DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT @ haywood community college

HCC Presents Service Awards

2012-01-25T09:18:00.011-05:00

Wild Game Dinner 2012

2012-01-17T11:20:00.006-05:00

HCC to offer Hunter Safety Course in March 2012

2012-01-17T10:24:00.003-05:00

Haywood Community College’s Natural Resources Department in conjunction with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission will offer a spring Hunter Safety course March 5 – 7, from 6:00-9:30 p.m., in Rooms 309/310, on HCC main campus. Participants must attend three consecutive evenings to receive their certification.

This course is offered as a community service and is free of charge. There are no age limits. Pre-registration is required. Anyone interested in taking the hunter safety course must register online in order to attend. Course registration may be completed at http://www.ncwildlife.org/

Dahlia Garden Improvement

2012-01-11T10:19:00.007-05:00

Landscape Design I students developed three designs for areas adjacent to the dahlia garden plantings as part of their course requirements in the fall. Their efforts focused on adding additional plant materials that would complement the dahlias when in full bloom, as well as serving as an ornamental backdrop during winter and spring when the dahlias are absent. Designs will be turned over to the arboretum staff for evaluation. Plans are to use funds from the Robert Patrick Endowment, a gift meant to complement HCC’s landscape, to implement the plans. Pictured is a planting plan developed by Horticulture Technology student Mary Batten.

Posted by John M. Sherman, Ph.D.
Interim Chairperson,Department of Natural Resources Management

Fall 2011 Dendrology

2011-12-15T15:53:00.000-05:00

The fall 2011 dendrology class is a week away from the final exam. Students have visited sites at high elevation, low elevation, cold conditions, beautiful weather, stormy with cold driving rain, and breath taking vistas, as well as some lab time testing fresh daily specimens collected by the faculty members. Most of the 100 plus species we have encountered through the semester will be laid out for the final exam next week. Most all of the natural resources graduates always express that this is their favorite, although difficult, class while working for the 2 year degree in Forest Management Technology and Fish and Wildlife Management at Haywood Community College. Come and join us next fall. (post by Bob Pinkston).

2011-12-07T11:21:00.001-05:00

Pocket Wetland

2011-12-05T16:57:00.008-05:00

Natural Resources students from LID, Horticulture and Fish and Wildlife participated in installing additional native plantings to enhance the existing pocket wetland on campus this afternoon. This stormwater Best Management Practice (BMP) slows and filters pollutants from runoff on campus. The pocket wetland was initially designed and installed by Environmental Biology students with assistance from LID student Vicki Eastland last spring as part of her capstone project. LID students worked on planting design as part of their coursework this semester, and funding for the installation was provided as part of a generous grant from the Pigeon River Fund to create stormwater BMP demonstration projects on campus. (Post by Tamara Graham).

Students Observe Horticulture Therapy in Action

2011-10-27T17:12:00.005-04:00

Students enrolled in the Intro to Hort Therapy course recently visited Liberty Corner Enterprises, Inc. (LCE), a non-profit agency providing services and support to individuals with developmental disabilities in western NC. LCE specializes in serving adults with co-occurring mental illness and developmental disabilities. The agency has recently established a hydroponics unit in which their clients have the opportunity to grow herbs and cut-flowers for restaurants and markets in the Asheville area. Clients obtain therapeutic benefits from working in a “green”, non-threatening environment while producing valuable products for the community and gaining vocational skills. (Post by John Sherman).

Let It Rain

2011-10-25T14:28:00.011-04:00

Horticulture club members are busily putting together rain barrels for sale to everyone interested in conserving water. All proceeds will go towards the club's Spring field trip to Longwood and Chanticleer Gardens in Pennsylvania. Each barrel comes complete with a faucet, a hose connection for disposing of runoff, and flexible tubing for attachment to your gutter. Barrels are made of lightweight, heavy duty plastic and are available in three colors: white, green or blue. The price is $50 for a barrel with hardware or $30 for the barrel only. Anyone interested in making a purchase may contact George Thomas (horticulture instructor) at 627-4625 or gthomas@haywood.edu. With your support, you can cut down on your water bill while helping our students at the same time.

LID Students Tour Conservation Development Drover’s Road Preserve

2011-10-24T17:10:00.004-04:00

Second year LID students toured Drover’s Road Preserve, a conservation development on a 186-acre parcel located south of Asheville, NC. The development protected 59% of the acreage in a permanent conservation easement. LID BMPs (Best Management Practices) include roadside grass swales, bioretention areas, forested riparian buffers, stormwater wetland, and an infiltration meadow. The site planning and design of Drover’s Road is also perhaps one of its most important BMPs. Development is limited to the most suitable areas on the site, and sensitive areas such as steep slopes and riparian corridors are protected and conserved. Narrow, curbless roads allow water to sheet flow off of impervious areas and conserve maximum vegetation. The thoughtfully designed development is both environmentally friendly and a beautiful home for its residence. (Post by Tamara Graham)

Bethel Elementary Site Visit

2011-10-24T17:01:00.007-04:00

Second year LID students toured innovative stormwater BMPs at Bethel Elementary School in late September with Haywood Waterways Association Executive Director Eric Romaniszyn. A series of interconnected stormwater BMPs, including constructed wetlands, bioswales, a rain tank and rain gardens capture and treat stormwater runoff from impervious such as roofs and parking lots before the water reaches the stream. Teachers at the school utilize these features as educational opportunities, integrating them with the K-5 curriculum. Haywood Waterways Association partnered with the Haywood Soil and Water Conservation District to spearhead the project which received support from the Haywood County School Board and other partners and funding from numerous sources, including the NC Clean Water Management Trust Fund. Bethel Elementary School currently serves as a model demonstration project for the design of other environmentally sensitive schools in the future. (Post by Tamara Graves)

Haywood Alum, Andrew Wiley, “GIVING BACK”

2011-10-24T16:58:00.002-04:00

2009 Fish and Wildlife Management graduate, Andrew Wiley, has been working as a research technician in Utah since graduation. Much of his work has been centered on radio telemetry and sage grouse. Mr. Wiley was in town last week and provided two training sessions for wildlife students interested in gaining hands-on experience working with telemetry. We had a total of fourteen students attend the workshop held at the local Mountain Research Station, and it was a huge success. Big thanks to Andrew Wiley for his willingness to ‘give back’ to his alma mater!

(Post by Chris Graves)

Congratulations Daniel Jones

2011-10-24T14:18:00.005-04:00

Our very own HCC Timbersports Champion was published today - Monday, October 24. Check out the lastest edition of Faces In The Crowd Section of Sports Illustrated magazine, Page 24.

Way to go Daniel!!! Daniel is from Hayesville, North Carolina. He moved to Blairsville, GA shortly after his wedding on October 8, 2011. We are so proud of you and wish you and Molly all the best.

Photo courtesy of Jenny Carver, Fall 2009 Woodsmen's Meet, Cradle of Forestry in America.

Happy Halloween

2011-10-24T12:23:00.005-04:00

Pumpkin/Photo

Courtesy of Wes Hill
Low Impact Development Student

Department of Natural Resources Management

Haywood Community College

Field Trip to Cold Mountain Nursery

2011-10-04T13:39:00.007-04:00

On Wednesday, October 28, Howard Tew and his Soils & Hydrology Lab students visited the Cold Mountain Nursery in the Pigeon River Flood Plain at Center Pigeon South of Canton. Steve Sorrells and his son Josh Sorrells operate this nursery.

Howard states, "They helped us to understand the complex issues involved in managing flood plain soils for commercial horticultural production."

2011 16th Annual John G. Palmer Intercollegiate Woodsmen's Meet

2011-10-02T09:30:00.000-04:00

Additional Photo Coverage by the Asheville Citizen Times.

The Stage is Set!

2011-09-30T12:25:00.005-04:00

All is quite at the Cradle today but we will be in full swing this Saturday, Oct. 1st.

The Department Natural Resources looks forward to hosting this year's John G. Palmer Woodsmen's meet.

Jammin' at the Millpond, October 8

2011-09-29T17:38:00.001-04:00

Haywood Community College’s Jammin’ at the Millpond will be held on Saturday, October 8 from 10 a.m. until dark on the college campus. This is a free bluegrass event to showcase the college, its programs and alumni, and the Appalachian heritage of Western North Carolina.

The music will be hosted by the Hominy Valley Boys and feature other local artists and clogging teams. The day long festivities will feature a molasses making demonstration, barbeque meals available for purchase, jammin’ areas, alumni gathering tent, student club booths, car show, HCC Woodsmen’s Team demonstration, corn shelling, corn milling, and much more.

For more information about HCC’s Jammin’ at the Millpond, please contact Erica Vaughn at 627-4522 or emvaughn@haywood.edu.

Forest Festival Day at the Cradle of Forestry in America

2011-09-29T09:38:00.007-04:00

16TH Annual John G. Palmer Intercollegiate Woodsmen’s Meet
Pisgah National Forest
Brevard, NC
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2011
____________________________________________________
7:45 a.m. U.S Forest Service Welcome
7:50 a.m. Haywood Community College Welcome
(Visitor Center Auditorium)
7:55 - 9:00 a.m. Quiz Bowl (Visitor Center Auditorium)
9:00– 10:00 a.m. Dendrology (Concurrent with Archery)
9:00- 10:00 a.m. Archery (Concurrent with Dendrology)
10:00–11:00 a.m. Team Log Roll
11:00- 4:30 p.m. Orienteering (Contest conducted most of the day)
11:00–11:30 a.m. Horizontal Speed Chop (Female)
11:30–12:00 p.m. Water Boil
*Alumni Recognition/Announcements
12:00-12:30 p.m. Pulpwood Toss for Accuracy
12:30 – 1:15 p.m. BREAK
1:15 – 2:00 p.m. Axe Throw (Concurrent with Pole Fell)
1:15 - 2:00 p.m. Pole Fell (Concurrent with Axe Throw)
2:00 - 2:30 p.m. Pole Climb
2:30 - 3:30 p.m. Cross Cut Saw Events
3:30 – 4:00 p.m. Single Buck
4:00 – 4:30 p.m. Bolt Split
4:30 – 5:30 p.m. Chain Saw Events
5:30 – 6:00 p.m. Standing Block Chop
6:00 - 6:20 p.m. Horizontal Speed Chop (Male)

Every possible effort will be made to stay on schedule. If any event should finish early, the next event will immediately follow . . .

