This short course (one credit) is a condensed version of a popular three credit course entitled Environmental Policy and Planning (PLAN 5830) that I have taught the past four years.  This course PLAN 5580-005 will provide an overview of much of the same basic material in five weeks.  The course aims to familiarize students with practical, applied environmental policy issues that you will face in your   career.  The class will use the Chesapeake Bay restoration as our case study.   The Bay is the largest estuary in the United States and the restoration efforts of over 30 years have been used as models throughout the world.   The course is designed for graduate students and third and fourth year students.

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Mr. Maroon

Title:  PLAN 5580-005

APPLIED ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY: RESTORING THE CHESAPEAKE BAY 

Spring 2016

Department of Urban and Environmental Planning

Instructor: Joseph Maroon     

Email: jhm9j@virginia.edu

Time: 3:30 to 6:00 pm

Day: Mondays starting January 25, 2016 and ending February 22, 2016

Credit: 1 Credit Course

Prerequisites: None.  Preference will be given to graduate students but will be open to 3^rd and 4^th year students as space permits.

Course Description: This 1 credit, five week course will examine environmental public policy and planning issues confronting national, state and local decision-makers. The class will provide a review of the challenges facing those responsible for restoring the Chesapeake Bay, the nation’s largest estuary, as well as other key environmental policy issues in the region.  Restoration of the Bay remains one of the nation’s top environmental issues; lessons learned here have been applied worldwide.  For over 30 years, there have been repeated attempts to improve the conditions of the Chesapeake Bay. While progress has been made, system-wide improvement remains a challenge.  

This course will aim to better prepare students in their careers by exposing them to a range of contemporary environmental policy challenges and real-world solutions facing decision-makers today.  Students will develop a practical understanding of key topics as the current EPA-driven Bay TMDL plan and the state and regional plans aimed at meeting Bay restoration goals by 2025.  The class will focus on the policy side of environmental issues with practical application of dealing with real-world experience.

Requirements: Grades will be on a pass/fail basis.  A passing grade will be based on class participation, attendance at all sessions or appropriate make-up work as agreed to by the instructor, and completion of all assignments.

Readings: Tom Horton, Turning the Tide: Saving the Chesapeake Bay (Island Press, 2003, 2^nd edition, revised and expanded).  There will be additional articles and required weekly readings posted online.

About the Instructor: Joseph Maroon has over 30 years of Chesapeake Bay and conservation experience working in senior leadership positions for legislative and executive agencies and one of the nation’s most respected conservation organizations.  Joe is an adjunct faculty instructor at UVA and is the Executive Director of the Virginia Environmental Endowment, an independent grant-making organization.   He was previously appointed by two governors to serve for eight years as the Agency Director for the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation. He also served for over 16years as the first Virginia Executive Director of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and for seven years as a senior project director for Virginia’s legislative watchdog agency (JLARC).  He operated his own environmental consulting practice and has received numerous awards including the 2000 Outstanding Environmental Leader Award in Virginia, the 2009 McCarthy Award for Environmental Conflict Resolution from UVA and the Virginia Water Resources Leadership Award in 2006. The 2010 Virginia General Assembly passed a resolution in honor of his service and achievements.  

 Number of Students Authorized to Enroll:  20