New Jersey School of Conservation
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The New Jersey School of Conservation (NJSOC) is the Environmental Education Field Campus of Montclair State University. It is the oldest university-operated environmental education center in the nation. It is located 57 miles from the Montclair campus on a 240-acre tract located in Stokes State Forest in Sussex County. Administratively, it is part of the College of Science and Mathematics.
The mission of the New Jersey School of Conservation is to develop in its program participants knowledge of how Earth systems operate and how human actions affect these systems. It is intended that this knowledge will cultivate the prolonged performance of environmentally responsible behaviors and the development of self-confidence to support the development of attitudes, beliefs, and values that will aid individuals and groups alike in the resolution of current environmental problems, the avoidance of future environmental problems, and the quest for sustainable development.
The programs at the NJSOC are designed to provide the students with a greater understanding and appreciation of Earth's life support systems and the impact human actions are having on them. They are also designed to help students gain self-confidence and to develop skills, such as experience working as teams to solve problems through critical thinking, collaboration, and cooperation, that will be needed to solve current environmental problems and to avoid future ones. The environmental education programs provide field experiences in the environmental sciences, humanities, outdoor pursuits, and the social sciences. Each academic year the NJSOC provides environmental education programs for nearly 9,000 elementary/secondary school students, and nearly 1,000 teachers from about 100 schools.