HCC Receives Greenforce Initiative Innovation Mini-Grant

2011-09-29T08:42:00.009-04:00

Clyde, NC (September 19, 2011) – Haywood Community College (HCC) has been recognized as a recipient of a Greenforce Initiative Innovation Mini-Grant.

These grant funds will go to support HCC’s efforts to mitigate the impact of its development on the campus’s natural hydrology and native plant communities. Thanks to this award, HCC will be able to establish a “test meadow” of native grasses on a campus construction site to serve as a demonstration for converting lawn to meadow, reducing landscaping maintenance requirements and creating wildlife habitats on campus. HCC is one of only five community colleges in North Carolina to receive a Greenforce Innovation Grant.

The National Wildlife Federation (NWF) and Jobs for the Future (JFF) have joined forces on a two-year project, started in 2010, to spur innovation in the role of community colleges in the coming green-jobs revolution.

With support from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation and CS Mott Foundation, The Greenforce Initiative is strengthening green career pathways leading to postsecondary credentials and family sustaining careers; increasing access and success for lower-skilled adults; and using campus “greening” or sustainability efforts as “learning laboratories” for education and training.

Building on the combined experience of NWF and JFF in environmental sustainability and workforce development, respectively, this commitment provides assistance to community colleges in six regions: Metro Chicago, Michigan, North Carolina, northern Virginia, Seattle, and South Texas. The initiative has hosted seven summits in five states across the country, engaging more than 700 community college faculty, staff and administrators.

“We face a major challenge to retool and rebuild our workforce and meet the challenges of the future clean energy economy," said Lisa Madry, Campus Field Director for the National Wildlife Federation. "The Greenforce Initiative will help accelerate America's ability to tackle the climate crisis while creating economic opportunities and pathways out of poverty."

Community colleges are increasingly called upon to both prepare graduates with the 21st century skills needed in a greener economy while also protecting community health and sustainability. "Post-secondary credentials are increasingly required for careers that pay family-sustaining wages," said Gloria Mwase, Program Director with Jobs for the Future. "While the labor demand in key "green" sectors offer job growth opportunities in many communities, it is critical that we ensure that under-prepared adults can access and succeed in these careers."

Preston Jacobsen, HCC Sustainability Analyst said, “The grant received by HCC from NWF/JFF will provide our Low Impact Development, Fish & Wildlife, Horticulture and Forestry Programs, along with the Environmental Biology courses an opportunity to educate our students in a living laboratory setting. Students will earn real world experience through design, implementation and environmental monitoring of the funded projects all the while enhancing our campus pertaining to the restoration of native plant communities and enhancement of natural hydrology throughout the campus.”

The NC Sustainable Energy Association (NCSEA) estimates that within North Carolina, there are 12,500 full-time equivalent jobs in over 1,000 firms in industries related to renewable energy and energy efficiency, representing a 22 percent increase from the previous year. In NCSEA's 2011 Clean Energy Databook, the Western North Carolina region has been crowned as #1 region in NC for renewable energy projects per capita and renewable energy firms per capita.

According to Matt Raker, Vice President of Entrepreneurship and AdvantageGreen for AdvantageWest Economic Development Group, Western North Carolina is a hotspot for job growth in the clean energy and efficiency, local sustainable agriculture, environmental technologies, and outdoor recreation industries.

Since its formation in 1936, National Wildlife Federation has worked with affiliates across the country to inspire Americans to protect wildlife for future generations. NWF seeks to engage and educate its 4 million members, partners and supporters with a focus on restoring habitat, confronting global warming and connecting people with nature. To learn more about NWF’s environmental higher education programs, visit the Campus Ecology www.campusecology.org and Greenforce Initiative www.greenforceinitiative.org pages.

Jobs for the Future develops, implements, and promotes new education and workforce strategies that help communities, states, and the nation compete in a global economy. In more than 200 communities across 43 states, JFF improves the pathways leading from high school to college to family-sustaining careers.
www.jff.org
www.twitter.com/jfftweets

For more information please contact:
Carly Queen, Southeast Campus Field Coordinator, National Wildlife Federation
Email: queenc@nwf.org
Phone: 678-436-5083 or 404-312-2860

(post by Tamara Graham)

Horticulture Club Service Project - Part 2

2011-09-28T15:47:00.011-04:00

Once again, members of the horticulture club did their part in landscaping a section of the local Head Start facility near the HCC campus. As with last weeks project, all plants used were grown by students in propagation and nursery classes. Future projects down the road include the possibility of more work at the Waynesville Public Library, creating an edible garden at Jonathan Creek Elementary, and teaming up with Habitat for Humanity.

Horticulture Club Service Project

2011-09-22T07:56:00.008-04:00

Club members recently assisted a local nursing home (Silver Bluff in Canton) by sprucing up their plant collection. Pruning, re-potting and grooming activities were part of the necessary chores.
In addition, a number of plants were donated by the college to supplement their sparse inventory. All of these new plants were propagated and grown by the students in conjunction with their coursework.

Osborne Tree

2011-09-14T11:10:00.005-04:00

On September 12th, 2011, Haywood Community College made their annual visit to the historic Osborne Oak on highway 215, south of Canton, North Carolina. We take each class of dendrology students to this tree as we pass en route to see high elevation trees and work our way back down the mountain to observe low elevation trees in the early part of the semester. We take typical forest management measurements of the grand ole specimen and explain the history of the tree and the events it has lived through over hundreds of years. These measurements include: dbh (diameter at breast height), Total Height from ground surface to the terminal most bud, and the average crown spread of the widest limbs and the shortest limb width in feet. The tree has a dbh of 66.4 inches through at breast height, a total height of 84 feet, and an average crown spread of 77.7 feet. The tree exists in a very stressful site right adjacent to the highway but has still survived over all of these years and through some historic events. In spite of all of this the tree still looks pretty healthy and seems to be doing much better than a lot of us.

(post by Bob Pinkston)

HCC Official Academic Transcript Info

2011-09-13T17:10:00.002-04:00

Effective August 2011, HCC began charging $5.00 for each official academic transcript. Upon graduation, students will receive one official transcript at no cost.

HCC does not charge for unofficial copies. (Note: students currently enrolled can print unofficial transcripts via Haywired.)

http://www.haywood.edu/transcript_request

2011 HCC Photo Contest

2011-09-12T15:04:00.004-04:00

The HCC family is challenging you to take your best shot at photography and submit your best photo(s) in the first ever HCC Photo Contest this fall.

http://www.haywood.edu/photo_contest

Eligibility
HCC Family: Faculty, Staff, Students, Alumni and past or present Board Members.

Juror: Ed Kelley
Ed was born and raised in Waynesville, North Carolina. At 19, he acquired his first 35mm camera and took it everywhere. After a couple of degrees in forestry and biology (he is an HCC alumni 1976), Ed spent over a year living on Mt. Mitchell, where he served as naturalist and pursued his interest in photography. Although his interests range from wildlife to macro photography, capturing the moods of ever-changing light has always intrigued him.

Categories
•Landscape/Nature
•Portrait
•Animals/Wildlife
•Sports/Action
•Digital Art (photo manipulation)
•Photojournalism
•Other

Cash Awards for
•Grand Prize
•People’s Choice
(People’s Choice winner chosen by the community - vote for your favorite)
Winners and selected work will be displayed on the HCC campus and website for one year.

General Contest Rules
•All submissions must be made through HCC website
•Limit 3 entries per photographer
•Photographs must be appropriate for family audiences
•Must be original work
•Photographer must have appropriate permission(s)
* HCC Photo Committee members are ineligible

Calendar
•8/15/11 thru 10/20/11 (midnight) Entry period
•10/26/11 - Notification of selected works emailed
•10/26/11 thru 11/17/11 - Vote for People’s Choice Winner
•11/17/11 - Deadline for receipt of selected works
•12/01/11 - Opening celebration and Awards ceremony, 3:00-5:00 pm, HCC library

Entry Procedure
There is no entry fee!

Entrants my submit up to three (3) original photographs completed in the last three years. Selections will be made from digital images in the form of jpeg files - no slides and no PowerPoint shows.

Photo Contest Entry Form

You will need the following information to complete your entry:
•Name
•Phone Number
•Address
•e-mail
•Relationship with HCC (faculty, staff, student, alumni, or board member)
•Current Student, graduation date, year of attendance/employment
•Status (professional or amateur)
•Agreement - terms and conditions of this contest
•Small photo of self
•Option to list personal website
•Option to receive the HCC newsletter
Image Submission Recomendations
•Images should be in sRGB or grayscale
•Print quality jpeg
•File name must be photographers name_title of photo (for example: JohnDoe_Untitled.jpg)
Invite all your family and friends to vote for the People’s Choice Winner

Exhibition
The Committee and Juror(s) will determine the selection of photographs for the exhibition (all decisions by the committee are final). The selected artists will receive notification by email on October 26th. Selected work must be delivered, ready to hang, by November 17th. The photographs will be on display at HCC campus for one year.

