First, I've decided not to assign Project #2 tomorrow as originally planned. I did so not only because I haven't had time to put it together yet,1 but also because by not assigning it until the 26th of October, I can make it focus on ecosystem-level conservation. I think that will balance the assignments better than having a second one that's species focused.2
Second, I'll have some notes on diversity and ecosystem functioning posted by sometime tonight, probably no later than 9:00pm, but maybe not much before.
Third, I think we'll spend the first part of the class period talking about the wolf assignment. In grading the papers, I noticed several issues that I'd like to talk about. Some are just factual, i.e., me clarifying a bit what the ESA does and doesn't require, but others are points where there were different conclusions. We won't discuss all of them, but I think it might be instructive to air a few of the differences and talk about them together. We may or may not agree in the end, but at least we should have a better understanding of the issues. I'll try to post a few notes outlining the points I think we'll want to discuss.
Second, I'll have some notes on diversity and ecosystem functioning posted by sometime tonight, probably no later than 9:00pm, but maybe not much before.
Third, I think we'll spend the first part of the class period talking about the wolf assignment. In grading the papers, I noticed several issues that I'd like to talk about. Some are just factual, i.e., me clarifying a bit what the ESA does and doesn't require, but others are points where there were different conclusions. We won't discuss all of them, but I think it might be instructive to air a few of the differences and talk about them together. We may or may not agree in the end, but at least we should have a better understanding of the issues. I'll try to post a few notes outlining the points I think we'll want to discuss.
1To be honest, that's the main reason.
2Especially since this one would probably have been on ESUs if I'd assigned it tomorrow, and I get the sense that everyone's already thought more about ESUs than they'd really like to. I admit to being a little weird and finding them fun to discuss. But hey, I've also written a couple of papers on species concepts.
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