IESR 300 - Indigenous Environmental Stewardship and Reclamation

IESR 300: LAND RECLAMATION
3 CREDITS

This course introduces students to the study of various methods, techniques, and measures that can be used to counter, restore, and/or reclaim certain soil and vegetation conditions. Specifically, this course will focus on the process involving the restoration of uplands and wetlands, paying attention to methods used to stabilize and control erosion whilst exploring reclamation efforts using vegetation and soil restoration. Students will be prepared to deal with the environmental issues sought to be corrected through restoration and reclamation projects, as well as the legal issues brought by them. Field trips will give students hands on experience and insight into the situations and conditions encountered in pursuit of bringing back local vegetation and soil to their natural state. Students will understand different soils and vegetation so as to properly devise plans to restore them wherever they may be disturbed.

Prerequisites: IESR 200, IESR 210, IESR 230, IESR 240, IESR 270, IESR 280