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State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry
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<p>The State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) is a <a href="/facts/Public_university/Avsc2TmM">public</a> <a href="/facts/Research_university/Joe4e6SF">research university</a> in <a href="/facts/Syracuse%2c_New_York/luD99ChN">Syracuse, New York</a>, focused on the environment and natural resources. It is part of the <a href="/facts/State_University_of_New_York/EuEWW1KJ">State University of New York</a> (SUNY) system. ESF is immediately adjacent to <a href="/facts/Syracuse_University/UhpgUjmb">Syracuse University</a>, within which it was founded, and with which it maintains a special relationship. It is <a href="/facts/Carnegie_Classification_of_Institutions_of_Higher_Education/xyYmXgJ6">classified</a> among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity". </p><p>ESF operates education and research facilities also in the <a href="/facts/Adirondack_Park/TJfnoR2F">Adirondack Park</a> (including the <a href="/facts/SUNY-ESF_Ranger_School/kAwmJem9">Ranger School</a> in <a href="/facts/Wanakena%2c_New_York/PBnI9ycR">Wanakena</a>), the <a href="/facts/Thousand_Islands/JV0NGH2t">Thousand Islands</a>, elsewhere in Central New York, and <a href="/facts/Costa_Rica/baw0GTI1">Costa Rica</a>. The college's curricula focus on the understanding, <a href="/facts/Natural_resource_management/VTS4IMbA">management</a>, and <a href="/facts/Sustainability/9oYH9mAs">sustainability</a> of the environment and natural resources. </p>