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Environmental Interpretation
M.S., M.P.S. & Ph.D.

Environmental interpretation sharpens the cutting edge of communication among scientists and various public sectors. Graduate study enables students to explore interpretation/conservation education processes through application to specific projects in the natural sciences and science education. Students pursue career pathways in natural resource agencies, in nature centers, museums, aquaria, botanical gardens and especially in the science classroom. The environmental interpretation program incorporates a 15,000-acre reserve in the heart of the Adirondack Park and an associated Adirondack Interpretative Center with trail system. Internships and partnerships with a variety of conservation-based programs are vital to the program. Students develop their course of study from a large palette of graduate courses in Environmental and Forest Biology.

Participating Faculty

• Melissa Fierke; mkfierke@esf.edu
  Forest Entomology
• Beth Folta; efolta@esf.edu
  Natural History & Interpretation, Informal Biology Education, Environmental Education
• Donald Leopold; djleopold@esf.edu
  Freshwater Wetlands, Forest Ecology, Rare Plants
  
• Andrew Saunders; dasaunde@esf.edu
  Environmental Interpretation, Wildlife Ecology, Mammalogy
• Stephen Teale; sateale@esf.edu
  Insect Ecology, Pest Management
• Alexander Weir; alexw@esf.edu
  Fungi and Humans

Current Graduate Students in Environmental Interpretation