Exhibition Requirements
•Minimum photo size - 14 inches on longest edge
•Mat color should be white
•Frame should be black
•Wire hangers only (no sawtooth hangers)

Questions
•Rules and Regulations
•email: lljohnson@haywood.edu

Youth Dove Hunt held September 3, 2011

2011-09-08T17:39:00.007-04:00

The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, the Haywood Community College Student Chapter of The Wildlife Society, and the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services partnered to host a quota youth dove hunt on September 3rd at the Mountain Research Station off of Raccoon Road near Waynesville. More than 20 youth hunters and their accompanying licensed adults were selected to participate in this exciting learning opportunity.

Partners collaborated to include a lunch and special educational sessions throughout the day. Important components included hunter safety, becoming a responsible hunter, benefits of agriculture to humans and wildlife, wildlife conservation and management, a trapping and banding demonstration workshop, and more.

“Many young people today are far removed from the land and our agricultural and wildlife resources. It is opportunities like this one that provide a much needed connection with children and nature,” explains Chris Graves, HCC Lead Instructor of Fish and Wildlife Management Technology Program. “In addition, this experience will put our fish and wildlife students in real world situations that they will encounter when they begin working. It’s hands-on training and experience that they can’t get in a classroom.”

(Posted by Chris Graves)

Hunter Safety Education

2011-09-06T16:17:00.002-04:00

Register for free hunter safety education classes at www.ncwildlife.org (no age limit)

Remaining Schedule for 2011 (Seated Courses)

October 10-11-12, HCC Campus
Rooms 309/310, 6:00 - 9:30 pm

November 07-08-09, HCC Campus
Rooms 309/310, 6:00 - 9:30 pm

You may also take this course online. Visit website for more information.

16TH Annual John G. Palmer Intercollegiate Woodsmen’s Meet

2011-09-06T14:55:00.005-04:00

Forest Festival Day at the Cradle of Forestry in America
Pisgah National Forest
Brevard, NC

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2011
ORDER OF EVENTS

7:45 a.m. U.S. Forest Service & Haywood Community College Welcome
(Visitor Center Auditorium)

7:55 - 9:00 a.m. Quiz Bowl (Visitor Center Auditorium)

*9:00– 10:00 a.m. Dendrology (Concurrent with Archery)

*9:00- 10:00 a.m. Archery (Concurrent with Dendrology)

10:00–11:00 a.m. Team Log Roll

**11:00- 4:30 p.m. Orienteering (Contest conducted most of the day)

11:00–11:30 a.m. Horizontal Speed Chop (Female)

11:30–12:00 p.m. Water Boil

***Alumni Recognition/Announcements

12:00-12:30 p.m. Pulpwood Toss for Accuracy

*1:15 – 2:00 p.m. Axe Throw (Concurrent with Pole Fell)

*1:15 - 2:00 p.m. Pole Fell (Concurrent with Axe Throw)

2:00 - 2:30 p.m. Pole Climb

2:30 - 3:30 p.m. Cross Cut Saw Events

3:30 – 4:00 p.m. Single Buck

4:00 – 4:30 p.m. Bolt Split

4:30 – 5:30 p.m. Chain Saw Events

5:30 – 6:00 p.m. Standing Block Chop

6:00 - 6:20 p.m. Horizontal Speed Chop (Male)

* Contests that are concurrent with other contests
** Contests conducted most of the day
*** HCC Alumni Recognition

Every possible effort will be made to stay on schedule. If any event should finish early, the next event will immediately follow . . .

Forestry and Wildlife Club Holds Cookout

2011-09-06T10:21:00.002-04:00

The HCC Forestry Club and the HCC Student Chapter of the Wildlife Society held their annual cookout for incoming forestry and fish and wildlife majors. The Department of Natural Resources Management encourages all incoming freshmen to involve themselves in degree related extracurricular activities.

2011 Forestry Graduate wins Stihl Timbersports National Collegiate Championship

2011-08-31T14:10:00.013-04:00

Congratulations to Daniel Jones, one of our very own HCC 2011 Forest Management Graduates.

Daniel took first place win at Salem, Oregon on Sunday, August 28, to become the 2011 STIHL TIMBERSPORTS National Collegiate Champion . . . accompanied by Andy Fitzsimmons, Jimmy Lawrence and James Judge.

Daniel is scheduled to leave town again tomorrow headed for the Stihl Pro-Series Competition in Holland - WOW!!!!

Best of Luck Daniel from the Natural Resources Gang and all of HCC

HCC Receives Green Workforce & Sustainability Grant

2011-08-31T12:02:00.008-04:00

The Pigeon River Fund and the National Wildlife Federation recently awarded Haywood Community College grants totaling over $11,000 to advance the College’s green workforce and campus sustainability efforts. Haywood LID students will work with the College’s Sustainability Coordinator, Biology Department, Fish and Wildlife Department and Campus Arboretum Team on several projects to enhance the campus, including: sampling water quality in Jones Cove Creek, installing a rain garden and cisterns on campus, and restoring and enhancing native plant communities on campus. Work will begin this fall to implement the projects. (Post by Tamara Graham).

Forest Recreation Summer 2011 Trail Project

2011-08-31T10:45:00.023-04:00

Haywood Community College Forest Management students assisted the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the North Carolina High Peaks Trails Association on a trail building project at Mountain Heritage High School this past summer as part of the tree week class for credit in the Forest Recreation class. Jake Blood, with the N.C. High Peaks Trail Association, is seen in one of these photos going over safety precautions and trail design techniques with the students before we begin the task. Jessica Sutt, with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, was an assistant coordinator of the trail project for the high school. After a brief safety and design session, Jake and Jessica left the project in the hands of the students to “go at it” and work on your own. Instructor Bob Pinkston and teaching assistant Josh Reams both had a tremendous amount of praise for the quality and work effort the class put into the two days of work in extremely hot conditions. There was a night of camping, good food and music, along with many tall tales in between the work days. The trail building experience will be a great addition to a resume if a student applies for a trail position in the National Park Service, United States Forest Service other potential employers in recreation management. (Post by Bob Pinkston)

HCC Forestry Students Hunt for Bugs

2011-08-29T16:46:00.001-04:00

As part of their forest protection class, HCC forest management technology students scoured the county in search of native and invasive forest insects. The hunt finished with a hike to Devil's Courthouse to study the balsam wolly adelgid.

Photos From 2011 Sthil Collegiate Timbersports Series

2011-08-28T20:42:00.006-04:00

All images property of The Official STIHL® TIMBERSPORTS® Series

Daniel Jones 2011 National Collegiate Timbersports Champ!

2011-08-28T18:30:00.005-04:00

Congratulations are in order for Daniel Jones, Winner of the 2011 National Collegiate Timbersports Competition, held in Salem, Oregon. He competed against 6 other athletes from across North America.

Below are the final standings from the event published by Sthil:

Sunday, August 28, 2011

Daniel Jones is the 2011 STIHL TIMBERSPORTS Collegiate Champion

Walt Page set the mark in the single buck, and Daniel Jones blew it away. Page, of Cal Poly, knew he had his work cut out for him coming into the single buck, the fourth and final event of the STIHL TIMBERSPORTS Collegiate Championship presented by Ram Trucks.
Page’s time of 16.87 seconds held up through the first two heats, but it also sat there as a mark Daniel Jones knew he needed to beat to win the championship.

And he did more than just beat it. Jones put up “the fastest time of my life”, severing the 19-inch log in 13.973 seconds. That time would have been good enough for eighth place in yesterday’s pro finals, beating lumberjack legends Mike Sullivan, Mel Lentz and David Bolstad, among others.

Jones’ family and friends rooted him on from the stands wearing neon shirts that read “Daniel ‘Deacon’ Jones”, with his high-school football number, 58, on the back. “I’m a real proud daddy right now,” Danny Jones, Daniel’s father, said after the event.
Jones wins a spot in the 2011 pro series and a handful of other prizes. He said he plans on competing on the pro circuit next year.

The final standings:
Daniel Jones 22
Walt Page 18
Tim Benedict 14
Scooter Cogar 11
Andrew Gollnick 9
Schuyler VanAuken 9

Daniel Jones and Coach Jimmy Lawrence, Article in Smoky Mountain News

2011-08-25T12:16:00.002-04:00

Wednesday, 24 August 2011 15:25

Article about HCC Student Daniel Jones in The Smoky Mountain News.
Chopping prowess lands woodsman coveted spot in national championship
Written by Colby Dunn

