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Cal Poly Land Course Schedule

Flora and Fauna - Natural systems and Human impacts on Cal Poly Land

  • Local habitats, communities, and species
  • Niches and competitive selection
  • Botany and biology class websites
  • Cal Poly biological inventories--research and senior projects
  • Native vs. introduced species
  • Understanding Sensitive Resource Areas
Horse Creek Wateshed
  • chapparal, oak savannah , riparian habitats
  • Indonesian, Smith, Shephard reservoirs
  • tracking, spoors, game trails
  • identifying local species
  • observing and recording wildlife-time, season, field notes
Land Use Technologies
  • Agricultural, Resource Management and Construction technologies combined
  • Animal technology: bird nests, gopher burrows, anthills, beaver dams
  • Cooexistence of humans and wildlife
  • Earth dams, spillways, stream channelling, flood control and irrigation
  • Waterworks as creating and destroying habitats
  • Surveys, censuses, tracking of wildlife populations
  • Mitigation plans and practices
Course

EO1,2 , C1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8-11

 

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