Success StoryCampus Wood Program Continues to Give New Life to Old Trees



Campus Wood Program Continues to Give New Life to Old Trees

Author: Chad Niman

Planning Unit: Forestry

Major Program: Forest Education: Health, Management, and Utilization

Outcome: Intermediate Outcome

The cross-campus collaboration between Forestry, Architecture, Fine Arts, campus Arborists, the Office of Sustainability and others continues to make strides in utilizing trees that must be removed for public safety and construction purposes. The Campus Wood Program features a Lucas slabber and swing-blade sawmill under a pavilion constructed from campus wood and wood inventory storage within one of the old Vaughn warehouses. The collaboration has been featured multiple times for the educational and novel wood use outcomes and deliverables over the last 6 years. Recent funding will allow for the purchase of the only wood drying kiln on campus to improve sustainability of the system and allow wood from campus trees to be dried on campus for use in the classroom by students, faculty and staff.






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