North American Wildlife/Fisheries Identification

Catalog description

This course focuses on preparing students to be knowledgeable about the distribution, natural history, and identification of the major game species of North America plus some selected non-game species. The course is built on taxonomy of big game, small game, furbearers, upland gamebirds, waterfowl and freshwater fish. Some emphasis is placed on positive and negative societal values as well. General management considerations are discussed. Experiential learning will include examination of specimens (specimens, pelts, and skulls) in hand and in field-simulated images.