Summer 2020 at Cranberry Lake

Expenses

Expenses for CLBS courses will include tuition ($295/credit hour for instate students and $708/credit hour for out of state students) and food costs (currently estimated at ~$220/week).

Questions

Questions about registration, courses, and travel to CLBS should be directed to the Business Manager.

General information about the Cranberry Lake experience can be found in the Cranberry Lake Handbook.

Summer 2020 Schedule

• Course Descriptions

Session A: May 24 - June 12
EFB 202	Ecological Monitoring and Biodiversity Assessment
Session B: June 14 - July 3
EFB 202	Ecological Monitoring and Biodiversity Assessment
BOCES in the High School Program: July 5 - July 11
	BOCES in the High School Program
Session C: July 12 - July 24
EFB 337	Field Ethnobotany
EFB 345	Forest Health
EFB 384	Field Herpetology
EFB 498	Adirondack Flora
	Wilderness First Responders Certification July 12- July 20 (This is a non-credit bearing certification course that may be of substantail professional value for many EFB students.)
CSS 395	Environmental Film & Literature July 19- July 31 (This course will be offered through Oswego Univ. Dept. of Cinema and Screen Studies. It will not fulfill field elective requirement, but may be used as an Advanced Communication elective for the EE&I major; or Communication & Interpretation directed elective for the Con Bio major.)
Session D: July 26 - August 14
EFB 202	Ecological Monitoring and Biodiversity Assessment

Contacts

Mailing Address

Cranberry Lake Biological Station
PO Box 689
Cranberry Lake, NY 12927

Phone on Site

315-848-3444
Email Preferred — clbs.esf@gmail.com

Questions

General questions should be directed to Faith Ashmore — faashmor@esf.edu..

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Course Descriptions

EFB 202 Ecological Monitoring and Biodiversity Assessment (3)
Forty-five hours of lecture, laboratory and field instruction per week for three weeks. An introduction to the biodiversity of northeastern North American terrestrial, wetland, and aquatic communities with a focus on vascular plants and invertebrate and vertebrate animals. Incorporates practical field exercises designed to acquaint the student with problem solving. Summer, Cranberry Lake Biological Station. The course culminates in a research symposium during which groups present their findings to their peers and a panel of judges.

• Abstracts of former EFB 202 classes
  

EFB 327 Adirondack Flora (3)
Two hours of lecture, and eight hours of field work and discussion each day for two weeks. An integrated field and laboratory course in the identification of vascular plants and recognition of ecological characteristics of major plant species and communities of the Adirondack Mountain region. Satisfies elective field study requirement in Environmental and Forest Biology. Appropriate for upper and lower division undergraduate students seeking instruction in plant identification and ecology. Summer, Cranberry Lake Biological Station.

EFB 337 Field Ethnobotany (3)
Two hours of lecture per week and six to eight hours of field work and discussion each day for two weeks. A field-based introduction to the identification and traditional cultural uses of plants in the Adirondack region for food, medicine and fiber. Topics include plant identification, traditional ecological knowledge and use of ecological and ethnobotanical methods. Satisfies elective field course requirement in programs offered by Department of Environmental and Forest Biology. Cranberry Lake Biological Station. Summer.
Prerequisite: EFB101, 102, 103, 104.

EFB 345 Forest Health (3)
Seven and one-half hours of lecture and 45 hours of field exercises per week for two weeks. Required in the Forest Health major, but open to others. Examines the varied ecological roles and impacts of pests and pathogens in managed and unmanaged northern forests. Students learn to collect, identify, and study forest insects and pathogens using inventory, survey, analytic methods, and independent research. Summer, Cranberry Lake Biological Station. Students must register for summer session, to which appropriate tuition and fees apply in addition to travel and lodging costs.
Prerequisites: One year of general biology, and EFB 202 or equivalents.

EFB 384 Field Herpetology (3)
Two hours of lecture, and eight hours of field work and discussion each day for two weeks. An integrated field and laboratory course in the identification, natural history, ecology, and conservation of amphibians and reptiles of the Adirondack region. Satisfies field study elective requirement in Environmental and Forest Biology. Summer, Cranberry Lake Biological Station. Students must register for summer session, to which appropriate tuition and fees apply in addition to travel and lodging costs.