Students are responsible for all materials and information presented or discussed in class.
Discussion and participation are important parts of this class. Forest resource policy. Principles of policy formation, implementation and analysis will be evaluated in the context of current resource issues. Historical, contextual, procedural, substantive and analytic policy elements will be considered as part of the discussion of specific resource issues. The course will be multi-disciplinary in that it will consider public policy as it relates to forestry, wildlife and fisheries, primarily, although recreation, water, land use and other natural resource concerns will be addressed as well.