Conservation Biology Lab (406L/506L)
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(original lab syllabus from 25 Aug 2005)
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Conservation Biology Lab Schedule 2005
[Generally meets Friday 1230-1530 (10 of 13 potential meetings)]
Meetings involving VANS will generally meet on the South Side of BSE (corner of 4th and Highland on campus)
09 Sept. Urban ecological restoration in Tucson. With Phil Rosen. VAN PHOTOS 2005 Biological Values of the West Branch Paseo de las Iglesias
As an aside: City High School, a charter school, has a class with 14 or 15 students focused on the West Branch - its inhabitants, culture, ecology, restoration, and relationship to restoration elsewhere.
(10 points)
16 Sept. No lab
23-25 Sept. Ramsey Canyon (Matt Killeen), Chiricahuas, Northern Mexico (Valer and Joe Austin), San Pedro (San Pedro House, BLM), VAN PICTURES from 2005 pictures from 2004
We will plan to leave campus around 1230 on Friday the 23rd.
Friday afternoon we will visit with TNC folks at Ramsey Canyon.
The night of the 23rd we will likely camp near Ramsey Canyon.
Saturday morning the 24th we will meet with the Austins and tour properties in N. Mexico.
Saturday night we will likely spend camped in the Chiricahua mountains.
Sunday we will stop at the San Pedro river on the way back to Tucson.
Arrive mid afternoon in Tucson on Sunday the 25th.
Please work with your group in lab (we will assign on Friday 09 September) to coordinate relevant meals and equipment.
(50 points)
07 Oct. Mt. Lemmon all day, VAN PICTURES from 07 October 2005
(Pictures from 02 October 2004)
leave campus Friday 0700h from south-side BSE (bring money if interested in pie in Summerhaven; return to campus ~6pm)
Rex Adams, or graduate student, from Lab of Tree-Ring Research Sonorensis Publication 1989 (a great overview of Mt. Lemmon and our Sky Islands) Guide to Mt. Lemmon Highway (with mileage, elevation, and checklists) Miscellaneous Mt. Lemmon-related information (including a map; PRINT some of these pages to bring with you) Whittaker and Niering, 1965 (excerpts) (optional discussion of life zones and vegetation on Mt. Lemmon) Cruising for Timber! (optional details on how to quickly calculate standing biomass)
(20 points)
21-23 Oct. Organ Pipe, Pinacate, CEDO, 3 day, VAN
leave campus 6am on Friday 21 Oct., return evening of Sunday 23 Oct. PHOTOS from 2005, or as
6 slides/page (smaller file) PHOTOS from 2004
(60 points)
Tentative Organ Pipe/Pinacate/CEDO itinerary:
Students will be asked to pay for some of the food and lodging costs incurred in Mexico.
Friday 21 October
0600 depart
1000 meeting with Organ Pipe staff
1200 lunch picnic
1300 short hike
1530 cross border into Sonora, Mexico
1700 meet with Pinacate staff
1800 set up camp in Pinacate, cook dinner
Saturday 22 October
0600 explore pinacate, breakfast on the go
0830 break camp, explore pinacate by vehicle
1200 leave Pinacate
1300 lunch in Puerto Penasco ($)
1400 explore beach and tide pools [check tide charts]
1600 arrive CEDO
1730 dinner at CEDO ($)
1900 evening presentation at CEDO
Sunday 23 October
0600 breakfast using CEDO kitchen and our food
0700 explore estuary with Rick Boyer
1000 leave CEDO
1030 eat early lunch in Puerto Penasco, ($) explore
1200 leave for Tucson with stop at Dunes on way home
1700-1800 arrive Tucson
02 Dec. Student Group Oral Presentations in BSE 218, PROJECTOR for powerpoint
(10 points, plus the 50 points for the assignment)
[Again, please get powerpoint file to KEB by 11am on 02 Dec. 2005, and bring it with you on CD or USB memory stick]