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.

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