UNIT+5+-+Resource+management,+land+use,+and+agriculture


 * STUDY GUIDES **






 * CLASS NOTES **

 begun 2/7

2/23

2/28 2/29, 3/1

3/12


 * RESOURCES **


 * Ch. 9-10: soils and agriculture **


 * Viewpoints on GMO crops **classwork for 3/14


 * [|Engineer a crop] In-class activity, 3/13 **


 * [|The OTHER inconvenient truth:] a TED talk on how agriculture is changing the face of the planet. (17 min.) **


 * The relationship between grain and fuel **


 * [|Feeding 9 billion:] a special report from The Economist on global agriculture and feeding a growing population **


 * Ch. 12: resources and land use **


 * Leveling Appalachia **Great 20-minute documentary on mountaintop removal mining. (shown, in part, in class, 2/28)

Terrific article on forest health, global warming, and bark beetles. Be very afraid!

Obama administration issues new forest rules Article from 1/26 Washington Post on management of national forests and grasslands === Your assignment for the week of 2/6 is to read the article above, then post an opinion/comment on that article on this page. You should then find someone else's post, read it, and REPLY to it (DON'T start a new thread for your reply).===

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Good Fire - Prescribed burns] a YouTube video on prescribed burning in Florida
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">about 13 minutes or so in, listen for the amount of land that the Florida Dept. of Transportation manages. How much is that?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Comment on the difference between wildfire and prescribed fire.

MORE PRESCRIBED BURN RESOURCES:
Forest service fire site

[|How to conduct a prescribed burn]

[|British Columbia Forests, Wildfire Branch: Prescirbed burns]

Michigan DNR: Prescribed burns; includes burn plan

Is your toilet paper leading to habitat destruction for tigers?

Urban trees are disappearing