Instructor: Dr. Lenore P. Tedesco
Office: SL118
Telephone: 274.7484 (Department Office)
Email: ltedesco@iupui.edu
Office Hours: By Appointment
Class Meets: 5 April - 3 May, 2004
Monday and Wednesday, 9:30 - 10:45, LE 103
Lecture Schedule | General Information | PowerPoints
Tentative Lecture Schedule:
Monday 5 April: Introduction
Reading:
Indiana Department of Environmental Management Wetlands Fact
Sheet
http://www.in.gov/idem/macs/factsheets/media/wetlands.pdf
United States Environmental Protection Agency Wetlands Website
http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/
Wednesday 7 April: Wetland Functions and Values
Reading:
Indiana Department of Environmental Management Importance of Wetlands
http://www.in.gov/idem/water/planbr/401/wetlandimport.html
United States Environmental Protection Agency Functions and Values of
Wetlands
http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/fun_val.pdf
Monday 12 April: Defining what a wetland is: Classification Systems
Reading:
United States Army Corps Of Engineers Wetland
Delineation Manual and Related Technical Documents
http://www.wes.army.mil/el/wetlands/
United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database
http://plants.usda.gov/index.html
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Classification of Wetlands and Deepwater Habitats
http://wetlands.fws.gov/Pubs_Reports/Class_Manual/class_titlepg.htm
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
National Wetland Inventory
www.nwi.fws.gov/
Note: Many of these links are extensive classification manuals. You are not required to know the entire documents, just to be familiar with their contents.
Wednesday 14 April: Wetland Types
Reading:
Ramsar Convention Classification of Wetland Types
http://www.ramsar.org/key_ris_types.htm
(Also go to the homepage and read about the Ramsar Convention on
Wetlands)
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Wetland Types
http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/types/
Inland Wetland Ecosystems
The Everglades, Florida
http://www.evergladesplan.org/
Grand Kankakee Marsh, Indiana
http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/natbltn/001-099/nb075.htm
Coastal Wetland Ecosystems
Salt Marsh, Massachusetts
http://magazine.audubon.org/senseofplace/senseofplace0007.html
Monday 19 April: Indiana Wetlands
Reading:
Indiana Department of Natural Resources Indiana Wetlands
http://www.in.gov/wetlands/
Indiana Department of Natural Resources: State
of Wetlands in Indiana
http://www.in.gov/dnr/fishwild/publications/inwetcon/status.pdf
Wednesday 21 April: Indiana Wetlands, Continued
Reading:
Indiana Wetland Density By County - Map
http://www.in.gov/idem/water/planbr/401/cntywetlandmap.html
Indiana Wetland Resources By County - Table
http://www.in.gov/idem/water/planbr/401/wetlandlosschrt.html
Monday 26 April: Wetland Loss
Reading:
United States Fish and Wildlife Service Wetlands
Losses in the United States 1780's to 1980's
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/othrdata/wetloss/wetloss.htm
United States Geological Survey History of
Wetlands in the Conterminous United States
http://water.usgs.gov/nwsum/WSP2425/history.html
Wednesday 28 April: Wetland Restoration
Reading:
Natural Resources Conservation
Service Indiana Wetlands Reserve Program
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/wrp/states/in.html
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Wetland Restoration
http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/restore/
United States Geological Survey National Wetlands
Research Center
http://www.nwrc.gov/
Monday 3 May: Wetland Restoration, Continued
The Center for Earth and Environmental Science @ IUPUI Scott
Starling Nature Sanctuary Wetland Restoration
http://www.cees.iupui.edu/Research/Starling/Index.htm
National Audubon Society Online: Limberlost and Found
http://magazine.audubon.org/features0105/care
COURSE PAPER DUE BY: Monday, May 3 during class
Geology G130: Wetlands
There is no textbook required for this course. Assigned readings are from Internet resources. Please realize that some of the web sites are portals to a large number of wetland websites. You are not required or expected to follow all the links. Use the sites to explore topics of interest to you. Addresses for the required readings are listed below the lecture topics on the lecture schedule. The Web sites can also be accessed from links provided on the homepage.
Obtaining the lecture outlines
To be successful in this course you must attend lecture. Attendance will be taken and will count 25% toward your final grade. The remaining 75% of the course grade will be based on an original essay on the value of wetlands. It is expected that you will utilize information presented in class and form class readings. You are expected to reflect upon your perceptions prior to taking this class. A study guide will be posted on the class homepage.
Grades will be based on the following scale:
Percent Correct Letter Grade 100 - 88 A 87- 78 B 77 - 63 C 62 - 50 D 49 - F
If for any reason you need to withdraw from class, please do so officially, if you simply stop coming to class you will recorded as having failed the course.
One last very important note: I am here to help you learn, if there is anything I can do to help you in this course please let me know.