New York Consolidated Laws, Education Law - EDN § 6002. Objects and purposes

The college shall have as its objects and purposes:  1. Teaching in the science and practice of environmental science and forestry in its several branches including landscape architecture;  environmental design;  environmental and resource engineering;  environmental and resource management;  wildlife studies;  biology, chemistry, ecology;  the manufacture and marketing of forest products;  and the technologies appropriate to these branches of environmental science and forestry.

2. The conduct of research, investigation, and experimentation relating to such studies wherever appropriate, including suburban or urban areas, and in commercial or industrial facilities.

3. The conduct of experiments in forest and related resource development and management for public, commercial, recreational and aesthetic purposes, and, generally the giving of popular instruction and information concerning the elements of environmental science and forestry.

4. The operation of demonstration and public service programs with a view to acquiring, transmitting, and applying knowledge concerning the scientific management and use of forest and related natural resources for human benefit.