Ecological Restoration Technical Option
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The Ecological Restoration option prepares students to assist in the recovery of ecosystems that have been degraded, damaged, or destroyed. This requires extensive knowledge of the abiotic environments that sustain the biota of ecosystems, community structure, sustainable cultural practices, and performance monitoring, among other skills.
Emphasis is placed on the actual craft of restoring natural ecosystems as well a the social and philosophical elements that mandate restoration. Learn more about the different ways the department addressess Restoration & Conservation.
The Natural Resources - Ecological Restoration Technical Option is one 10 Technical Options offered in the NC State's Natural Resources Masters Program.
Contact:
Dr. Theodore Shear
Phone: 919-515-7794
ted_shear@ncsu.edu
Example courses taken in Natural Resources - Ecological Restoration
BO 403, Systemmatic botany
BO565, Plant community ecology
SSC 452, Soil classification
FOR750, Ecological restoration
FOR603, Research methods in forestry and environmental resources
BO405, Wetland flora
FOR510, Introduction to GPS
FOR501, Dendrology
FOR753, Environmental remote sensing
FOR554, Principles of spatial analysis
NR531, Introduction to GIS
NR595, Landscape ecology
SSC570, Wetland soils
ST512, Exp. statistics biological sciences II
ZO592, Conservation ecology
NR693/695, Superv. Research/Thesis Research
Learn more about the Natural Resources Masters Program and the technical technical options offered through this innovative, multi-disciplinary program.