In 24 seconds flat, Daniel Jones can chop through a 13-inch white pine log, perched atop it and swinging his sharpened ax in a downward arc into the braced timber. That, at least, is the kind of time he’s going for. Today, he’s standing on a much harder poplar round behind his coach Jimmy Lawrence’s house. There’s a whole setup of timber-cutting apparatus out there, training grounds for Jones’ upcoming run in the collegiate championship of the Stihl Timbersports Series. Jones just graduated from Haywood Community College, where he was a member of the timbersports team. His competition record this year was good enough to advance him to the national final in Oregon this week. Timbersports isn’t exactly a household word, but woodsmen hacking away at logs or frantically sawing cookies from felled trees might seem a little more familiar, thanks to ESPN. Getting ready for practice, where he’ll run through his four events — underhand chop, standing block chop, cross-cut saw and chainsaw — Jones suits up in chain mail to protect his legs and steel-toed tennis shoes. Is the chain mail really necessary? “Well, one of the professionals, he actually almost cut his calf off,” replies Jones. So that would be a ‘yes.’ But, say Lawrence and Jones, injuries like that are pretty rare. Part of that must be because the dangerous work is over so quickly. In the upcoming competition, Jones will be going against five other competitors and what counts is time and time alone. In the chainsaw event, for example, he must saw two platter-sized cookies from a four-inch section of log. And it’s done so quickly that if you turn your head, you’ll miss it.
That’s not to underestimate the physical ferocity Jones has to bring to the practice. He’s no small guy, and after leaping back and forth astride that block, he’s well out of breath, and it’s clear that he’s using every stroke as efficiently as possible.
“That’s the first thing you’ve got to break everyone of,” says Lawrence, who coaches the HCC team. “Everybody tries to swing as hard as they can.” And that might be how you split firewood, but it’s not how you win. Some of his team members, says Lawrence, have been chopping wood since childhood. Some have never touched an ax. And since it’s the only team the college has, it’s pretty popular. But everybody essentially starts on equal footing; no one comes in as a high school star.
Part of what Jones likes about it is the heritage behind it. Timbersports were born in logging camps, and they have a working history that few other sports share. Although Jones wasn’t an avid chopper before he joined the team, there was some foreshadowing that he might end up here. "When I was little, me and my brother would go out in the woods and chop trees down and pick the biggest one we could, see how we could get them to fall,” says Jones. Asked if he’ll continue on into professional competition circuit after this, he says he’d like to, thought it’s a bit of a financial hurdle. A good ax can cost hundreds of dollars. A good cross-cut saw, with its long, wobbling blade, can run into the thousands. There are only a few firms in the world that produce them, and each tooth is hand-filed. But if he wins this week, he’s got an automatic spot in the pro tournament. It’s not something he could make a career of, but he hopes it’ll still be a part of his life. “Even in the professionals, you don’t make a lot of money,” says Jones. “You just do it for the love.”

Annual North Carolina Big Sweep Event

2011-08-18T11:21:00.007-04:00

Set for Saturday, September 17th in Haywood County, the 2011 North Carolina Big Sweep is a one day event held to clean up litter along North Carolina’s waterways. It was initiated in 1987 as a coastal cleanup called Beach Sweep. The event expanded inland and was renamed Big Sweep in 1989. Since its inception in 1987, more than 300,000 Big Sweep volunteers have retrieved over 10.3 million pounds of debris from North Carolina’s environment. For more details about North Carolina’s cleanup statistics, visit the Big Sweep website at www.ncbigsweep.org

The Haywood County Big Sweep will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. One site has been selected so far for this year’s Big Sweep.

Haywood Community College’s students in the Natural Resources Department will lead the way in efforts along Richland Creek from the Russ Avenue bridge to Lake Junaluska. Volunteers should plan to meet at 9:00 a.m. in the Bi-Lo’s Grocery Store parking lot off Russ Avenue in Waynesville. For more information call Shannon Rabby at 627-4592.

“Everyone needs to put safety first,” said Shannon Rabby, Haywood County Big Sweep coordinator. “We don’t want anyone to get hurt.”

Whether you join efforts on Richland Creek or decide to clean a creek in your neighborhood make it a safe, enjoyable Big Sweep by following these tips:

• Be careful on creeks and riverbanks. They can be steep, slippery and unstable. If you’re unsure of the conditions, find a safer access point.
• Don’t wade into creeks and rivers where the current is fast-moving.
• Protect yourself from the sun and wear insect repellant.
• Watch out for poison oak, poison ivy, snakes, yellow jackets and other stinging insects.
• Wear gloves, and don’t go barefoot. Instead wear sturdy, closed-toed shoes.
• Always clean with a buddy.
• Wear a life jacket if you’re cleaning by boat, and don’t wade into water to pick up debris unless you’re an experienced swimmer.
• Don’t pick up anything that looks heavy.
• If you find an animal—dead or alive—don’t touch it. Animals can carry diseases and trapped or injured animals may bite.
• Don’t touch medical waste, chemical containers, barrels, pesticides or anything marked “dangerous,” “toxic,” “explosive,” “hazardous,” or “poison.”
• Wear comfortable, old clothes that you don’t mind getting dirty or wet.
• Take a snack and plenty of water to drink

The Big Sweep event is part of the International Coastal Cleanup. Approximately 90 countries and 55 states and territories participate in this annual event. The goal in North Carolina is to have all 100 counties participate in this important cleanup.

Big Sweep plays an important role in removing debris from waterways and shorelines. According to Rabby, last year Haywood County volunteers removed over 3000 pounds of debris from local waterways. Litter is not only unattractive; it also threatens drinking water, attracts rodents and mosquitoes, and can be deadly to wildlife that eats or becomes tangled in debris.

N.C. Big Sweep is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that works year-round to educate citizens for litter-free waters. It is best known for coordinating the annual statewide waterways cleanup. Local Big Sweep sponsors include the Natural Resources Department of Haywood Community College and the Haywood Waterways Association. (post by Shannon Rabby)

Fish & Wildlife Educational Workshop at HCC Daycare Center

2011-08-18T10:41:00.004-04:00

One of our Fish and Wildlife Management students, Ashley Derks, provided an educational session for children at the Regional Center for the Advancement of Children at Haywood Community College. She put together an interactive tour of campus where the children learned more about plants and animals, which included identification, how to find various critters of the forest, trapping, and more. The indoor session involved more hands-on activities such as passing around mammal furs, use of vinyl animal track replicas so children can better learn wildlife identification via tracks, and more! We are certain that Ashley left a lasting impression with the children and are always happy when our students sacrifice their time to help others. Ashley serves as Secretary to the Student Chapter of The Wildlife Society at HCC. (posted by Chris Graves)

Collegiate Championship Field | TIMBERSPORTS

2011-08-18T09:09:00.000-04:00

Collegiate Championship Field TIMBERSPORTS

Horticulture Students Remove Invasive Plants On Land with High Conservation Value.

2011-06-29T21:14:00.000-04:00

John Sherman's Horticulture Pest Management Class took a strenuous 2.5 mile hike up to some beautiful ridge top property in Sandy Mush. At the top Hanni Muerdter, Stewardship and Conservation Planning Director at the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy (SAHC) and Allison Kiehl, Stewardship, AmeriCorps Project Conserve Member, explained the mission of land trusts around the country and role that SAHC plays in conservation in Haywood County, the Roan Highlands and beyond.

Managing these properties for invasive exotic plants like Oriental Bittersweet is an ongoing challenge. Students learned how to properly remove invasive plants. SAHC provided all the students with a complimentary one-year membership for their efforts.

Ornithology Course Ready to Begin...

2011-05-27T14:19:00.001-04:00

May 31 begins another summer semester for the Fish and Wildlife Management students at Haywood Community College! We’re super excited because the summer block schedule provides an outstanding format for learning and traveling to different areas of the Southeast, since students only take one class at a time. This is the last time Ornithology (i.e. the study of birds) will be taught during the summer semester and it will officially move to the spring semester beginning in 2012. Terrestrial Ecology will be moved to the summer semester.

The Fish and Wildlife Management students are about to enjoy a ‘summer camp’ experience, and the Faculty are ready to deliver! If this interests you, please contact Jenny Carver @ 828-627-4560, to schedule an appointment with one of our College Advisors and maybe you could begin a new journey by enrolling in one of our natural resources programs this coming fall semester. (Post by Chris Graves)

2nd LID Capstone Project

2011-05-26T13:47:00.002-04:00

LID student Vicki Eastland recently completed her capstone project installation. Vicki worked with Sara Martin's Environmental Biology students as well as Leslie Smathers and Dwane Vanderhook of the Haywood County Soil and Water Conservation District. Working with the extension agents, Vicki led the students in sizing, designing and installing this pocket wetland which intercepts, detains, and filters pollutants from stormwater runoff from roofs and asphalt upstream of the site. Sara secured a minigrant for the project from the HCC Foundation and we have also received supplemental funds to maintain and enhance the project this fall from the Pigeon River Fund. Doug Chambers also filmed it to include in the LID recruiting video. (post by Tamara Graham)

Sophomore Horticulture Field Trips

2011-05-12T09:47:00.000-04:00

The end of Spring semester was a busy time for students in the Organic Crop Production class. Students visited two local businesses, Jolley Farms and Mountain Harvest Organics.

Zeb and June Jolley have their greenhouses in Canton where they grow microgreens, lettuce mixes, specialty and heirloom vegetables, herbs, and edible flowers for local grocers and upscale restaurants.

Carl and Julie operate Mountain Harvest Organics, an organic CSA farm located in Hot Springs. Their main focus is on vegetables but also offer strawberries and raise chickens and pigs to provide their customers with fresh eggs and sausage.

Hunter Safety 2011 Course Schedule

2011-05-03T10:48:00.013-04:00

The Haywood Community College Department of Natural Resources Management, in cooperation with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, will offer a series of Hunter Safety Education courses open to the general public. Classes are free of charge with no age limit.

Classes will be held on HCC campus, Building 300, Rooms 309/310 from 6:00 p.m. - 9:30p.m. Attendance is required for three consecutive evenings.

August 15-16-17
September 06-07-08
October 10-11-12
November 07-08-09

Pre-Registration is required for each session. Contact Jenny Carver, HCC Natural Resources Department to register, jcarver@haywood.edu or (828) 627-4560.

Refurbishing Greenhouse Perennial Plantings...

2011-05-03T10:35:00.002-04:00

Students enrolled in the Horticulture Technology curriculum’s Landscape Management class have been working on refurbishing the perennial bed on the right side of the greenhouse complex. The area will be utilized to house a collection of 56 different cultivars of bearded iris (Iris germanica) in a wide range of colors. The collection was donated by Alex Howe, a graduate of the program. Planting of the irises will be completed in the summer by students enrolled in Horticulture Practices. Flowers are expected next spring. (Post by John Sherman)

Mr. Haywood C. College, NRA's Newest Member?

