Outdoor Recreation Field Studies
This intensive field experience is required for Natural Resource Recreation students, but is open to all undergraduates in the College of Natural Resources and Environment. Class meets weekly throughout the spring semester and includes multiple field experiences including two extended field trips: during spring break, and at the end of the semester following exams. These field experiences allow students to see first hand how natural resource professionals manage and protect sensitive lands, special park lands and wilderness areas—and provide a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
Recent sites visited include:
- Cumberland Island National Seashore, Georgia
- Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia
- Juniper Springs Recreation Area, Florida
- Juniper Prairie Wilderness, Florida
- Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, Kentucky/Tennessee
- Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
- Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico
- Rio Grande National Wild and Scenic River, New Mexico
- Wheeler Peak Wilderness, New Mexico
- Great Sand Dunes National Park and preserve, Colorado
- Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area, Colorado
- Rocky Mountains National Park, Colorado