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Furman’s Environmental Semester: The Wild Semester

Furman’s Environmental Semester: The Wild Semester. Ladder Ranch, New Mexico Portion. Overview. Cost Time Period Location Logistics Academics Syllabus Guest Speakers Engaged Learning/Cooperative Studies Post-program opportunities. Cost.

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Furman’s Environmental Semester: The Wild Semester

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  1. Furman’s Environmental Semester: The Wild Semester Ladder Ranch, New Mexico Portion

  2. Overview • Cost • Time Period • Location • Logistics • Academics • Syllabus • Guest Speakers • Engaged Learning/Cooperative Studies • Post-program opportunities

  3. Cost • Normal Furman fall term tuition, room, and board • This includes room, board, tuition for 4 courses, travel AAANND all the cool stuff we do in New Mexico AAANND South Africa!

  4. Time Period • 12 Week Program • Arrive Furman 21 August for pre-program preparation • Depart Furman 19 August • Arrive Hermosa 21 August • Depart Hermosa 17 November • Arrive Furman 19 November

  5. Location • South Central New Mexico • Truth or Consequences • Gila National Forest • Border of Aldo Leopold Wilderness • Ladder Ranch • Working bison ranch • Total acreage 289,236 • 157,041 acres deeded • 132,195 acres leased • 100,636 Forest Service • 11,480 BLM • 20,079 State

  6. Ladder Ranch encompasses a broad range of elevations and habitat types

  7. Location • Ladder Ranch • Managed and monitored game species

  8. Elk Photo by Furman student, Hermosa 2005 alum Alicia Rowe

  9. Mule Deer Photo by Furman student, Hermosa 2005 alum Chris Jones

  10. White-tailed Deer

  11. Pronghorn

  12. Black Bear Black Bear

  13. Mountain Lion Mountain Lions!

  14. Gray Fox Photo taken with remote infrared camera set near Hermosa during the 2005 semester

  15. Bobcat

  16. Javelina

  17. Wild Turkey

  18. Gambel’s Quail

  19. Location • Ladder Ranch • Endangered/threatened and Species of Concern

  20. Mexican Wolf

  21. Allen’s Big-Eared Bat

  22. Prairie Dogs

  23. Chiricahua Leopard Frog

  24. Yellow-billed Cuckoo

  25. Golden Eagle

  26. Bald Eagle

  27. Mexican Spotted Owl

  28. Goshawk

  29. Peregrine Falcon

  30. Gila Trout

  31. Rio Grande Cutthroat

  32. Location • Hermosa • Proximity to diversity of habitats

  33. Chihuahuan Desert Scrub

  34. Chihuahuan Desert Scrub

  35. Chihuahuan Desert Grassland

  36. Juniper Savanna

  37. Juniper Savannah

  38. Pinyon-Juniper Woodland

  39. Riparian Gallery Forest Photo by Mike Evette, Hermosa 2005 TA

  40. Ponderosa Pine Forest

  41. Transition Zones

  42. Mixed Coniferous Forest Subalpine Meadow

  43. Hermosa

  44. Mercantile Hotel Cabin Storage House 1 Hermosa

  45. Mercantile

  46. Mercantile: One of four bedrooms

  47. Logistics • Staffing • Instructors • Travis Perry, Ph.D. in Ecology • Megan Pitman, M.S. in Wildlife Ecology • Teaching Assistant for labs and field trips • Angel Cruz • 2006 Furman Graduate • Alumna of Hermosa 2005 • Assistants • Various Forest Service, USFWS, Ladder Ranch staff

  48. Logistics • Transportation • 12 passenger van • Trailer, if necessary • 6 passenger 4W drive vehicle • Housing • Weekly and some weekends at Hermosa • Other weekends camping field trips

  49. Logistics • Food • Weekly grocery shopping • Student cooking and cleaning crews

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