Skunk
River Institute
for
Natural Resource Policy
The
Skunk River Institute (SRI) is entirely organized and written by undergraduate students
enrolled in NREM 385,
Natural Resource Policy, in Iowa State University's Department
of Natural Resource Ecology & Management. Our focus areas can be
viewed using the links below.
What's
so fascinating about natural resource policy is that it remains fluid and
dynamic, the meeting place between society and environment, shaped by the past
and powerfully integral to humanity's future.
Topics
in Natural Resource Policy
Fall 2006-- Here is the latest info you can get, all in one place!!
Farm Bill Policy--Expected Revisions in 2007!
Policy affecting mountain bikes in wilderness
Policy affecting freshwater mussel species
Policy regarding prairies in Midwest
Wolf Reintroduction: North, Northwest, & Southeast
Fall 2005
U.S.
Forest Lands: Roadless Rule
Oil
Extraction Policy in the American West: The Valle Vidal
Grazing
Lands Policy & Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Bison Management Policies in the
Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
Hunting
Policies in North America
Hunting Policy:
Dove Hunting in Iowa
Iowa
Water Policy: the Agricultural Context of Hog Production
Analysis
in each topic area includes:
The History of Natural Resource Policy
Actors in the Policy Process & their Motivations
The Policy Formulation Process
Agencies: policy implementation
Links and further reading resources