Week 1

Introduction

Introduction to the course, syllabus

Lab: Campus walk – Values of the urban forest

Week 2

The meaning of landscapes

Landscapes as: Nature, Habitat, Artifact, System, Problem, Wealth, Ideology, History, Place and Aesthetics

Forested Environments along the urban to wild land gradient

The concept of drivers, patterns, processes and change

Concepts of stewardship and sustainability

April 10th

Field Trip 1; meet at CUH parking lot, 8am

Week 3

Settlement history of the United States and the Puget Sound region

Forces of land use change and context for examining forested landscapes

· Policy 

· Population,

· Employment/economic development/technology

· Land value/services/benefits

· Infrastructure

· Preferences

Institutional/Policy direction

· Federal – NFMA, NEPA, ESA

· Regional – PSRC

· State- GMA, FPA, SEPA

· Local – Comprehensive plans, Green Initiative

· NGO – Cascade Agenda

· Private – Strategic plans

Field Trip #1 evaluation due in class***HARDCOPY

April 17th

Field Trip 2; meet at CUH parking lot, 8am

Week 4

Landscape Types—Street trees and local parks

Patterns

· Spatial characteristics

· Benefits 

· Driver, forces, policies

· Management and sustainability issues

Guest Speakers: Bill Ames and Shane Dewald

Field Trip #2 evaluation due in class***HARDCOPY

Week 5

Landscape Types– Small subdivisions and Master Planned Communities

Patterns

· Spatial characteristics

· Benefits 

· Driver, forces, policies

· Management and sustainability issues

Lab/Discussion:

Take-home mid-term exam passed out after class on Thursday, due Tuesday in class

Week 6

Managing for Sustainability in the developing world: a comparative look

· Forest management in Ghana: a case study

· Policy framework

· Socioeconomic challenges to conservation & sustainable management

Week 7

Landscape Types—Commercial Forests

Patterns

· Spatial characteristics

· Benefits 

· Driver, forces, policies

· Management and sustainability issues

Week 8

Landscape Types—State and Federal Lands

Patterns

· Spatial characteristics

· Benefits 

· Driver, forces, policies

· Management and sustainability issues

Week 9

Case Study Presentations

Tuesday

Christmas Tree Farms

Songaia

Washington Trails Association

Washington Park Arboretum

Thursday

Qwuloolt Estuary

Gas Works Park

Hansen Creek Restoration

Washington Wilderness Coalition

Week 10

Case Study Presentations

Tuesday

Kenmore

Woodland Park Zoo

WildSky Wilderness Area

Washington Trails Association

Mountains to Sound Greenway

SFI and FSC

Thursday

Yellowstone

Urban Forests

Weyerhaeuser rural forest subdivision

Final Exam

Take-home exam passed out at the end of the last class, due June 9th, 10:30 am, 23 Anderson Hall.