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University of Montana ScholarWorks at University of Montana Syllabi Course Syllabi 1-2010 RECM 495.90: Winter Wilderness Field Studies Kari I. Gunderson University of Montana - Missoula Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/syllabi Let us know how access to this document benefits you. Recommended Citation Gunderson, Kari I., "RECM 495.90: Winter Wilderness Field Studies" (2010). Syllabi. 1068. https://scholarworks.umt.edu/syllabi/1068 This Syllabus is brought to you for free and open access by the Course Syllabi at ScholarWorks at University of Montana. It has been accepted for inclusion in Syllabi by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at University of Montana. For more information, please contact scholarworks@mso.umt.edu. Winter Wilderness Field Studies Course SyllabusGoalsStudents will understand Wilderness values, definitions, issues, management strategies, ecology, and traditional skills as they relate to the Mission Mountains Wilderness.ObjectivesStudents will be able to:• Define their personal and legal definitions for Wilderness• Recall threats to designated Wilderness• Understand winter-related wilderness management issues• Comprehend community based stewardship in the Swan Valley• Demonstrate LNT winter camping skills• Practice outdoor leadership skills including group dynamics and decision-making• Demonstrate backcountry medicine principles applicable to winter travel• Practice avalanche safety techniques and backcountry medicine techniques before and during the backcountry trip• Measure and monitor winter recreation use• Identify wildlife tracks, travel patterns, and local ecology of an alpine habitat.• Understand and apply the fundamentals of risk assessment• Understand differences in wilderness management between east and west slopes of the Mission Mountains WildernessCourse content:This course includes a backcountry and classroom component. Students will stay at the Condon Work Center in the front-country and ski or snowshoe in the backcountry. This course explores natural resource management issues and outdoor leadership in the Swan Valley and the Mission Mountain Tribal Wilderness. Students will study community- based stewardship, winter ecology, fundamentals of snow and avalanche science, mountain meteorology, outdoor leadership, group dynamics and decision-making, risk assessment, and Mission Mountains Tribal Wilderness history. Activities include classroom and field lectures, discussion, visits with local Swan Valley residents, winter recreation monitoring, basic winter wilderness skills and emergency care, and a three-day backcountry trip.Evaluation of student course work Expected Learning Outcomes• Students will understand personal and legal definitions for Wilderness• Students will understand threats to designated Wilderness• Students will understand winter-related wilderness management issues• Students will understand and apply outdoor leadership skills including group dynamics and decision-making• Students will understand community based stewardship in the Swan Valley• Students will understand winter ecology principles• Students will understand the fundamentals of snow and avalanche science• Students will understand how to conduct winter recreation monitoring• Students will understand the fundamentals of risk assessment as it applies to outdoor education• Students will understand differences in wilderness management between east and west slopes of the Mission Mountains Wilderness• Students will understand backcountry medicine principles applicable to winter travel• Students will understand and practice winter wilderness skills, especially as they apply to Leave No Trace principlesAssessment Undergraduate Credit: Evaluation Criteria & Grading• 50% Skill development, class participation, attitude, and performance in the field andin the classroom• 50% written essay exam covering reading assignments, lectures, videos and activities(both indoors and outdoors)Undergraduate students are responsible for reading assignments on due dates and may be called upon to lead a group discussion.Graduate Credit: Evaluation Criteria & Grading• 25% Skill development, class participation, attitude, and performance in the field andin the classroom• 25% written essay exam covering reading