Natural Resources Courses

• NR  1010  Intro to Natural Resources
• NR  1020  Field Inventory/Sampling Techn
• NR  1700  Natural Resource Leadership
• NR  2010  Environmental Policy/Reporting
• NR  2030  Agri. Ecosytem Mgmt.
• NR  2425  Wildland Plant Identification
• NR  2610  Wildland/EcologyIdentification
• NR  2820  Pesticide Appl. Safety Cert.
• NR  2825  Wilderness Nav. Saf. Cert.
• NR  2997  Natural Resource Internship

Students who complete an emphasis in Natural Resources at Snow College will:

• Be able to write coherent reports and documents
• Be able to explain the history and policies associated with land use
• Be able to be an advocate for multiple and sustainable use of our natural resources
• Be able to evaluate range resource health through proper monitoring techniques
• Be able to demonstrate accurate monitoring procedures
• Be able to apply economic management principles to natural resource use
• Be able to assess present conditions and determine the action needed to obtain desired result based on a critical analysis of situations
• Understand how natural resources provide our food, fiber, standard of living, and recreation
• Understand how resources are interconnected and that management of some resources without consideration of other resources can lead to unexpected results.
• Learn to work effectively both individually and with others through class projects and through internship experiences
• Be able to communicate in electronic, verbal, and written formats
• Demonstrate competency in utilizing geospatial technologies (Global Positioning System – GPS, Geographic Information Systems – GIS, and remote sensing)
• Demonstrate the ability to reason scientifically