Visions for Natural Resource Education
and Ecosystem Science for the 21st Century

Outline

I. The Center National Science Foundation
  A. Opening comments about the Northwest Center
Sustainable Resources Northwest Center for Sustainable
Resources: Education for a Sustainable Future
B. NCSR and Secondary Education
Natural Resource 2-year programs
II. NCSR Programs
  A. NCSR Programs and Curriculum
    1. Core Curricula in Environmental Science and Mathematics: Environmental Science as a Model for NCSR Curriculum
2. Mathematics: in Community Colleges and NCSR Curriculum Mathematics Standards and Advanced Technological Education
3. Northwest Center for Sustainable Resources " Integrating Mathematics into Natural Resources Technical Curriculum
4. A Technical Mathematics Curriculum for a State-of-the-Art Workforce
  B. Model Community College Programs
    1. Shasta College " Agriculture Technology
2. Grays Harbor College " Natural Resources/Fisheries Technology
3. Central Oregon Community College " Forest Resources/Eastside and GIS
4. Central Oregon Community College " Forest Resources/Westside
5. Feather River College " Wildlife Technology
  C. Other Model Natural Resource Technical Programs
    1. Itasca Community College
2. Haywood Community College
III. NCSR Partners
  A. Community Colleges
    1. Northwest Indian College (NWIC), Lummi Nation, Bellingham, WA
2. Blackfeet Community College, Browning, MT
  B. Employers
    1. International Resources Unlimited, Inc., Eugene, OR.
2. U.S. Forest Service, Chippewa National Forest, Cass Lake, MN
3. Weyerhaeuser Company, Federal Way, WA
4. Salem District Bureau of Land Management, Salem, OR
5. Weyerhaeuser Company, Arkansas
6. Pacific Meridian Resources, Inc., Portland, OR
  C. Native Americans
    1. Establishing Connections with Native American Tribes " Tips for Community Colleges
2. Ecosystem Science of Pacific Northwest Indians
  D. Professional Societies
    1. NCSR and Professional Societies
2. Society of American Foresters (SAF), Bethesda, MD.
  E. Research/University
    1. University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, Willamette National Forest, Department of Forest Science Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
2. Northwest Center for Sustainable Resources " A Model for the International Community: Environmental Management Program, Concordia University, Portland, OR
  F. NCSR Final Observations
IV. Appendices
  A. NCSR Project Partners
B. Ecosystem Management " Resources and Examples
C. NCSR Center Framework
D. Professional Societies
    1. North American Wildlife Technology Association (NAWTA)
2. Society of American Foresters (SAF)
  E. NSCR DACUM Charts
F. Shasta College " Resources Ecologist Technician
G. Grays Harbor College " Geographic Information
System (GIS) Specialist
H. Grays Harbor College " Natural Resources
Technology
I. Central Oregon Community College " Forest
Resources Technology
J. Chemeketa Community College " Forest Resources Technology
K. Feather River College " Fish and Wildlife Technology

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Updated January 2008.

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