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|name = SUNY-ESF Ranger School
|established = 1912
|type = [[Public university|Public]]
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|head_label = Director 
|head = Mariann Garrison-Johnston<ref>[https://www.esf.edu/communications/view2.asp?newsID=8717 "Johnston assumes reins at Ranger School"] [press release]. SUNY-ESF, June 16, 2020.</ref>
|city = [[Wanakena, New York|Wanakena]]
|state = [[New York (state)|New York]]
|country = [[United States|U.S.]]
|campus = [[Rural area|Rural]]
|mascot = Mighty Oaks
|website = {{URL|www.esf.edu/rangerschool/|esf.edu/rangerschool}}
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The '''SUNY-ESF Ranger School''' (formerly the '''New York State Ranger School'''), on the east branch of the [[Oswegatchie River]] near [[Wanakena, New York]], offers [[Associate degree#United States|A.A.S.]] degrees in forest and natural resources management. Established in 1912, the school is affiliated with the [[State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry]] (SUNY-ESF). The Ranger School commemorated its centennial in 2012-13.<ref>[http://www.esf.edu/communications/view.asp?newsID=1854 "Ranger School Celebrates Its 100th," SUNY-ESF, August 6, 2012.] Accessed: August 6, 2012.</ref>

==Location==

The Ranger School is situated in the northwestern part of the [[Adirondack Park]], on the east branch of the scenic Oswegatchie River, which flows into [[Cranberry Lake]]. The campus is about {{convert|65|mi|km}} from [[Watertown, New York]], and {{convert|35|mi|km}} from [[Tupper Lake (village), New York|Tupper Lake]].

==History==
The New York State Ranger School was founded in 1912, under the administration of the [[History of the New York State College of Forestry|New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University]], to train [[forest ranger]]s and other personnel for the still-young Adirondack Park.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.esf.edu/rangerschool/centennial/|title=Centennial {{!}} The Ranger School {{!}} SUNY ESF|website=www.esf.edu|access-date=2019-05-02}}</ref> Eugene S. Whitmore, the Ranger School's first graduate, completed his studies the same year that school was founded, in 1912.<ref>SUNY-ESF. 2008. ''Alumni Directory. 100th Anniversary Edition''. Syracuse, NY, p. 455.</ref> More than 3000 students have completed their degrees at the Ranger School since it opened.<ref name=autogenerated1 /> The Ranger School celebrated its centennial anniversary in 2012-13.<ref name=wdt>[http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20120512/NEWS05/705129917 Ellen, Martha. 2012. "Ranger School marks its centennial year," ''Watertown Daily Times'', May 12.] Accessed: May 15, 2012.</ref>

=== Leadership ===
* Professor James F. Dubuar served as Director of the Ranger School for 37 years, from 1921-1957.<ref>[http://www.martallen.com/pdf/1996/july/07%2009%201996%20RANGER%20SCHOOL%20AND%20JAMES%20DUBUARS%20DEDICATION.pdf Allen, Mart. 1996. "Ranger School's a Testimony to James Dubuar's Dedication," July 9.] Accessed: June 24, 2012.</ref>

=== Properties ===
* Shortly before its establishment, the school received a gift of {{convert|1800|acre|km2}} from the [[Rich Brothers Lumber Company]].<ref name=rez>Reznikoff, Charles, ed. 1957. ''Louis Marshall: Champion of Liberty. Selected Papers and Addresses''. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America, p. 1123.</ref> 
* In 1923, Governor [[Al Smith|Alfred E. Smith]], later to become President of the Board of Trustees of the New York State College of Forestry, signed an appropriation bill for the construction of the Ranger School's new building; the structure was dedicated in 1928. 
* The [[International Paper Company]] added to the school's properties with a gift of {{convert|500|acre|km2}}, in 1929.<ref name=rez />

==Today==
Today the Ranger School is a unit of SUNY-ESF. Mariann Johnston, Professor of Forest and Natural Resources Management, is director.<ref>[http://www.esf.edu/rangerschool/directory/ "Ranger School Directory,"] SUNY-ESF Ranger School. Accessed: July 14, 2013.</ref>

After "spending a year at a college of their choice,"<ref name=autogenerated1 /> students spend an academic year or summer at the residential school, studying [[forestry|forest technology]], [[surveying|land surveying technology]], or environmental and [[natural resource management|natural resources conservation]], earning an [[Associate of Applied Science]] (A.A.S.) degree upon completion. Students can continue their studies at the main ESF campus, in [[Syracuse, New York|Syracuse]], to earn a bachelor's degree.<ref name=autogenerated1 />

In addition to classrooms, offices, dormitory and kitchen facilities, the school's properties also include the {{convert|3000|acre|km2|adj=on}}, [[James F. Dubuar Memorial Forest]].<ref name=autogenerated1>[http://www.esf.edu/rangerschool/ SUNY-ESF: SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry - The Ranger School]</ref>

== References ==
=== Notes ===
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=== Further reading ===
* [http://www.foresthistory.org/publications/FHT/FHTSpringFall2001/coufal.pdf Coufal, James E. 2001. "James F. Dubuar: Lessons Learned from the Man," ''Forest History Today'', Spring/Fall, pp. 29-35 (with historical photos of the Ranger School).]

==External links==
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* {{Official website|http://www.esf.edu/rangerschool/}}
* [http://www.esf.edu/rangerschool/centennial/ Ranger School Centennial, 2012-13]
* [http://www.esf.edu/admissions/rangerschool.htm Admission to the Ranger School]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110719061311/http://www.cefts.org/Schools-map.html Forest Technician Schools in the United States]
* [http://cefts.org/new/ Council of Eastern Forest Technician Schools]

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[[Category:New York State College of Forestry]]
[[Category:State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry]]
[[Category:Universities and colleges in St. Lawrence County, New York]]
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