Current and forthcoming courses
Water & Climate Link - workshops
WV Water & Climate Link aims to democratize water resources management, governance, and equity in the mountain state by including citizen and community participation in the decision-making process around water security and climate change adaptation. In order to do this, communities need to be knowledgeable about the state (e.g., health, availability) and vulnerability of this critical resource and for whom water resources are currently being managed. WV Water Link therefore will serve as an online information repository and community platform for Educating, Organizing, and Advocating for the best interests of people and communities in West Virginia and beyond. (Funded by Appalachian Stewardship Foundation and the WVU Center for Resilient Communities)
WV Water & Climate Link aims to democratize water resources management, governance, and equity in the mountain state by including citizen and community participation in the decision-making process around water security and climate change adaptation. In order to do this, communities need to be knowledgeable about the state (e.g., health, availability) and vulnerability of this critical resource and for whom water resources are currently being managed. WV Water Link therefore will serve as an online information repository and community platform for Educating, Organizing, and Advocating for the best interests of people and communities in West Virginia and beyond. (Funded by Appalachian Stewardship Foundation and the WVU Center for Resilient Communities)
Community Food-Energy-Water Security - FHYD 693 (forthcoming).
Overview of the Food-Energy-Water System, supply chain mapping, and vulnerability analysis of community FEW security. Taught in conjuction with Northern Arizona University
Overview of the Food-Energy-Water System, supply chain mapping, and vulnerability analysis of community FEW security. Taught in conjuction with Northern Arizona University
Climate change science, adaptation, and mitigation - FHYD 693 (forthcoming)
This course provides an introduction to climate change and global warming, covering basic sciences, modeling, consequences, and approaches to mitigation. This course is uses the community-based WV Climate Link project that provides spatially down scaled historic and future climate change projections for the Appalachian Mountains region and impacts to communities, economies, and ecosystems.
This course provides an introduction to climate change and global warming, covering basic sciences, modeling, consequences, and approaches to mitigation. This course is uses the community-based WV Climate Link project that provides spatially down scaled historic and future climate change projections for the Appalachian Mountains region and impacts to communities, economies, and ecosystems.
Spatial Hydrology - RESM 545 (online)
Introduction to applied spatial hydrology using GIS; integrates statistical modeling and terrain analysis; provides insights into water quality and quantity analysis for local and regional watershed scales
Introduction to applied spatial hydrology using GIS; integrates statistical modeling and terrain analysis; provides insights into water quality and quantity analysis for local and regional watershed scales
Forest Management Planning Capstone - FMAN 434 (spring)
This course covers the principles of sustainable forest resources management, including climate change adaptation, forests for management planning; applications of silvicultural systems; carbon budgeting; harvest planning; forecasting of economic variables; forest growth & yield projections; financial analyses of forestry operations; forest valuation; preparation of written forest management plans; and oral presentation of forest management plans.
This course covers the principles of sustainable forest resources management, including climate change adaptation, forests for management planning; applications of silvicultural systems; carbon budgeting; harvest planning; forecasting of economic variables; forest growth & yield projections; financial analyses of forestry operations; forest valuation; preparation of written forest management plans; and oral presentation of forest management plans.
Watershed Hydrology – FHYD 644, fall.
This course explore the fundamental principles that govern the occurrence, distribution, and circulation of water near the Earth’s surface using both qualitative and quantitative descriptors. Emphasis is on the physical understanding and parameterization of hydrologic processes at the watershed scale including water and energy balances, surface and subsurface flow, and atmospheric water.
This course explore the fundamental principles that govern the occurrence, distribution, and circulation of water near the Earth’s surface using both qualitative and quantitative descriptors. Emphasis is on the physical understanding and parameterization of hydrologic processes at the watershed scale including water and energy balances, surface and subsurface flow, and atmospheric water.
Natural Resources of West Virginia - FOR 140, spring.
Students will develop a basic understanding of natural resources in West Virginia and other regions around the globe by investigating historical relationships between extraction and society; examining social and environmental conflict, costs, and benefits; and sustainably developing resources to meet the needs of humanity and the environment.
Students will develop a basic understanding of natural resources in West Virginia and other regions around the globe by investigating historical relationships between extraction and society; examining social and environmental conflict, costs, and benefits; and sustainably developing resources to meet the needs of humanity and the environment.
Watershed Management & Land Use Hydrology – FHYD 444, fall.
Synthesis of hydrological processes and concepts of integrated watershed management. Course emphasizes hydrology, climatology, and ecology processes and principles of watershed management to obtain watershed sustainability.
Synthesis of hydrological processes and concepts of integrated watershed management. Course emphasizes hydrology, climatology, and ecology processes and principles of watershed management to obtain watershed sustainability.
Field Watershed Hydrology – FHYD 493A/FMAN 693A, periodic spring.
This class will introduce students to methods, techniques, & equipment used to study hydrologic systems including climate, streams, riparian areas, hillslopes, and watersheds. The class will involve the collection, analysis, and synthesis of hydrometric data and is broken into computational-lab and field-lab components.
This class will introduce students to methods, techniques, & equipment used to study hydrologic systems including climate, streams, riparian areas, hillslopes, and watersheds. The class will involve the collection, analysis, and synthesis of hydrometric data and is broken into computational-lab and field-lab components.
Past courses:
Field Hydrology – FE 536, Department of Forest Engineering, Oregon State University, 2007, Co-instructor
Forest Watershed Management – FE 434/534, Department of Forest Engineering, Oregon State University, 2007, Teaching Assistant
Forest Hydrology – FE 532, Department of Forest Engineering, Oregon State University, 2007, Teaching Assistant
University/Community Outreach, Hydrology and water quality research at the
Hinkle Creek Paired Watershed Study, Oregon State University Forestry Extension
Forest Soils and Hydrology, undergraduate/graduate (For 4354), Department of Forestry, Virginia Tech, Instructor
Field Hydrology – FE 536, Department of Forest Engineering, Oregon State University, 2007, Co-instructor
Forest Watershed Management – FE 434/534, Department of Forest Engineering, Oregon State University, 2007, Teaching Assistant
Forest Hydrology – FE 532, Department of Forest Engineering, Oregon State University, 2007, Teaching Assistant
University/Community Outreach, Hydrology and water quality research at the
Hinkle Creek Paired Watershed Study, Oregon State University Forestry Extension
Forest Soils and Hydrology, undergraduate/graduate (For 4354), Department of Forestry, Virginia Tech, Instructor
