Great news from Virginia Tech forestry professor Dr. John Seiler!
On Friday April 27, 2012 the Virginia Tech College of Natural Resources and Environment Faculty Association passed a resolution for the preservation of Stadium Woods. Virginia Tech’s College of Natural Resources and Environment is the only comprehensive education, research, and outreach program in natural resources in the state. Specific departments and faculty members in the college are considered among the best nationally by many measures. The college’s science-based programs address the biological, economic, social and human elements of resource management and instill in students a sense of stewardship and land-use ethics. This environmental ethic can be seen lived out by the support received by college alumni and current students for preserving the 11 acre, urban old growth forest on the Virginia Tech campus known as Stadium Woods. The college’s graduates are prepared to take an active role in finding new and better ways to conserve, use, and sustain the nation’s vital natural resources including the unique and rare treasures that collectively make up Stadium Woods.
