<p>i want to go into enviromental studies program and i want to go to a colleges near a creek or river so i could have hands on learning…what are some colleges that are near a creek or a river?</p>
<p>Duke and Tennessee both have rivers.
St. Mary’s College in Maryland is right on the Chesapeake.
I’m not sure whether any of those schools offer environmental studies specifically, but they all have beautiful settings.</p>
<p>[environmental</a> studies | St. Lawrence University Academics](<a href=“http://www.stlawu.edu/academics/programs/environmental-studies]environmental”>Environmental Studies | St. Lawrence University) </p>
<p>St Lawrence University, Canton, NY </p>
<p>Raquette River, Grasse River close by, St. Lawrence River is about 17 miles away.<br>
SLU’s Environmental Studies Program is highly regarded.</p>
<p>It looks like Duke offers environmental science and earth science. Duke also uses the facilities at the Marine Lab in Beaufort. At Duke, it looks like the Nicholas School is the center for the kind of learning you are interested in.</p>
<p>Penn is near a river and such a lovely one it is (not)!</p>
<p>The University of Minnesota sits on both sides of the Mississippi river.</p>
<p>Bowdoin College, University of Vermont, and Dartmouth College</p>
<p>Without knowing the stats of the OP it is difficult to suggest schools. There are many colleges near rivers or creeks!!! :eek:</p>
<p>Duke and Penn are reaches for most students.</p>
<p>In addition, many good environmental programs with “hands on” experience are located near coastal or estuarine regions as well. (For example: UNH, UNC Wilmington, U Maine, etc.)</p>
<p>Middlebury has an excellent environmental studies program. Vermont, of course, has many creeks as well as Lake Champlain.</p>
<p>I don’t think you need to be so concerned about the school’s actual proximity to a creek or river. Check out the biology/environmental studies/geology web pages of schools you may be interested in and see what they use for field stations. For example, my daughter’s school is an urban one (although near a river) but for a class she took this fall, the labs took place at the school’s field station: [Katharine</a> Ordway Natural History Study Area](<a href=“http://www.macalester.edu/ordway/]Katharine”>Katharine Ordway Natural History Study Area - Macalester College)</p>
<p>[Paul</a> Smith’s College - The College of the Adirondacks](<a href=“http://www.paulsmiths.edu/index.php]Paul”>Paul Smith's College | The College of the Adirondacks)</p>
<p>[Paul</a> Smith’s College - Division of Forestry, Natural Resources, and Recreation](<a href=“http://www.paulsmiths.edu/forestry/]Paul”>Forestry Bachelor's (B.S.) Degree Program)</p>
<p>Paul Smith’s College has a Division of Forestry, Natural Resources & Recreation
Nice location in the Adirondacks.</p>
<p>there are a number of colleges near the Hudson River…I think portions of Columbia’s campus are only a block away…</p>
<p>many colleges border rivers. </p>
<p>What are your stats?</p>
<p>What can you afford?</p>
<p>Some other places where a river runs through it:
Ohio State
[Welcome</a> to Olentangy River Wetland Research Park, The Ohio State University](<a href=“Site | SENR”>http://swamp.osu.edu/)</p>
<p>Michigan State
[MiEarth.org</a> Rehabbing the Red Cedar: Grow Zones at Michigan State University](<a href=“http://www.miearth.org/play.php?vid=1024]MiEarth.org”>http://www.miearth.org/play.php?vid=1024)</p>
<p>But as another poster indicated, you don’t need a school located directly on a river. A good environmental studies programs will have access to a variety of field facilities in a number of different habitats, including river areas. For example, check out the Odom School of Ecology at the University of Georgia:
[University</a> of Georgia: School of Ecology](<a href=“http://www.ecology.uga.edu/facilitiesList.php]University”>http://www.ecology.uga.edu/facilitiesList.php)</p>
<p>St. Mary’s College of Maryland has good life sciences programs and is beautifully situated for environmental studies. The school has its own boathouse on the St. Mary’s River near the confluence of the Potomac River and the Chesapeake Bay. Sailing is the big sport. </p>
<p>Connecticut College is on Long Island Sound. It seems to have a very good botany program. The college owns a 750 acre arboretum.</p>
<p>Colorado College is adjacent to Fountain Creek. That’s not saying much, but in other respects the Rocky Mountain location is fantastic for environmental science. As you go up and down the mountains, you move quickly through several habitat zones. The school’s one-class-at-a-time “block plan” is ideal for hands-on field work.</p>
<p>Middlebury has one of the best small college environmental science programs. It is the first small college to compete in the Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon project.
[Middlebury</a> Solar Decathlon | Home](<a href=“http://solardecathlon.middlebury.edu/]Middlebury”>http://solardecathlon.middlebury.edu/)</p>
<p>Carleton College has a large arboretum with a creek flowing through it.</p>
<p>Wesleyan University is near the Connecticut River. We know a student there doing environmental studies research on the river.</p>
<p>Putah Creek runs right through the middle of UC Davis campus.</p>
<p>[UC</a> Davis: Public Service Research Program](<a href=“http://psrp.ucdavis.edu/news_events/talks_events.shtml]UC”>http://psrp.ucdavis.edu/news_events/talks_events.shtml)</p>
<p>The school also is very strong in environmental studies and other biology majors.</p>
<p>In the Boston area, Harvard, MIT, BU and Brandeis are all on the Charles River.</p>
<p>Reed and Lewis & Clark in Portland each have creeks running through the center of campus.</p>
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Yes indeed, and they operate the St. Anthony Falls Lab, which includes the Outdoor Stream Lab:
[Outdoor</a> StreamLab](<a href=“St. Anthony Falls Laboratory | College of Science and Engineering”>St. Anthony Falls Laboratory | College of Science and Engineering)</p>