The Gordon Area also serves as an education resource for learning about the natural environment. Various research and instructional activities are performed within the Gordon area to provide students and those interested in ecology a living example of how a dynamic environmental system functions and also how interrelated various forested species are within that system.
Because the Gordon area possess so many different types of natural land types including wetlands, uplands, old growth forest, high/low density wooded, edge, and stream buffer areas, as well as all of the plant and tree species that associate with these different areas, the Gordon area is a dynamic living classroom for those interested in different aspects of ecology.
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Laboratory Practicals Used in Gordon Natural Area:
- Geo4021/585 Carbon stock changes 2012
- Geo402/585 A value assessment 2012
- EES 102 Humans in the Environment. Gordon Natural Area Values Walk
- EES 101 Introduction to Geology. Studying the values of nature & science of streams in WCU's Gordon Natural Area
- GEO 402/585 Field Methods. Gordon Natural Area Carbon Stock Pilot Study
- Com 499 Seminar on Event Planning and Communication
- Increasing awareness and involvement at the Gordon Natural Area (see response from Dr Hertel after the Executive Summary) - Analytical Report
Entomology Field Day: