Conservation

  • The Conservation program emphasizes the skills and knowledge required for success in the many conservation-related careers. The course is a blend of classroom instruction and hands-on outdoor learning, with the importance of a favorable work ethic stressed. Students acquire skills in forestry, fish and wildlife management, heavy equipment operation, timber harvesting, chainsaw operation and maintenance, tree climbing, map and compass, GPS, surveying and more. In our greenhouse, students become skilled in hydroponics, aquaculture and plant propagation.

Conservation Tour

  • Skills/Topics Covered

    • Arboriculture
    • Aquaculture
    • Aquaponics
    • Chainsaw Safety
    • Compass and Maps
    • Conservation Contests
    • FFA Conservation Club
    • Firewood Production
    • Fisheries Management
    • Forest Mensuration
    • Forest Reproduction Systems
    • Greenhouse Management
    • Harvesting
    • Heavy Equipment Operations
    • Houseplant Care
    • Hydroponic Systems
    • Lawn Care
    • Leadership Skills
    • Maple Syrup Production
    • Natural Resource Management
    • Nursery Practices
    • Plant Propagation
    • Surveying
    • Tool Safety
    • Tree Climbing/Working
    • Tree Identification
    • Wildlife Management
    • Wood Utilization

     

    Internship Experiences

    • Local Parks
    • Town Highway Departments
    • Clinton Tractor
    • Local Excavation Companies
    • Fish Hatcheries
    • NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
    • Ballie Lumber
    • Local Logging Companie
    • New York State Department of Transpiration
    • Soil and Water Conservation District
    • Cornell Cooperative Extension
    • Local Farms
    • etc.

     

    Opportunities for Additional Education in the Field

    • Colleges for Environmental Science and Forestry
    • Fish and Wildlife Management
    • Natural Resource Management
    • Environmental Engineering
    • Renewable Energy
    • Aquaculture
    • Arboriculture
    • Horticulture
    • etc.

     

    Articulation Agreements/College Credit

    • Paul Smiths College
    • SUNY Cobleskill
    • SUNY Morrisville
    • Mohawk Valley Community College
Conservation 2020-21

  • Potential Careers with CTE Training

    • Heavy Equipment Operator
    • Timber Harvester
    • Landscaper
    • Laborer
    • Maple Syrup Producer
    • Sawmill Operator
    • Firewood Production
    • Hydroponic and Aquaponic Manager
    • Forest Technician
    • Christmas Tree Grower
    • Renewable Energy Installer
    • Urban Tree Manager
    • Survey Technician

     

    Potential Careers with Additional Training

    • Forester
    • Forest Ranger
    • CDL operator
    • Environmental Conservation Officer
    • Wildlife Biologist
    • Aboroculturalist
    • Aquacultralist
    • Horticulturalist
    • Natural Resource Manager
    • Hydrologist
    • Surveyor
    • Cartographer
    • Environmental Engineer
    • etc.