2011-05-02T09:05:00.006-04:00

With everyone in the Department of Natural Resources Management hectic over finals, HCC becoming the first Community College to be a member of the National Rifle Association provided for a moment of comic relief . While we have many avid sportsmen and women in our department, we are still having trouble finding Mr. Haywood C. College in our roll books.

Silviculture Students Visit Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest

2011-04-28T13:18:00.003-04:00

Fish and Wildlife Management Technology students recently visited Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest as part of their Silviculture Course. Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness, created in 1975, covers 17,394 acres (70 km2) in the Nantahala National Forest in western North Carolina and the Cherokee National Forest in eastern Tennessee, in the watersheds of the Slickrock and Little Santeetlah Creeks. It is named after Joyce Kilmer, author of "Trees." The Little Santeetlah and Slickrock watersheds contain 5,926 acres (23.98 km2) of old growth forest,[1] one of the largest tracts in the United States east of the Mississippi River.

The Babcock Lumber Company logged roughly two-thirds of the Slickrock Creek watershed before the construction of Calderwood Dam in 1922 flooded the company's railroad access and put an end to logging operations in the area. In the 1930s, the U.S. Veterans of Foreign Wars asked the U.S. Forest Service to create a memorial forest for Kilmer, a poet and journalist who had been killed in World War I. After considering millions of acres of forest land throughout the U.S., the Forest Service chose an undisturbed 3,800-acre (15 km2) patch along Little Santeetlah Creek, which it dedicated as the Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest in 1936.[2] (From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyce_Kilmer-Slickrock_Wilderness)

Clip from the 2011 Mid-Atlantic Woodsmen's Team Awards Banquet

2011-04-18T17:11:00.001-04:00

HCC's Timbersports Team, First Place Finish, 2011 Mid-Atlantic Woodsmen's Meet

2011-04-18T09:12:00.007-04:00

HCC Timbersports Team took First Place Finish at the Mid-Atlantic Intercollegiate Woodsmen's Meet competition held this past weekend at Penn State Mont Alto campus.

Participating teams included Allegany College of Maryland, Haywood Community College, Montgomery Community College, Pennsylvania College of Technology and Penn State Mont Alto.

CONGRATULATIONS!!! WAY TO GO HAYWOOD

Daniel Jones, Stihl Collegiate Timbersports Champ

2011-04-18T09:11:00.011-04:00

Congratulations Daniel on your Stihl Timbersports Collegiate & Pro Series Championship. WHAT A SHOW!!!

The HCC Department of Natural Resources Management wish you the very best of luck at the upcoming Stihl Timbersports Regional Pro Series Competition (August 2011) at Salem, Oregon. Stay tuned to ESPN for live coverage this fall.

WAY TO GO HAYWOOD!!!

Honor's Day Awards...

2011-04-17T10:46:00.000-04:00

HONOR’S DAY, APRIL 12, 2011

Low Impact Development

Excellence in Education and Stewardship Award: Vicki Eastland
Candace Stimson

Fish & Wildlife Management

Excellence in Education and Stewardship Award: David Caldwell
John Michael McCormick

Academic Excellence and Professional Involvement Award: David Caldwell

Danielle Crocker

John Michael McCormick

Forest Management Technology

Excellence in Education and Stewardship Award: Douglas Shane Baker

Outstanding 2010 Summer Mensuration Crew Leader: William Daniel Jones

Outstanding 2010 Summer Mensuration Field Crew: William Daniel Jones

Jeremiah Lane

Laura Strother

Brad Whitaker

Horticulture Technology

Excellence in Education and Stewardship Award: Amanda Foote

Excellence in Teaching Recipients:

Chris Graves, Fish & Wildlife Management Faculty
Shannon Rabby, Fish & Wildlife Management Faculty

Vets Helping Vets

2011-04-05T16:06:00.000-04:00

The HCC Veteran's Club recently held their first annual walk-a-thon to help raise money for homeless veterans here in Haywood County.

The "Bob Pinkston Helping Hands Fund" was named in honor of Bob Pinkston - Navy veteran, HCC Forest Management Technology faculty member, and Vets Helping Vets supporter.

The Haywood Community College Department of Natural Resources would like to thank ALL Veteran's for their dedication and service!

Expert Squirrel Hunters

2011-03-30T08:23:00.003-04:00

Bob Pinkston (Forestry Instructor) and Daniel Jones (Forest Management Technology Student) are expert squirrel hunters. As part of a student activity the SGA has been hiding a wooden squirrel each week and offering a cash prize to the student that finds it. Congratulations Daniel. Just goes to show that you do not need to be a "wildlifer" to be an expert hunter!

2011 Southeastern Wildlife Conclave: Auburn University, Alabama

2011-03-25T11:05:00.000-04:00

HCC wins 3rd Place Overall at Auburn University!!! Congratulations Students and Faculty on a job well done. HCC was the only 2-year college competing against several 4-year Universities at the Southeastern Wildlife Conclave in Alamaba this past weekend.

HCC Quiz Bowl Team took Second Place - Way to Go Haywood!

Several Haywood team members placed First, Second, Third, and beyond in individual competitions such as wild game calling, art, team field competition, and canoeing. What an event - it was hot!!!! My personal favorite was the field trip to Raptor Center.

A SIGN OF THE TIMES

2011-03-24T15:55:00.003-04:00

The HCC Forestry Club has recently adopted a stretch of highway near the College. This week the "Adopt the Highway" sign was posted. Go Haywood!

LID Capstone Project Taking Shape....

2011-03-23T19:30:00.002-04:00

Low Impact Development is one of the newest curriculum programs at HCC. Candace Stimson is one of the pioneering group of LID students at HCC being led by our LID instructor Tamara Graham.

The project was part of the mitigation that was required with the disposal site construction and sediment removal project that will be completed at Lake Junaluska next winter. All of this was made possible with the NC Water Resources grant that Lake Junaluska was awarded in September.

Candace created the plans for the project, developed the plant lists, coordinated the plantings with HCC students (Thanks BIO 120 Botany Students!), and managed the project. Dave McKay, of RCF Construction, helped with the excavation, hauling, and grading.

Organic Crop Production Project

2011-03-15T14:49:00.015-04:00

Members of the Organic Crop Production class recently visited Bethel Eden Farms, a local greenhouse business specializing in vegetables. Their "assignment" for the day was to assist the owners in building a plastic covered quonset-style hoophouse. This gave the students an opportunity to develop hands-on skills in the techniques of erecting a greenhouse structure from scratch. By days end the frames had all been erected. Support braces and the plastic covering will be added at a later date.

HCC Forest Management Students Visit Dupont State Forest

2011-03-14T13:14:00.005-04:00

As part of their capstone course, students in the forest management technology program recently visited DuPont State Forest. Mr. David Brown, DSF Forest Supervisor, gave an excellent tour. Topics included: hemlock woolly adelgid eradication efforts, forest recreation, BMPs, continuous forest inventories, and American chestnut reestablishment.

The DuPont State Forest is located in the Blue Ridge Mountains between Hendersonville and Brevard, North Carolina. Its 10,400 acres of forest feature four major waterfalls on the Little River and several on the Grassy Creek.
The original 7600 acre forest was established in 1996 through a generous bargain sale from the DuPont Corporation. In 2000, the Forest was expanded by two property additions, including the spectacular 2200 acre tract in the center of the Forest containing High Falls, Triple Falls, and Bridal Veil Falls. (From: http://www.dupontforest.com/)

LID Student Interns at SAHC

2011-03-06T12:43:00.000-05:00

For the complete story of Candace's Internship go to the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy Winter Newsletter (page 15).

Biltmore Landscape Manager Lectures to Horticulture Students

2011-03-03T17:21:00.001-05:00

Bill Quade, Landscape Manager at Biltmore Estate in Asheville, NC, recently gave a talk to Landscape Management I students enrolled in the HCC Horticulture Technology Program. The Biltmore is currently offering gardening internships to students with horticulture/plant science training. Accepted students will have the opportunity to apply classroom knowledge in a real-world setting, while increasing future employment opportunities and building professional skills.

Internships are available that focus on a wide range of horticulture areas: arboriculture, field-to-table food production, greenhouse production, historic garden preservation, outdoor display garden installation, turf maintenance, and integrated pest management. Although no housing is provided, interns will receive monetary compensation while working at one of the most prestigious garden estates in the Southeast. Interested individuals may download additional information and application forms at www.biltmore.com/careers/horticulture. (post by John Sherman)

Spring 'Fire' Training

2011-03-03T17:12:00.001-05:00

On March 2nd, 2011, Forestry students at Haywood Community College had a little hands on learning with a controlled burn at Dupont State Forest. Ranger David Brown, seen at the far left of the photo, is leading the Forest Fire Management class of freshmen and sophomores down the service road on the lookout for potential spot-overs. A new part time instructor, retired Forest Service FMO, Ronnie Carnes, is the fire instructor for the class and has 30 years experience with fire crews in the region and is actually a Haywood Community College graduate. Justin Kearse is the photographer and a current Forest Management student. (post by Bob Pinkston)

2011 Game of Logging...

2011-03-01T08:53:00.002-05:00

"(The BEST!) The class of Level one and two, Game of Logging Course! HCC took 6 of 8 placements!!!!!!!!...and that's all I gotta say 'bout that." (quote from Guest Blogger and HCC Forestry Student Tommy Cho Riley.)

Congrats to the Team and way to dominate the competition!

5th Annual Wild Game Dinner FRIDAY FEB 25th

2011-02-23T09:17:00.004-05:00

The 5th Annual Wild Game Dinner hosted by HCC's Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Club will be held on Friday, February 25 at the Haywood County Fairgrounds. Event begins at 6:00 p.m.

