Assignment 2: Deer Management Conflict Resolution. Management Essay

Assignment 2: Deer Management Conflict Resolution Due in Week 6 (at 8pm Oct. 22nd for Wednesday Tutorials or 8pm Oct. 23 rd for Tuesday Tutorials) This assignment is worth 9% of your final grade Assignment Goals 1. Explore a case study involving stakeholders’ management of white-tailed deer. 2. Examine the process used to make decisions when stakeholders are given the authority to establish management practices. 3. Develop and practice the skills of paraphrasing, summary, and synthesis as they relate to descriptive writing. Overview In week 6 tutorials, you will represent a stakeholder who has been asked to participate in a Citizens Task Force on Deer Management, in Tompkins County, New York State. This is based on the actual process used to manage deer throughout New York State in the 1990s. You will have a chance to confer with other students who also represent your position and will then negotiate with other stakeholders to determine management actions. Steps to Complete Assignment Part I. Required Reading Read the information included in this document and the three (very short) required readings on the portal site, under assignment 2. Part II. Writing Assignment Instructions - Your answers should be typed (standard font, double-spaced). - Do not include a cover sheet, but please make sure your name and student number is on your assignment. - Please do not include direct quotations. Instead paraphrase, summarize, and synthesize the material. - Please provide in-text citations and full references at end of assignment for any sources you use. oUse the APA Citation Style. More information: https://owl(dot)purdue(dot)edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting _and_style_guide/general_format.html oFor more information about when to cite sources: https://guides(dot)library(dot)utoronto(dot)ca/citing ENV201: Environmental and Resource Management Fall 2019 Prof. T. Conway 2 The distinctions between paraphrasing, summary, and synthesis will be covered in the writing workshop during week 5. 1. Write one page summarizing the conflict surrounding White-Tailed Deer and the need to manage them, based on the information provided in the required reading. In your answer, you should “summarise” and “paraphrase”. 2. Write one page describing the process used to determine white-tailed deer management actions and the options available to control the population. Your description should pay particular attention to rhetorical strategies that emphasize you are writing about a “process,” and include both “synthesis” and “summary.” 3. Make sure you follow proper in-text citations and give the full reference of each source used at the end of the assignment. Part III. Submit Assignment Upload your assignment (one document) through the Quercus assignment. Please have access to the same document in tutorial (you will not have to turn it in, but will need it for discussion). Part IV. Stakeholder Negotiation Preparation Think about the position your assigned stakeholder role would take in stakeholder negotiations addressing deer management. In tutorial, be prepared to answer the following questions based on your assigned role: Are there too many deer? Too few deer? What management options should be taken to manage the population? Assigned Stakeholder Positions Last Name Stakeholder Position Last Name Stakeholder Position A-B 1. Life-long Recreational Hunter C-H 2. Hunts to Supplement Food I-L 3. New "Suburban" Resident M-O 4. Animal Rights Activist P-S 5. Bed and Breakfast Owner T-Z 6. Long-Term Resident Farmer Stakeholder Descriptions 1. Life Long Recreational Hunter: This stakeholder feels that hunting is a part of the traditional rural lifestyle, serves an important role in controlling deer populations, and does not want to see the county become “suburban”. ENV201: Environmental and Resource Management Prof. T. Conway Fall 2018 2. Hunts to Supplement Food for Family: This stakeholder is part of a family that has an income below the poverty line. The family relies on the deer killed each winter by this stakeholder to provide enough food for them to comfortably survive. The stakeholder is not sure what will happen to the family if hunting is highly restricted. 3. New “Suburban” Resident: This stakeholder has recently moved to the county. While he/she was attracted by the natural setting (including seeing wildlife) this stakeholder is concerned about the dangers associated with people hunting so close to the house. However, the stakeholder has noticed that the deer seem to be devouring the plants in the garden and is increasingly annoyed that he/she has been unable to stop them. 4. Animal Rights Activist: This stakeholder is a long time resident of the county and believes that is morally wrong to kill another living being. He/She feels hunting as a way to manage deer populations should not be allowed. If any action is taken, this stakeholder believes that the “natural order” should be restored, with the deer’s natural predators (wolves) reintroduced into the region. 5. Bed and Breakfast Owner: This stakeholder makes a living off tourists who come to the region to hike, bird watch, or hunt deer. He/She has noticed that since the rules were changed to allow hunting on Sundays (until 1997 there was no hunting allowed on Sundays) that fewer non-hunting people are staying at the B&B during hunting season. Additionally, since there has been a decline in the number of people interested in hunting, he/she can no longer rely on hunter alone to keep the B&B profitable. 6. Long Term Resident Farmer: This stakeholder has been growing corn on his farm for over thirty years. While he/she has regularly engaged in deer hunting as a way to keep the deer from eating the corn crops, in recent years the number of deer has just been too many. As a result, there has been a significant increase in the amount of damage from deer, which is negatively impacting the farm’s profits. Marking Scheme 50 marks each for your answer to #1 and #2, broken down as: - 10 marks are for grammar, spelling, and general writing clarity - 10 marks for structure of answers, including demonstration of summary, paraphrasing, and synthesis. - 10 marks for proper use of citations, style of in-text citations and full references - 20 marks for information included within answers