NAIS 19 Encountering Forests
Why do people care about forests? How do people become knowledgeable about a landscape and how do they use theoretical and place-based, practical knowledge about forests? In this course, we attempt to see forests from different cultural and professional lenses including those of Abenaki resource practitioners and natural resource managers. We look at the ways different types of information and different cultural perspectives influence ecological restoration, conservation and land use decisions. Open to all classes.