Bring your favorite wild game dish, veggies or dessert (Bread & Drinks provided) NOTE: Electricity will be provided for crock pots!

Requested Donation: $10 per person ($5 if you bring a dish)
Action-packed Drawings, Silent and Live Auctions
Grand Prize: North Carolina Lifetime Sportsman License (Hunting/Fishing)
Live Music!
Calling Competition (Open to Everyone!)
Game and Non-Game - bring your calls

For more information, contact Jenny Carver, HCC Department of Natural Resources, at jcarver@haywood.edu or (828) 627-4560

Driving Directions:
From Asheville - Take I-40 West. Take exit 27 (Hwy 19/23). Take exit 104 toward Lake Junaluska/East Waynesville/Hot Springs. Turn LEFT onto Hwy 209/Crabtree Road. Go 1/2 mile, the Haywood County Fairgrounds is on the right.

From Sylva - Take Hwy 23/74 East. Take exit 104 toward Lake Junaluska/East Waynesville/Hot Springs. Turn LEFT onto Hwy 209/Crabtree Road. Go 1/2 mile, the Haywood County Fairgrounds is on the right.

HCC Forestry Club Adopts Highway

2011-02-23T08:17:00.006-05:00

The HCC Forestry Club recently adopted a section of Hospital Drive near HCC's Main Campus. Shown from left to right are: Hunter Edmundson, Andy Fitzsimmons, Dillon Michael, Caleb Ferrel, Clinton Wickers, Myles Arnette, Casey Straganc, and Joseph Lineberger.

The club plans on cleaning the section of highway by HCC's main campus once a month.

APSAF

2011-02-21T16:15:00.000-05:00

On January the 26th, 27th, and 28th, 2011, Forest Management Instructors, Blair Bishop and Bob Pinkston, took a van full of freshmen and sophomore students to the regional Society of American Foresters (Appalachian Society) conference held in the beautiful city of Charleston, South Carolina. This trip offers students the opportunity to hear seminars on exactly what is currently happening in the profession of forest management in the United States and can give them some insight as to the employment paths that will be available when they graduate here at Haywood Community College. They also have the chance to mingle with students in forestry at other colleges attending these conferences. Besides Haywood; N.C. State, Clemson, Virginia Tech, Horry-Georgetown Technical College, and Warren Wilson were present with students, and all got the chance to tour the historic city with a guide discussing urban forestry techniques. Bob and Blair took students out for supper on Thursday evening and walked through the historic streets at night admiring all the beautiful architecture. Students mostly enjoyed spending time with all the vendors displaying and showing how to use all the wonderful technological gadgets we hope to be able to use in our careers to get the data from the field to the office. Before leaving on Friday, we took the students just outside of the city to see the historic, 300 year old live oak, Quercus virginiana (The Angle Tree), and the pictures show just how massive this tree truly is. (Post by Bob Pinkston)

Biltmore Conifer Tour

2011-02-16T09:25:00.017-05:00

Students in Plant Materials 2 visited Biltmore Estates early this week to tour their collection of conifer species. Many unusual specimens were observed including Florida stinking cedar (Torreya taxifolia), Nordmann fir (Abies nordmanniana) and Japanese umbrella-pine (Sciadopitys verticillata).

New Face on Conservancy Board

2011-02-14T15:15:00.009-05:00

HCC's Dr. Milton (Buddy) Tignor was elected to the Board of Trustees of the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy recently. Dr. Tignor chairs the Department of Natural Resources Management at Haywood Community College, which is known for the best two-year degrees in natural resources fields in the country.

The mission of the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy, a land trust, is to conserve the unique plant and animal habitat, clean water, local farmland and scenic beauty of the mountains of North Carolina and east Tennessee for the benefit of present and future generations.

(article published in Smoky Mountain News, Feb. 2-8, 2011, Vol. 12 Iss. 36), photo courtesy of HCC Marketing & Communications Dept.)

Congratulations Buddy, you rock!!!

2011 Boating Safety Course Schedule

2011-02-09T09:32:00.007-05:00

Haywood Community College
Building 300, Rooms 309/310
6:00 pm - 9:30 pm

May 2 & 3
June 13 & 14
July 18 & 19

HCC's Department of Natural Resources Management in cooperation with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission will offer a series of Boating Safety Education Training Courses during 2011. Participants must attend two consecutive evenings in order to receive certification. Courses are offered as a community service (free of charge) with no age limit restrictions; however, pre-registration is required. To register, please contact Jenny Carver, HCC Natural Resources Department, at jcarver@haywood.edu or (828) 627-4560.

HCC Veteran's Day Celebration

2011-02-09T08:38:00.004-05:00

Photos from November 11, 2010
HCC Campus Celebration

Plant Rescue on Campus

2011-02-08T11:54:00.003-05:00

Students in two horticulture technology classes (Landscape Management I and Specialty Crops) had the opportunity to be involved in a plant rescue on the HCC main campus. Students worked with Vicki Eastland on her capstone project for the Low Impact Development Program. Efforts concentrated on digging native plants from an area where construction of the new creative arts building will occur. Plants rescued included Christmas fern, doghobble, flowering dogwood, American holly, white pine, rose bay rhododendron, mountain laurel, and others. Students potted the plants which are being stored in the horticulture nursery area until they can be planted out elsewhere on campus once construction is complete. (post by John Sherman)

February Hunter Safety Course

2011-02-08T08:37:00.004-05:00

February 21, 22, 23
6:00 pm - 9:30 pm, Rooms 309/310
Haywood Community College Campus, Building 300

HCC's Department of Natural Resources Management in cooperation with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission will offer a Hunter Safety Education Training Course in February. Course was canceled in December due to inclement weather and campus closure.

Participants must attend three consecutive evenings in order to receive certification. Course is offered as a community service and is free of charge. There is no age limit; however, pre-registration is required. To register, please contact Jenny Carver, HCC Natural Resources Department, at jcarver@haywood.edu or (828) 627-4560.

HCC Student Chapter of The Society Of American Foresters Attends 90th APSAF meeting

2011-02-07T17:00:00.003-05:00

The HCC Student Chapter of the Society of American Foresters recently attended the annual APSAF (Appalachian Society of American Foresters) meeting held in Charleston, South Carolina. The topic of this year's meeting was, "The Road Before Us: Does It Look Like Anything We Have Seen Before?". HCC chapter members were able to hear from professional foresters, researchers, and other natural resources professionals on how emerging timber markets (woody biomass, cellulosic ethanol, and carbon credits) will impact the demand for forests and forest products. In addition to the technical sessions, students were able to network with potential employers, university faculty and staff, and also their peers from other colleges and universities.

Two highlights of the conference were an urban forestry tour lead by foresters from the City of Charleston and MeadWestvaco and a visit to the "Angel Tree" which is proclaimed to be the oldest living tree east of the Rockies.

We greatly appreciate all those that provided financial support, without your help many of our students would have not been able to attend. Special thanks to: HCC Foundation, The Kenny P. Funderburke Educational Endowment, North Carolina Division of SAF, and Mr. and Mrs. Tom and Cathy Bishop.

Forestry Club Spring 2011

2011-01-25T08:18:00.000-05:00

Members pictured left to right, bottom to top (01/24/11)

Row 1 (Bottom): Andy Fitzsimmons, Daniel Jones (Club Secretary/Treasurer), Kendall Judge, Bob Pinkston (faculty advisor)

Row 2: Shane Baker (Club Vice-President), Craig Oliver, Miles Arnette (Woodsmen's Team Captain), Laura Strother (President), Dalton Drennon, Joe Lowdermilk, Erin Kearse, Diane Hall-Houston, Casey Strgnac

Row 3: Joseph Lineberger, Clinton Wickers, Brad Benton, Justin Kearse, Melvin Houston, Jimmy Lawrence (Coach)

Row 4 (Top): Blair Bishop (faculty advisor), Austin Baggerly, Hunter Edmundson

(Not Pictured: Kyle Childers, Caleb Farrell, James Judge, Josh Justice, Dillon Michaels, John Morrow, Phillip Moss, Zach Ritter, Kirby Shipman, Chris Steely, Bill Sweeney, Keith Thompson and Bradley Whitaker)

Project Learning Tree

2011-01-25T08:14:00.001-05:00

In the Forest Management curriculum we try to help students receive additional certifications that will help them stand out as a potential employee when submitting a resume for posted job openings in the field of forestry. Some state level and federal level foresters are required to receive a number of EE (environmental education) training hours per year for pay grade advancement and one of those that is recognized is the Project Learning Tree Training certification for environmental education presentation for grades Pre-K through 12.

This course teaches students to use the PLT activity guide to present and educate those age classes about environmental interactions with biotic and abiotic components of different ecosystems and also explains, with interactive activities, ecological issues we face within our forests. Forest Management and Wildlife Management students spent all day last Friday being trained by Forest Rangers from the Holmes Educational State Forest on how to use the manual to go out and present the various activities to all of the age groups mentioned. After doing many of the activities in small groups with the Rangers observing, the class was awarded training certificates for Project Learning Tree.

