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WEEK 8 -- Wildlife Science and Conservation Biology

6:00-7:00: Introduction to Conservation Biology, A. Kapuscinski

Conservation concepts (focus on human-animal-habitat interrelationships)
Science in conservation, esp. wildlife and fisheries sciences
Conservation policy and politics
Species-focused versus habitat-focused cinema

Slides from class presentation by Dr. Kapuscinski are here, downloads in MS Powerpoint format.

Click here to view the questions we used in class while watching three films: Park Conscious (1938), To Conserve Our Heritage (40's), and Living in the Landscape: Leaving Boundaries Behind (1997). This is a MS Word document.

7:00-8:30: Visit with Steve Plummer, Producter/Photojournalist with Minnesota Bound

http://www.mnbound.com/mnbound.htm

Other local television programs...

In-fisherman television program, Baxter, MN

Minnesota's Environmental Journal