Abstract
From the beginning lecture in their Principles of Natural Resource Management course, College of Natural Resources students at Utah State University (e.g., wildlife/fisheries managers, foresters, geographers, rangeland managers or environmental studies majors) are taught that they will not just manage for ecosystems and not just for people, but for valued relationships between the two (Brunson and Kennedy 1995, Koch and Kennedy 1991). These people-ecosystem relationships generate social values that are communicated to managers by interrelated economic, sociocultural and political/legal systems for society living and (to a lesser extent) for generations of humans and other life-forms yet to be born. How these concepts evolved in American society and natural resource education, and the professional attitude and spirit in integrating them into a curriculum, are also discussed.
Recommended Citation
Kennedy, James J.
(1998)
"Teaching Natural Resources 101 as managing for social values and human-ecosystem relationships,"
Natural Resources and Environmental Issues: Vol. 7, Article 18.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/nrei/vol7/iss1/18