assignments, lectures, videos and activities(both indoors and outdoors)• 50% research paperStudents receiving graduate credit are responsible for reading assignments on due dates and may be called upon to lead a group discussion. Students receiving graduate credit are required to submit an original research term paper at the end of the course. The paper should address a relevant wilderness issue (prescribed burning, fee demonstration, wildlife reintroduction, etc.), and be about 15 pages in length. The paper must include cited sources, and be of publishable quality, written in a standard format (such as Journal of Forestry, Journal of Leisure Research, or American Psychological Association, etc.).Grading1. This course will be using a plus/minus grading system. Valid grades and their grade point values per credit are shown below:Grade Points GPA Grade Points GPA Grade Points GPAA 9 4 -  100%4.0 C+ 7 7 -79%2.3 D- 6 0 -62%0.7A- 9 0 -9 3%3.7 c 73 -  76%2.0 F < 60 % 0.00B + 8 7 -8 9%3.3 c- 7 0 -72%1.7B 8 3 -8 6%3.0 D+ 6 7 -69%1.3B- 8 0 -8 2%2.7 D 63 -  66%1.0Meeting datesJanuary 4 to January 8 January 11 to January 15Students meet from 8 AM to 5PM, and 7 PM to 10 PM daily Enrollment limitEnrollment is limited to 12 students due to housing availability at the Condon Work Center and group size limits in the Mission Mountain Wilderness.TENTATIVE 2010 Winter Wilderness Field StudiesCourse SyllabusWeek One Monday, 01/04Arrive Condon @ 10 a.m., Welcome & Introductions, Course expectationsTour facilities & get settled. Swan Ecosystem Center, Anne DahlAfternoon: Field activities (nature trail-winter ecology; winter wilderness skills)Evening Program: “Wild by Law” video, reading assignmentsTuesday, 01/05 Classes begin @ 8 amMorning: Weather Forecast, Wilderness Management Lecture and activities;Andrew Johnson, USFS, guest speakerAfternoon: Visit with Bud Moore, Coyote Forest (community-based stewardship)Evening Program: “Snowshoeing” & “Arctic Dreams” video, Group Meeting, reading assignmentsWednesday, 01/06 Classes begin @ 8 amMorning: Weather Forecast, Trip planning and gear shake down, Route planning, mapping activityBackcountry Medicine, Trenton, Aerie School for Backcountry Medicine Afternoon: Backcountry M edicine... continuedEvening Program: “American Values, American Wilderness” video and reading assignmentsThursday, 01/07 Classes begin @ 8 am Morning: Weather ForecastWilderness Management: “Threats to Wilderness,” Kari Gunderson Afternoon: Ski and snowshoeing field tripEvening Program: Group Meeting, Avalanche videos, reading assignmentsFriday, 01/08 Classes begin @ 8 am Morning: Weather ForecastDiscussion on Rescue-Free Wilderness, Kari Gunderson Avalanche Awareness, Leah Taylor, U.S. Forest Service Afternoon: Avalanche Awareness...continuedGroup Meeting, clean up facilities, depart from Condon for home by 4 PM2010 Winter Wilderness Field StudiesCourse SyllabusWeek Two Monday, 01/11 Arrive Condon @ 10 a.m.Morning: ForecastWinter LNT Principles and Winter Camping; Tribal Wilderness. Germaine White & Lester Big Crane, Salish/Kootenai Tribal Natural Resources Program, Mission Mountains Tribal Wilderness (11 AM)Afternoon: Trip Planning and Preparation Evening Program: Trip PreparationTuesday, 01/12 Depart at 8 am for Cold Lakes, Mission Mountains Wilderness Group backcountry ski/snow shoe tripWinter ecology, group dynamics & leadership, winter wilderness skills, and monitoringWednesday, 01/13Group backcountry ski/snow shoe tripDig snow pit, snow analysis, build snow shelter, group dynamics & leadership, avalanche awareness, winter wilderness skills, monitoring, and winter ecologyThursday, 01/14Group backcountry ski/snow shoe tripGroup dynamics & leadership, avalanche awareness, winter wilderness skills, and monitoring Return to CondonPreparation for essay assignment, complete course evaluationFriday, 01/15, Classes begin @ 8 am Morning: Trip Debriefing session, Essay Assignment Afternoon: Group Closure activity, clean up facilities Depart by 4 PM2010 Winter Wilderness Field Studies Course ReadingsMonday, January 4, 2010■ Mission Mountains East■ Guide to the Mission Mountains Wilderness■ Mission Mountains Tribal Wilderness: A Case StudyTuesday, January 5, 2010■ Hypothermia: The Insidious Cold■ Notes on Hypothermia, Cold Injuries, and Dehydration■ LNT Winter Use Principles■ W inter Camping & Backpacking TipsWednesday, January 6, 2010■ Management Dilemmas That Will Shape Wilderness in the 21st Century■ Stewardship to Address Threats to Wilderness Resources & Values■ The Montana Legacy Project/Swan Watershed MapThursday, January 7, 2010■ Rescue-Free Wilderness Areas■ Incident Reports for the Mission Mountains Wilderness

