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May 01, 2025
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2023-2024 Academic Calendar [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Environmental Sciences Diploma: Land Stewardship and Conservation Major
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Apply ecological principles of stewardship and learn how to conserve and manage natural landscapes for biodiversity and sustainable land use. Practice techniques for species recovery, habitat enhancement, and restoration applications in grasslands, forest, and aquatic systems. Focus on conservation by understanding the land and the ecological processes and services. Learn to evaluate and restore landscape components including plant communities and wildlife habitats, soils, and water systems using a variety of environmental field investigations and assessments. Students apply this knowledge to implement biological conservation, best management practices, and bioengineering to promote long term ecosystem function and sustainability.
Graduation Requirements:
Students completing requirements with a minimum Grade Point Average (GPA) of 2.0 will be awarded an Environmental Sciences: Land Stewardship and Conservation major diploma.
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Optional Course Offered Between Year 1 and 2
*If taken, students can choose to opt out of BI 210 or SC 301 in year 2. Notes:
EP Certification: Lakeland College’s Environmental Sciences Diploma is nationally accredited through the Environmental Careers Organization of Canada (ECO Canada). Upon registration, each of our graduates is recognized as an Environmental Professional in training (EPt) by the Canadian Environmental Certification Approvals Board (CECAB) of ECO Canada. Because our program is one of a select group of accredited programs, graduates can apply for full EP designation after just four years of relevant Canadian environmental experience. Applied skills are practiced with field activities supplemented by in class and laboratory activities focused primarily on grassland, forested, and aquatic systems. - Plant identification and taxonomy
- Soil identification, classification, and conservation
- Wildlife and species at risk identification
- Habitat conservation and stewardship strategies
- GPS data collection; GIS mapping and interpretation
- Detailed ecological/botanical inventories, soil, and wildlife surveys
- Species and habitat conservation, sensitivities, and techniques
- Ecosystem health and function assessments
- Wetland classification and delineation
- Invasive species monitoring, treatment, and management
- Ecological land classification
- Ecological monitoring and sampling techniques
- Ecological restoration and rehabilitation techniques
- Forest management and measurement techniques
- Range ecology and management techniques
- Wellsite criteria and DSA practices for grassland, peatlands, and forests
- Land use legislation, regulations, and policies application
- Data collection, analysis, and interpretation
- Environmental scientific literacy and technical report writing
Alberta Institute of Agrologists (AIA) Certification: Graduates of this program may qualify for membership in the AIA and are eligible to article as a Registered Technologist in Agrology (RT(Ag)). Alberta Society of Professional Biologists (ASPB) Certification: Graduates of this program qualify for membership in the ASPB and are eligible to article as a Registered Technologist in Biology (RT(Biol)). Career Opportunities: Graduates career opportunities range widely but include work as environmental consultants, environmental scientists/biologists, natural resource managers, land stewardship coordinators, agrologists, species at risk technicians, and restoration specialists as examples. Career opportunities exist with environmental consulting companies, conservation and stewardship organizations, forestry companies, the energy industry, agricultural sectors, and land and resource management branches of municipal, provincial, and federal governments including counties and parks as examples. Opportunities for Further Study
(University Transfer-up to 60 credits): - Lakeland College
- Bachelor of Applied Science: Environmental Management
- University of Alberta
- BSc Environmental & Conservation Sciences (up to 60 credits):
- Land Reclamation, Conservation Biology or
- Wildlife & Rangeland Resource Management
- University of Saskatchewan
- BSc Ag (Environmental or Soil Science specialization)
- British Columbia Institute of Technology
- BSc Ecological Restoration
- University of Northern British Columbia
- BSc of Natural Resources Management
- University of Regina
- BSc Environmental Biology
- University of Lethbridge
- BSc in Environmental Sciences
- Athabasca University
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