The evaluation of human impacts on the environment is an important element of environmental science. Although students may be quite familiar with local impacts, impacts on broader scales of time and space may be less...

This is a lecture-based activity designed to stimulate discussion in the classroom. Students are introduced to shrimp aquaculture and harvest and consider the environmental and social impacts of shrimp farming. The...

NCSR Special Topics I is a compilation of forestry-related topics and exercises. The materials focus on forest surveying and silvicultural methods. The materials in the manual are adaptable to technical courses in forest...

This document provides instructors with a variety of field, laboratory and classroom activities that can be used to introduce students to the concept of ecosystem-based natural resource management. NCSR Special Topics II...

This instructional guide is designed to provide instructors with lecture support on the topic of marine fisheries using a case study of the Atlantic cod to illustrate major issues. For centuries the Atlantic cod was the...