Ranger school enrollment near average

WANAKENA — The Ranger School's enrollment for this year is 44, about its average in recent years.

"It's two over last year," Director Christopher L. Westbrook said. "It's a good number and we're pleased."

The school, a a division of the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, offers programs in applied science in forest technology and surveying.

Of this year's students, half a dozen are interested in the surveying program, Mr. Westbrook said.

The class includes six women, which is about the usual number it enrolls. Students arrived on campus Aug. 22.