	November 18th
Final draft of proposal	40	December 4th
Individual participation	10	All quarter