RECM 495.90: Winter Wilderness Field Studies

University of MontanaScholarWorks at University of MontanaSyllabi Course Syllabi1-2009RECM 495.90: Winter Wilderness Field StudiesKari I. GundersonUniversity of Montana - MissoulaLet us know how access to this document benefits you.Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/syllabiThis Syllabus is brought to you for free and open access by the Course Syllabi at ScholarWorks at University of Montana. It has been accepted forinclusion in Syllabi by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at University of Montana. For more information, please contactscholarworks@mso.umt.edu.Recommended CitationGunderson, Kari I., "RECM 495.90: Winter Wilderness Field Studies" (2009). Syllabi. 1070.https://scholarworks.umt.edu/syllabi/10702009 W inter Wilderness Field Studies RECM/EVST 495Course SyllabusWeek One Monday, 01/05Arrive Condon @ 10 a.m., Welcome & Introductions, Course expectations Tour facilities & get settled. Swan Ecosystem Center, Anne Dahl Afternoon: Field activities (nature trail-winter ecology; winter wilderness skills)Evening Program: “Wild by Law” video, reading assignmentsTuesday, 01/06 Classes begin @ 8 AMMorning: Weather Forecast, Wilderness Management Lecture and activities;Andrew Johnson, USFS, guest speakerAfternoon: Visit with Bud Moore, Coyote Forest (community-based stewardship)Evening Program: “Snowshoeing” & “Arctic Dreams” video, Group Meeting, reading assignmentsWednesday, 01/07 Classes begin @ 8 AMMorning: Weather Forecast, Trip planning and gear shake down, Route planning, mapping activityBackcountry Medicine, Trenton, Aerie School for Backcountry Medicine Afternoon: Backcountry M edicine... continuedEvening Program: “American Values, American Wilderness” video and reading assignmentsThursday, 01/08 Classes begin @ 8 AM Morning: Weather ForecastWilderness Management: “Threats to Wilderness,” Kari Gunderson Afternoon: Ski and snowshoeing field tripEvening Program: Group Meeting, Avalanche videos, reading assignmentsFriday, 01/09 Classes begin @ 8 AM Morning: Weather ForecastDiscussion on Rescue-Free Wilderness, Kari Gunderson Avalanche Awareness, Leah Taylor, U.S. Forest Service Afternoon: Avalanche Awareness...continuedGroup Meeting, clean up facilities, depart from Condon for home by 4 PM Week TwoMonday, 01/12_____Arrive Condon @ 10 a.m.Morning: ForecastWinter LNT Principle and winter Camping.The Wilderness Institutewww.cfc.umt.edu/wiAfternoon: Trip Planning and Preparation Evening Program: Trip PreparationTuesday, 01/13 Depart at 8 am for Cold Lakes, Mission Mountains Wilderness Group backcountry ski/snow shoe tripWinter ecology, group dynamics & leadership, winter wilderness skills, and monitoring Wednesday. 01/14Group backcountry ski/snow shoe tripDig snow pit, snow analysis, build snow shelter, group dynamics & leadership, avalanche awareness, winter wilderness skills, monitoring, and winter ecologyThursday. 01/15Group backcountry ski/snow shoe tripGroup dynamics & leadership, avalanche awareness, winter wilderness skills, and monitoring Return to CondonPreparation for essay assignment, complete course evaluationFriday, 01/16, Classes begin @ 8 AM Morning: Trip Debriefing session, Essay Assignment Afternoon: Group Closure activity, clean up facilities Depart by 4 PMCourse ReadingsMonday, January 5, 2009Mission Mountains EastGuide to the Mission Mountains WildernessMission Mountains Tribal Wilderness: A Case StudyTuesday, January 6, 2009Hypothermia: The Insidious ColdNotes on Hypothermia, Cold Injuries, and DehydrationLNT Winter Use PrinciplesWinter Camping & Backpacking TipsWednesday, January 7, 2009Management Dilemmas That Will Shape Wilderness in the 21st Century Stewardship to Address Threats to Wilderness Resources & Values As Logging Fades, Rich Carve Up Open Land In WestThursday, January 8, 2009Rescue-Free Wilderness AreasIncident Reports for the Mission Mountains WildernessThe Wilderness Institutewww.cfc.umt.edu/wi

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