REN R 495 - Land Reclamation

★ 6 (fi 12) (second term, 6-6.5s-0) Principles, practices, and philosophy of reclamation of degraded lands. Topics include types of land disturbances and regulations governing their reclamation, landscape development, site preparation, soil reclamation and remediation, revegetation, seed mix design, planting methods, plant species selection, monitoring, determining success, plant community ecology and change, bioengineering, phytoremediation, vegetative reclamation, and ecological restoration. Team based land reclamation project required. Should be taken in students’ last year as the Capstone Course for the Land Reclamation Major. Prerequisites: *90 university credit including introductory courses in soil science, hydrology, ecology, and vegetation science; and REN R 307 or ENCS 307 or equivalent; and *3 in vegetation science at the 300-or 400-level (e.g. botany, forestry, plant ecology, plant resources, plant science, range science, weed science); and *6 in soil science at the 300-or 400-level. Prerequisites or corequisites: *3 in vegetation science at the 300-or 400-level; and *3 in soil science at the 300-or 400-level; and REN R 482 or ENCS 455. ENCS 406 recommended. Note: This course is not open to anyone who has taken REN R 475 or 485.