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New York State Ranger School, Wanakena, NY
The New York State Ranger School in Wanakena, New York, was founded in 1912 under the administration of the New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University, to train forest rangers and other personnel for the still-young Adirondack Park.
Shortly its establishment, the school received a gift of 1,800 acres (7.3 km2) from the Rich Brothers Lumber Co.[1] In 1923, Governor Alfred E. Smith, later to become President of the Board of Trustees of the New York State College of Forestry, signed an appropriation bill for the construction of the Ranger School's new building; the structure was dedicated in 1928. The following year, in 1929, the International Paper Company added to the school's properties with a gift of 500 acres (2.0 km2).[2]
Today, the Ranger School is a unit of the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Students at ESF's Wanakena residential campus spend an academic year or summer at the Ranger School studying forest and natural resources management, earning an Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree in either forest technology or surveying.[3]
Eugene S. Whitmore, the Ranger School's first graduate, completed his studies in 1912.[4] Since then, more than 3000 have completed their degrees at the school.[5]
The historical school is situated on the Oswegatchie River that connects to Cranberry Lake, in the northwestern part of the Adirondack Park; it is about 65 miles (105 km) from Watertown, New York and 35 miles (56 km) from Tupper Lake. The school's properties include the 3,000-acre (12 km2), James F. Dubuar Memorial Forest.[6]
External links
- SUNY-ESF's Ranger School
- Admission to the Ranger School
- Forest Technician Schools in the United States
- Council of Eastern Forest Technician Schools
References
- ^ Reznikoff, Charles, ed. 1957. Louis Marshall: Champion of Liberty. Selected Papers and Addresses. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America, p. 1123.
- ^ Reznikoff, p. 1123.
- ^ http://www.esf.edu/fnrm/brochures/AASbrochure.pdf
- ^ SUNY-ESF. 2008. Alumni Directory. 100th Anniversary Edition. Syracuse, NY, p. 455.
- ^ http://www.esf.edu/rangerschool/
- ^ http://www.esf.edu/rangerschool/
Coordinates: 44°08′48″N 74°54′04″W / 44.146588°N 74.90115°W
Categories:- Forestry in the United States
- History of forestry education
- State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry
- New York State College of Forestry
- Adirondacks
- New York school stubs
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