In February we will be offering Leave No Trace, (LNT) awareness certification for back country ethics to any students that are interested in building more certification to submit with a resume in the future. The pictures with this post shows the class with the Rangers showing off the new awards and one of the interactive skits they were doing that day. (Post by Bob Pinkston)

United Nations Celebrates 2011 as 'International Year of the Forests'

2011-01-10T21:02:00.003-05:00

http://www.un.org/en/events/iyof2011/index.shtml

LID Student Candace Stimson Co-op with the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy

2010-12-20T12:16:00.000-05:00

This fall semester 2nd year LID student Candace Stimson completed a 160 hour Co-op Work Experience with the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy (SAHC). Her range of duties included working with Conservancy staff and volunteers to eradicate aggressive exotics on conservation easements and updating the Conservancy's vast database by scanning recorded written agreements. Her experience provided extensive networking opportunities and the chance to learn in depth about the Conservancy's mission to protect Western North Carolina's exceptional natural resources for future generations, as well as breathtaking hikes through some of the region's most stunning landscapes. (post by Tamara Graham)

LID Students tour Rich Cove Landslide Site

2010-12-20T12:11:00.001-05:00

LID Students toured the Rich Cove Landslide site this November with Maggie Valley planning Director Nathan Clark and Town Manager Timothy Barth as part of their study of stream restoration and erosion control in the mountains. The Town of Maggie Valley led efforts to secure funding and stabilize the site following devastating landslides that occurred in February of this year. The slide extended 3000' from the top of the mountain, the location of the currently closed Ghost Town in the Sky amusement park, severely degrading streams and damaging several homes in its path. Lead partners in the restoration effort included the Town of Maggie Valley, the US Department of Agriculture (through Emergency Watershed Protection funding) and the North Carolina Department of Transportation. Engineers used sediment basins, erosion control fabric, live stakes and coconut fiber logs to stabilize the site and facilitate reforestation. (Post by Tamara Graham)

Online lecture goes international.....

2010-12-20T07:54:00.002-05:00

An introduction to Forest Resources lecture (FOR 171) was recently translated into Hebrew. The lecture was created by Dr. Jim Hamilton (adjunct instructor for HCC, and Watagua County Extension Director). An educational group contacted Jim and requested permission to utilize his materials in their courses.

The request came from the Davidson Institute of Science Education.

"The Davidson Institute of Science Education nurtures the scientific, mathematical, and technological education of students, teachers and the public in Israel and abroad. The Institute, a not-for-profit organization, is located on the campus of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, about a half hour south of Tel Aviv."
http://davidson.weizmann.ac.il/

LID Student Co-Op Work Experience

2010-12-16T16:58:00.000-05:00

2nd year LID student Vicki Eastland recently completed her Co-op Work Experience with Ambient Design Group, an engineering and landscape architecture firm in Asheville, North Carolina. As part of her 160 hour internship, which she began this summer, Vicki assisted with permitting, site inventory and analysis, and gained experience with the design and construction process. She presented one of the firm's projects, in which Ambient evaluated erosion control measures on a major construction project in Asheville and made recommendations, in detail with other LID students this fall. Vicki has recently accepted an employment position with Ambient Design Group and will work with them part time this spring as she continues her study of LID at Haywood. Her goal is to complete the Program in 2011. (post by Tamara Graham)

DNRM Faculty actively recruit throughout the region...

2010-12-15T16:32:00.000-05:00

Forestry Instructor, Bob Pinkston and Wildlife Instructor, Shannon Rabby went to Hayesville High School on Friday December 3rd, 2010, to talk with Mr Jones and his class of students about the wildlife and forestry curricula offered at Haywood Community College. We have had outstanding students from that high school in previous years and hope to continue with great results from these types of visits. If you are interested in having both of us or either one of us to come speak to your high school, please contact us by e-mail at; bpinkston@haywood.edu or srabby@haywood.edu , and we will make arrangements to come talk about our programs and job potential in these two fields of study. Many times our current students like for us to go back to their schools to recruit and get young people from where they grew up to come to HCC and see how awesome it is to take these classes we offer. As you can see in the photos, 4 current sophomores went with us to spread the word about HCC. Mr. Jones's son Daniel, seen in one picture, is almost ready to graduate from both programs. We love to visit and show the enthusiasm we have for what we do and how wonderful the careers are that allow us and our graduates to work in our forests of America and some have even gone overseas to offer help in managing natural resources. Please contact Shannon or me, Bob, if you would like us to come speak with you. Have a wonderful holiday season and as do most of my fellow faculty, we look forward to returning next semester and doing what we truly love to do.(post by Bob Pinkston)

Rain, Snow, Sleet, and Hail just like the Postal Service finals are here and DNRM Students rise to the challenge!

2010-12-15T11:46:00.005-05:00

Rain, Snow, Sleet, and Hail just like the Postal Service finals are here and DNRM Students rise to the challenge! Even though the temperatures outside our in the single digits, HCC forestry and wildlife management students "Ain't Scared" and will complete their finals today. Good Luck!

Purchase a 2011 Wildlife Calendar Today!!!

2010-12-14T13:41:00.001-05:00

The HCC Student Chapter of The Wildlife Society is attempting to raise funds through the sale of “homemade” wildlife calendars for 2011! Call Jenny Carver to purchase one at 828-627-4560. All of the pictures are excellent quality and taken by students or student chapter advisors. They are $12 each. Please consider supporting our student chapter members through this fundraising effort. (post by Chris Graves)

Is this really fun? .....

2010-12-10T16:24:00.001-05:00

Wildlife Botany
Final Lab Practical
140 Specimens, 93 Slide Pics, and 2-Part Written Exam

I have to say that most wildlife students are not thrilled about the idea of the Wildlife Botany course when they first walk through our doors. However, this course is turning out graduates that are way ahead of many other wildlife graduates across the country when it comes to identifying herbaceous plants, vines, shrubs, and others not traditionally covered during a Dendrology course. This is a field-oriented course where we guarantee at least 250 important plants found in the Southeast. Each one has significant values. These range from non-native invasive plants that need to be eradicated or controlled, and others that provide important resources various wildlife species need at some point during their life cycle. So although many of our students don’t truly appreciate the course as they comb over the curriculum during that first visit to the College. They gain an understanding and appreciation for the information during the course. Moreover, my favorite part is when I get an e-mail or phone call from a graduate that says “Hey Graves, that botany course has paid off!”..... It truly does. I’m starting to think that it’s my favorite course to teach. (post by Chris Graves)

Forestry Field Tour of the NC Piedmont and Upper Coastal Plain

2010-12-09T08:11:00.006-05:00

HCC Sophomore Forest Management Technology students recently returned from a forestry field tour of the lower piedmont and upper coastal plain of North Carolina.
Stops included:
• A tour of the North Carolina Forest Service’s, Caldridge Nursery, to discuss nursery operation and NCDFR tree improvement programs.

• Campus tour of the College of Natural Resources at North Carolina State University by Forestry Department Chair, Dr. Barry Goldfarb.

• Tour of the Hill Forest with Mr. Joe Cox, NCSU Forest Manager, to view and discuss silviculture practices and forest management techniques used in the piedmont and upper coastal plain.

• Tour of Bolin Brook Farm with Consulting Forester Jerry Gaertner RF# 673. Mr. Gaertner discussed forest management on both private and conservancy lands.

• Tour of the Duke Forest with Mr. Michael Burke (HCC Forest Management Alumni Class of 1984). Students were shown several forest research projects including a Department of Energy carbon sequestration study investigating the effects of additional CO2 levels on forests.

MANY THANKS TO ALL OF OUR HOSTS FOR MAKING THIS FIELD TOUR A SUCCESS!

One of Haywood's Finest Still Going Strong !!!

2010-12-02T10:06:00.002-05:00

Erin Bellavia Wins Huge National Scholarship and
Recently Selected as Outstanding Student of Fall Camp 2010 at UT.

Complete story available here. (Post by Chris Graves)

Dendrology in GSMNP...

2010-11-30T07:56:00.001-05:00

On November 22 and 23, Dendrology classes took an all day field trip to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park for a field presentation of an old historic trail system just past Smokemont campground. National Park Interpretive Ranger, Jay Johnstone, guided the classes on a short hike up the trail and pointed out the historic significance of the area and students were quizzed on bottomland tree species while on this, the first hike, of the day. After Ranger Johnstone finished his tour and spoke of job opportunities within the park system and just how to get your foot in the door, the class ventured up the mountain to Newfound Gap, another area of very important historical significance. From there, the class hit the Appalachian Trail and hiked 4.5 miles out, 9 miles round trip, to Charlie's Bunyon and got to see the species composition of the high elevation trail averaging about 5,800 feet above sea level. Haywood Community College is in such a unigue setting in Western North Carolina, students have the chance to experience first hand, forest types, ranging from forest bottom lands, around 2,500 feet, up to over 6,000 feet in elevation. All the species diversity here
makes this one of the finest dendrology lap settings in all of the United States. (post by Pinkston)

Annual Poinsettia Sale !!!

2010-11-29T14:10:00.002-05:00

Sale of poinsettias grown as part of the Greenhouse Operations class
begins today (November 29) and runs through Friday, December 10. Plants may be purchased from noon-1:00, and again from 3:00-5:00 at the horticulture greenhouse area. Prices are very reasonable ($3.00 each or 4 plants for $10.00) with monies raised being utilized to support other teaching efforts in the Horticulture Technology Program. This year,multiple colors are available (red, pink and white). (Post by John Sherman)

Wildlife Botany Field Trip to the Coastal Plain; More Than Just Plants!

2010-11-22T20:52:00.001-05:00

Haywood Wildlife Students in the FWL 124 Wildlife Botany course were actively involved in more than just plant identification during their recent field trip to the Coastal Plain of South Carolina and Georgia. Students were able to assist the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service with a white-tailed deer and hog hunt for disabled hunters. This involved assisting with locating and collecting harvested animals in the field, and assisting hunters to their vehicles and back to the check-in station. Furthermore, students collected data from the harvested animals, educated hunters about the biological information gathered at the station, and even cleaned the animals for each successful hunter. This is what it’s all about at Haywood Community College. We attempt to provide students training in every aspect of the wildlife profession. And, we never turn down a great educational opportunity like this one! Happy Thanksgiving. (post by Chris Graves).

