Environmental Conservation / Forestry Program 
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Students train for a variety of outdoor careers at our off campus work sites located on property owned by Miners Institute. All students learn basic and advanced chainsaw operation while preparing for certificates that can lead to New York State Logger Training. Working with a fleet of nearly 20 professional grade Stihl chainsaws, students learn both safety and efficiency while learning current industry standards.
Students learn a variety of timber harvesting methods that include both horse drawn logging as well as cable yarding. During the timber harvesting portion of the program, students demonstrate their abilities to operate several pieces of forestry equipment including both a 540G Cable Skidder and 450H Bull Dozer.
Students experience firsthand road construction and maintenance on nearly five miles of seasonal and private roadways. During road construction and maintenance, students learn not only how to apply the use of equipment such as bull dozers and backhoes, but they learn traffic control and communication skills.
Students participate in all aspects of maple syrup production in both our 1,500 tap sugar bush and in our on campus sugar house. This portion of the class includes training in such things as; tubing installation and repair, sap collection, reverse osmosis and evaporator operation, grading, and canning.
All students learn basic seed germination and propagation through our greenhouse operation. From ordering the bedding materials and seeds, to transplanting seedlings, followed by in-house sales, our students gain a working knowledge of the greenhouse industry. Students prepare for multiple career paths as they train in basic tree climbing. Students learn how to safely remove hazardous trees from the top down as they train with modern tree climbing equipment and techniques both on and off campus.
After graduation, many students in CV-TEC’s Environmental Conservation and Forestry Program continue their education, attending colleges such as Paul Smiths for forest technology, arboriculture, or wildlife management; SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry; SUNY Morrisville’s horticulture program, NCCC’s wilderness recreation program or Clinton Community College for forestry.
This program is available at the Plattsburgh Campus.
This program is a NYSED CTE Approved Program.
Students enrolled in this program are eligible to earn integrated academic credit toward graduation and the CTE Endorsement (Advanced Designation in Career and Technical Education) on their High School Diploma.
- CTE Math
- CTE English
- CTE Science
- Career & Financial Management (I.O.)
For more information: C T E Approved Programs