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Education & Outreach

While the primary mission of the AEC is to support research, an active instructional program fulfills the public service spirit of SUNY-ESF. This program includes annual short courses and internships, and—through the Adirondack Interpretive Center—workshops for teachers, programs for secondary science students and the Huntington Lecture Series (see below).

The AEC provides a superb environment for teaching and learning. Students and faculty live at the station for short, intense, retreat-like experiences. Courses may be taken for graduate, undergraduate, or noncredit.

• Short Courses
  A variety of short courses are taught on Huntington Wildlife Forest that can be non-credit or taken as a credit course through ESF. Course topics range from philosophyto wildlife techniques to forest ecology. Class duration varies from weekend workshops to week long emersion courses.
• Understanding the Park - Fall 2012
  A 16-credit residential semester, this suite of courses is appropriate for advanced undergraduate and graduate students interested in an interdisciplinary in-situ exploration of ecology, public policy, wildlife and resource management, recreation, conservation, leadership, and philosophy. This Adirondack experience is open to students from ESF and any other state or private institution.

The Adirondack Interpretive Center

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The Adirondack Interpretive Center—previously operated by the Adirondack Park Agency as the Newcomb Visitor Interpretive Center— opened in 1989 to welcome visitors to the Adirondack Park and help them learn about its beauty and importance as a resource. Today, the AIC continues to be a drop-in visitor center for Adirondack travelers, but also serves to coordinate programs and events offered by the Adirondack Ecological Center and other entities. Through school programs, exhibits, workshops, publications, and outreach programs, the AIC is an important regional resource to visitors and Adirondacks communities.

• Educational Programs
  Through the AIC, Adirondack Ecological Center staff members provide on-site educational programs yearround. These programs translate AEC research into hands-on educational experiences for secondary school and college students and range in length from day trips to multi-day residential experiences. Educational program topics include but are not limited to ecology, wildlife biology, and forest ecology and management.
  
  
• Huntington Lecture Series (Summer)
  Each summer the Huntington Wildlife Forest sponsors a lecture series at the Adirondack Interpretive Center. This series covers a diverse group of topics ranging from natural history of the Adirondack Park's flora & fauna, to Adirondack Park politics, to cultural and world issues. Lectures are at 7:00 pm on Thursday nights during July and August.