The State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY ESF) is an American specialized doctoral-granting institution of the State University of New York. Its main campus is located in the University Hill neighborhood of Syracuse, New York. It shares a campus with, and is adjacent to, Syracuse University and operates a number of satellite campuses, including the Ranger School in Wanakena, New York. ESF's curricula foc...
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The State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY ESF) is an American specialized doctoral-granting institution of the State University of New York. Its main campus is located in the University Hill neighborhood of Syracuse, New York. It shares a campus with, and is adjacent to, Syracuse University and operates a number of satellite campuses, including the Ranger School in Wanakena, New York. ESF's curricula focus on the understanding and management of the environment and natural resources.
ESF was created through a bill signed by New York's Governor John Alden Dix in 1911, which established the College as the New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University. The bill followed the state's defunding, in 1903, of the New York State College of Forestry at Cornell. However, the College of Forestry at Cornell continued as a legal entity, allowing Dean Liberty Hyde Bailey of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University, which...
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