This course will introduce students to U.S. environmental policy and the concept of managing natural resources at the landscape scale. The first portion of this course will provide an introduction to federal natural resource management agencies, as well as the federal statutes that govern land-use and management of natural resources. In the second portion of this course, students will be introduced to the principles of landscape ecology and use primary literature to examine the relationship between U.S. environmental policy, land-use patterns, and ecological processes at the landscape scale. Prerequisite: Successful completion (C- or better) of ENGL 102. Fall even years.