Summer Quarter 2003

Ecological Evaluation and Design Perception: Shaw Island, San Juan Islands
Landscape Architecture 498B
OR Ecosystem Design 2003
College of Forest Resources EHUF 492B or CFR 590B
Dr. Roxanne Hamilton and Dr. Perry Gayaldo

This class includes a one-week field study at U.W.'s Cedar Rock Biological Preserve on Shaw Island, Washington, designed for advanced undergraduate or graduate students. Field exercises culminate in refined management plan recommendations that will inform ecosystem design for the Preserve. At least one ecological restoration project will be designed and implemented while at the preserve. Open to non-majors. Evening on-campus (Seattle) lectures and field experience.

Summer Quarter 2002

Ecosystem Design 2002
Landscape Architecture 498B or 598B
OR College of Forest Resources EHUF 492B or CFR 590B
Dr. Roxanne Hamilton and Dr. Perry Gayaldo

This was a two-week field study class at U.W.'s Cedar Rock Biological Preserve, Shaw Island, Washington, designed for advanced undergraduate or graduate students. Field exercises culminate in refined management plan recommendations that will inform ecosystem design for the Preserve. The course has been taught each summer from 1998 to 2003.

Spring Quarter 2002

Ecosystem Analysis for Preserve Management and Planning
Landscape Architecture 498 & 499 (combined)
Dr. Roxanne Hamilton and Dr. Perry Gayaldo

This was an intensive 10-week research training experience (15 credits), designed for undergraduate and post-baccalaureate students, who were in residence at the Friday Harbor Laboratories. The products generated by the student team will provide the FHL administration with site information that can be used for long range planning and ecosystem management at Friday Harbor Laboratory Preserve on San Juan Island and the Cedar Rock Biological Preserve on Shaw Island. This apprenticeship was intended to be the first phase of a continued planning effort which will serve environmental management needs while providing a unique learning opportunity for UW students. Click here for a more detailed course description.

Winter Quarter 2002

Nonindigenous Plant Management Issues
Urban Horticulture 490/590
Dr. Sarah Reichard

This was an on-campus (Seattle), supervised study class (1-5 credits) for advanced undergraduate or graduate students. The course addressed management issues of nonindigenous (invasive) plants on an ecological reserve. The class made a weekend field trip to the Friday Harbor Laboratories to census and measure levels of invasion on the upland terrestrial preserve and then designed a management plan for dealing with problem species or sites.