Summer 2019 at Cranberry Lake

Expenses

Expenses for CLBS courses will include tuition ($286/credit hour for instate students and $694/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 2019 Schedule

• Course Descriptions

Session A: May 19 - June 7
EFB 202	Ecological Monitoring and Biodiversity Assessment
Session B: June 9 - June 28
EFB 202	Ecological Monitoring and Biodiversity Assessment
BOCES in the High School Program: June 29 - July 5
	BOCES in the High School Program
Session C: July 7 - July 19
EFB 337	Field Ethnobotany
EFB 388	Ecology of Adirondack Fishes
EFB 496/796	Ecology of Wetland Communities
EFB 496/796	Field Herpetology
Session D: July 21 - August 9
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 Co-Directors Michael Whalen and Margaret Roberts — clbs.esf@gmail.com.

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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 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 388 Ecology of Adirondack Fishes (3)
Two hours of lecture, and eight hours of fieldwork and discussion each day for two weeks. An integrated field and laboratory course in the identification of fish and recognition of ecological characteristics of major fish species and communities of Adirondack waters. Satisfies a component of the field study elective requirement in Environmental and Forest Biology. Summer, Cranberry Lake Biological Station.
Prerequisite: General zoology or general biology.

EFB 496 Topics in Environmental and Forest Biology (1 - 3)
Experimental, interdisciplinary or special coursework in biology for undergraduate students. Subject matter and method of presentation varies from semester to semester. May be repeated for additional credit. Fall or Spring.

EFB 796 Topics in Environmental and Forest Biology (1 - 3)
Special instruction, conference, advanced study, and research in selected subject areas. A written report required. Check Schedule of Courses for details. Fall and Spring.