Important ornamental trees, New York State rare plants and exotic plants that are management problems, and the ecology of the eastern deciduous forest biome are highlighted. Considerable class time will be spent outdoors on campus and at nearby areas. Designed to provide students with specialization in an area related to their occupational interest and to provide students the opportunity to become more familiar with conservation-recreation practices. Projects typically involve community service activities, fisheries, advanced fisheries techniques, habitat and wildlife inventory, Conservation law, and other student interests. Designed to expose students to construction and maintenance problems unique to outdoor recreational facilities.
Emphasis is placed on trail design and construction and use of native materials.
Wood frame construction, masonry, plumbing, electrical installation, and sanitation systems included. Field trips and field construction. Emphasis in the course is placed on intensive field experience and student participation. This course is a series of extended field trips into a selection of local ecosystems such as gorges, bogs, streams and marshes. Students will analyze these ecosystems both as examples of each ecological situation, and as areas managed in different ways by man.