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Conservation Biology in the Southern Appalachians

4 Credit HoursJuly 20–31, 2026Instructors: Dr. Christopher B. Mowry, Berry CollegeConservation biology is a multidisciplinary science devoted to understanding and safeguarding Earth’s biodiversity—a field that is both inspiring in its discoveries and sobering in its urgency. Nowhere is this duality more evident than in the southern Blue Ridge Mountains, one of the world’s recognized biodiversity hotspots. Students in this course will encounter the region’s remarkable species richness firsthand w