Description

Master of Natural Resources Stewardship (Online)

The goal of the Natural Resources Stewardship program from Colorado State University is a stable and functioning ecosystem that can withstand stresses and provide ecosystem services, such as clean water, wildlife habitat, biodiversity, and more.

Duration

TBA

Starting Date

August and January

Tuition Fee

$705 per credit

Location

Online

About the Program

Students who have the skills to evaluate and manage these issues can help maintain and improve our natural resource environments, help prevent extinction of species, and maintain healthy hunting and fishing environments.

What you learn

Ecological restoration uses human intervention to direct and/or accelerate secondary succession following a disturbance. Students in the Natural Resources Stewardship program from Colorado State University learn how to influence the type of vegetation that re-establishes itself and the speed with which recovery occurs.

Students in the ecological restoration specialization will:

Gain an understanding of how to use ecological and management principles and how to use appropriate tools for designing and implementing ecological restoration projects.
Know how to evaluate successful vs. failed ecological restoration projects.
Be able to articulate the role that restoration can serve in the future stewardship of natural resources.
Understand and engage various stakeholder groups in restoring disturbed lands. Gain relationship management skills applied to working with individuals, agencies, communities, or mixes of all of these.
Be able to identify common stressors to ecosystems (changing climate, arrival of a non-native species, disease outbreaks, etc. and the relationship between multiple stressors) and human disturbances.