Friday, February 8, 2008

"Comprehensive"

1. Defend research that spans multiple disciplines

2. Describe and contrast the methods of FIA/NWOS vs. our PFL study and discuss implications on timber volume estimates


3. Defend research that uses both qualitative and quantitative methods


4. Review all pertinent literature re: encouraging PFLs to work together, then design a comprehensive study to explore these issues


5. Draft a forest practices act, an implementation plan, and monitoring scheme. Define positions of stakeholders and devise a strategy for garnering support for your act.


6. Describe the intricacies of ordinary least squares modeling and the ways it is appropriately and inappropriately used


7. Pose two hypotheses regarding PFLs and written management plans and design a full statistical model to test.


8. Describe how procurement foresters influence forest sustainability and how we can improve their "impact"


9. Detail what PFLs should do about Gypsy Moths from a sustainable forestry perspective


10. Design and fully detail a comprehensive Human Dimensions of Natural Resources course that could be taught at a small liberal arts college.

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