DEL: Seeing the Big Picture: Lessons from Watershed Management in California

3 credits · Nicholas School of Environment

This course is an exploration of the interdisciplinary and often controversial nature of watershed management in California using examples from arguably the most manipulated and well-studied watershed in the US. These problems and their solutions are relevant to all watersheds. Topics include: host factors governing fish and wildlife responses and effects; fate, transport, and biogeochemistry of agricultural chemicals; exotic species introduction; economics considerations governing water allocations storage; transport, and conservation; and conflict resolution efforts between competing interest groups. Open to Duke Environmental Leadership Master of Environmental Management students only. Department consent required for all other students. Online course.