Description
In this course, the students will identify and address important aspects of the interactions between Americans and their national parks, forests, and monuments, including their flora, fauna, geography, geology, and public policies. We will study the history of the National Park Service and National Forest Service and the individual characteristics of many of our parks, forests, and monuments. We will also address various needs and problems - political, economic, environmental, social, and cultural - that currently exist in these relationships between visitors and these special environments, with a mind to providing possible answers and resolutions that can prolong the relationship between ourselves and these unique parts of our national patrimony. This course satisfies one Liberal Studies requirement in National World Stewardship.