Wilderness courses slated for new term
Classes hope to stress
awareness, involvement
By ARDEN SNYDER
Of the Emerald
Oregonians are depicted as nature lovers, but seldom do they see
what lies beyond the thick nest of trees in the distance. Or seldom are
they aware of the delicate balance between an old-growth forest and a
Northern Spotted Owl.
The public who cries over its favorite old neighborhood tree con
demned to death will remain ignorant of thousands of acres of great old
trees consumed by the timber industry Because of their ignorance, they
rarely participate or make their opinions known regarding land use
plans for Oregon's forests.
An attempt is being made at the University next quarter to remedy
the lack of education and participation in wilderness issues. Three
classes designed to stress wilderness and wildlife conservation are
Winter Wilderness Colloquium, Oregon's Wildlands and the Wilderness
Experience
Each class has a unique format in an informal, participatory class
structure. Instructors are students who have varied backgrounds in the
subject matter
Dave Brown, assistant director on Wilderness and Public Lands for
the Survival Center, will teach the Winter Wilderness Colloquium, spon
sored by the Honor's College, Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. The course will
cover historical aspects and attitudes regarding wilderness, including
such topics as Alaska, "poetry and wilderness,' political management
and scientific values of wilderness and a discussion of Roderick Nash's
"Wilderness and the American Mind.”
Class format is based on slideshows and speakers. One of the
most colorful speakers fall quarter. Brown said, was Barry Lopez, who
spoke on wolves as a wilderness symbol. Juniors and seniors in the
Honors College have preference in registering, but other students can
enroll, as space allows.
Brown has planned at least one field trip, but the lecture system
leads him to define the class as "more philosophical than action
oriented."
As an antithesis to Brown's colloquium, a CSPA course called
Oregon's Wildlands will add incentive for students to participate in new
wilderness legislation.
"This coming year is the decisive year for wilderness,” says
Maureen Rozee, class instructor.
All land-use planning environmental impact statements for
Oregon's national forests are due by January, 1978. Therefore, public
input into proposed wilderness legislation and planning, which will
determine wilderness, natural and roadless areas, must occur soon.
Some such areas are French Pete, the Winchuck Slope of the south
coast forest and the Rogue River area — all of which provide habitat for
old-growth affiliated organisms.
Rozee, former Oregon Environmental Issues class instructor and
current project coordinator for the Oregon Wilderness Coalition, wants
to give the Wildlands class an overview of the political system.
"We will invite speakers from the Bureau of Land Management
(BLM), the forest service and the timber industry,” she said, "as well as
leading conservationists.''
"The class size will be on a small, informal scale, said Rozee.
"Class time is more effective when there are only the most interested
students."
Meeting Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11 a m. to 12.30 p.m.
Rozee s class will include a field trip and discussion of ecological and
political values of wilderness
"It will be a unique term," says Rozee
Another CSPA-sponsored class offered winter quarter, from 12:30
to 2 p m on Tuesdays, is theWilderness Experience — the poetic side
of wilderness.
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