Shook House Service Project

2010-11-16T14:34:00.012-05:00

Members of the HCC horticulture club recently worked on landscape improvements at the Shook House in Clyde. This structure is the oldest home in Haywood County and has been placed on the National Historical Registry for its importance and history within the community. Students planted, pruned, mulched and transplanted. Most of the landscaping over the years has been accomplished by student participation either through lab work or club activity.

Dendrology Lab visits Max Patch....

2010-11-11T19:36:00.000-05:00

Dendrology students from both the Fish and Wildlife and Forest Management Programs had a plant materials quiz this week at Max Patch. The lab finished on top allowing the students some much needed time to relax.

Improvements on The Japanese Garden at the Horticulture Complex

2010-11-01T17:30:00.000-04:00

Horticulture Technology students have been busy refurbishing and augmenting the plantings in the Japanese Garden located behind the Horticulture Technology greenhouse. Donations made by the Haywood Master Gardener Volunteer Association and the Waynesville Garden Club in the 2009-2010 academic year allowed the improvements, giving the students experience in pond construction while enhancing the educational capacity of the garden in terms of increased botanical diversity. Students in the spring semester Landscape Management I class removed the stone coping from around the old pond, replaced the leaky liner, and added a new pump and filter system. This semester, students in the Landscape Design I course have added new plantings including such specimen plants as Cornus kousa ‘Wolf Eyes’ (a variegated dogwood native to Japan, China and Korea), and Cryptomeria japonica ‘Black Dragon’ (a dwarf Japanese cedar). Students will continue to make improvements on the garden throughout the semester, and the garden should be ready for full display by the spring.

Horticulture Tours

2010-10-28T17:13:00.001-04:00

Horticulture instructor George Thomas recently took several field trips with his freshman and sophomore horticulture classes. Students had the opportunity to visist the the Biltmore Estates (grounds and conservatory) and a local plant nursery.

LID 112 Students tour Lake Junaluska and Stuart Circle with Buddy Young, Lake Junaluska Director of Residential Services

2010-10-26T16:10:00.000-04:00

Instructor Tamara Graham and LID 112 students Vicki Eastland, Candace Stimson, Murphy Brown, Steven Payne and Charles Walker toured Lake Junaluska by boat on a glorious October fall day. Boat captain Buddy Young, also the Director of Residential Services for Lake Junaluska, led students on the tour along with Janet Manning, Horticulture Director of the Corneille Bryan Native Plant Garden. From the perspective of the water, LID students learned about the impact of stormwater runoff, particularly erosion, on the shoreline of the lake and the community's ongoing efforts to mitigate disturbance through measures such as establishing riparian vegetation on the banks. Students then toured the site of a proposed rain garden in the historic Stuart Circle neighborhood of Lake Junaluska which is adjacent to the Bryan Native Plant Gardens. As part of their LID 112 class, student will be working with the Lake Junaluska community on plans to enhance the stream bank and infiltrate stormwater runoff closer to its source to help alleviate problems such as erosion experienced downstream.

Timbersports Team 2010 - 2011

2010-10-15T08:32:00.000-04:00

Haywood Community College's Winning Team for the 15th Annual John G. Palmer's Woodsmen's Meet!!!

Wildlife Botany Students Participate In the 7th Eastern Native Grass Symposium Cumberland Mountains, TN

2010-10-14T15:58:00.001-04:00

The first field tour, “Big Bottoms”, was converted about 40 years ago from mixed pine-hardwoods to loblolly pine plantations for fiber production. The loblolly pine stands were thinned to a much lower basal area, and are now being managed with prescribed fire to encourage growth of native grasses and forbs in the understory. The overall conservation goals for this portion of the Cumberland region are exciting and include dynamic partnerships across several different agencies and other conservation partners. The second field tour was at Catoosa Wildlife Management Area (WMA). We were able to see what is believed to be the largest oak savannah restoration project east of the Mississippi River. The project resulted from the harvest of southern pine beetle-damaged trees (i.e. primarily shortleaf pine) from a mixed pine-hardwood forest in 1999, followed by prescribed fire. A rich community of native grasses and forbs responded to the opening of the forest canopy and fire management. Today, there are approximately 1,500 acres of savannah on the site with a projected goal of over 3,700 acres! During this field tour, we were able to observe a logging crew selectively harvesting one of the research /management units on Catoosa WMA. It was definitely a highlight to experience management in action! Special thanks to Billy Minser, Pat Keyser, Craig Harper, Clarence Coffee, Carl Kilmer, and especially Terry Hewn for the grand tour of Catoosa WMA. Thank you all for helping make this happen! (Post by Chris Graves)

Forest Management Technology Students Visit Rust Screening Center

2010-10-13T16:56:00.006-04:00

As part of their forest protection class students recently visited the rust screening center located at Bent Creek. The Resistance Screening Center established in 1973 evaluates seedling materials for resistance to disease - primarily fusiform rust and pitch canker as a service to tree improvement specialists, seed orchard managers, scientists, and others in government agencies, research institutions, and private industry. Testing enables clients to obtain information on the relative resistance of their materials, in much less time than is possible in field progeny tests. By using information from these tests, trees producing disease resistant progeny are identified. The center has developed aditional disease resistance screening procedures developed as disease problems have increased or changed. These include: Pitch canker disease, pitch canker seed fungi, chestnut blight, dogwood anthracnose, butternut canker decline, brown spot needle blight, white pine blister rust, specific gravity. (From: http://www.fs.fed.us/r8/foresthealth/programs/rsc/rsc.shtml)

Cataloochee Elk

2010-10-13T07:51:00.000-04:00

On October the 12th, the Dendrology lab took a field study trip into Cataloochee Valley to continue looking at tree species composition within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. We will begin winter tree identification in the coming weeks and learn to ID the 100 species we have already learned with leaves attached to them, now only by twig characteristics and winter buds. A secondary treat to this annual field trip is, not only the peak colors of all of the tree species we have here near campus, but, the peak bugling season for the Elk herds that have been reintroduced into the park. In the pictures provided with this blog, you can see the class with the spotting scope getting very up close and personal to these beautiful animals. They also got the chance to hear the warning calls to young bulls from a dominate male as well as males alerting the females that they are nearby. We almost got a chance to see the big male go head to head with a young bold male looking for some action of his own before he realized confronting a male twice his size would not end well. Some of the students also got great video and audio of the voicing on their new high technology cell phones. What a wonderful place to go to school. (Post by Bob Pinkston)

HCC Woodsmen's Team takes First Place

2010-10-07T11:13:00.006-04:00

Cradle of Forestry in America
Forest Festival Day
October 2, 2010

Quiz Bowl 3rd Place Team – Shane Baker, Johnny Manuel, Chris Steely, Bill Sweeney Dendrology 1st Place Team – Shane Baker, Bill Sweeney; 2nd Place Team – Johnny Manuel, Laura Strother
Archery 1st Place Team – Trevor Lauber, Craig Oliver
Team Log Roll 4th Place Team – Heather Franklin, Vance Hagan, Zach Ritter, Kirby Shipman
Orienteering 4th Place – Dillon Michael
Standing Block Chop/Male 1st Place – Daniel Jones
Pulp Toss for Accuracy 3rd Place Team – Caleb Ferrell, Heather Franklin, Vance Hagan, Josh Justice, Dillon Michael, Kirby Shipman; 4th Place Team – Andy Fitzsimmons, James Judge, Kendall Judge, Justin Kearse, Joseph Lineberger, Laura Strother

Axe Throw/Female 3rd Place – Heather Franklin
Axe Throw/Male 3rd Place – Josh Justice
Pole Fell 4th Place Team – Miles Arnette, Kyle Childers
Pole Climb/Female 1st Place – Danielle Crocker

Pole Climb/Male 1st Place – Hunter Edmundson; 3rd Place – Zach Ritter
Cross Cut/Male 3rd Place – Joseph Lineberger, Kirby Shipman; 4th Place – Andy Fitzsimmons, Kendall Judge
Cross Cut/Female 2nd Place – Erin Kearse, Laura Strother
Cross Cut/Jack & Jill 2nd Place – Andy Fitzsimmons, Laura Strother
Single Buck/Male 1st Place – Daniel Jones; 2nd Place – James Judge

Bolt Split/Female 1st Place – Laura Strother; 4th Place – Chize Love
Bolt Split/Male 1st Place – Kirby Shipman; 4th Place – Preston Winters

Chain Saw/Female 2nd Place – Erin Kearse; 4th Place – Heather Franklin

Chain Saw/Male 2nd Place – James Judge
Horizontal Speed Chop/Male 1st Place – Daniel Jones

2010 Woodsmen’s Meet Overall Placement
1st Place Haywood Community College – 119 points
2nd Place Penn State Mont Alto – 92 points
3rd Place N.C. State University – 69 points
4th Place Virginia Tech – 43 points
5th Place Montgomery Community College – 40 points

CONGRATULATIONS HAYWOOD!!!

15th Annual John G. Palmer Woodsmen's Meet

2010-10-06T10:13:00.000-04:00

Haywood Community College took 1st Overall in the 15th Annual John G. Palmer Woodsmen's Meet. Check back to this post to see updated photos. The images are starting to trickle in!

Recent Graduate Takes HCC Forestry Skills to the Big City....

2010-10-06T10:00:00.000-04:00

The crew used chain saws and axes to cut downed trees into smaller parts. Dawn Salley, 29, at right, counted the rings of a tree to find it was 68 years old.

....This appeared in the NEW YORK TIMES. Link to full article. (Post by Blair Bishop)