WVa Workshop Will Address Firewood Processing

Posted on August 23, 2012 by

Image Courtesy of NC Cooperative Extension

Extension agents and firewood-related businesses are invited to attend the Profitable Firewood Processing Workshop, Sept. 27, at the Wood Education and Resource Center, Princeton, W.Va. The day-long workshop (9 a.m. – 4 p.m.) is hosted by the Wood Products Extension Department at North Carolina State University, Wood Education and Resource Center and Independent Sawmill and Woodlot Magazine.

This workshop will address business issues of the firewood processing industry, including sales and marketing of firewood, selecting equipment for processing and packaging firewood, dry kiln drying methods and equipment, heating systems for dry kilns, insect problems and firewood quarantines, financing options for firewood businesses, sourcing logs for firewood operations, what brokers and firewood buyers want in specifications from firewood producers and market research methods for finding firewood buyers.

The workshop is open to the firewood industry, including firewood processing equipment vendors, dry kiln and wood boiler manufacturers, firewood brokers and chain store buyers, Cooperative Extension wood products specialists and professors, county Extension agents, landowners, foresters, state forestry departments, forestry non-profit organizations and others who want to learn the latest information about firewood processing.

Cost to attend is $35. For more information, contact: Harry Watt, N.C. State University, harry_watt@ncsu.edu or 704-880-5034. WERC project website: www.cnr.ncsu.edu/woodworkshops.

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Reception to Honor Dean Brown

Posted on May 11, 2012 by

Please join the College of Natural Resources at the J.C. Raulston Arboretum on June 19, 2012 from 4-6pm for a retirement reception honoring Dean Robert (Bob) Brown’s service to NC State University where he has been dean of the CNR since 2006.

Dr. Brown and his wife, Regan, will remain in the Raleigh area after retirement. Together they recently established the Bob and Regan Brown Endowed Scholarship in Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology to provide support for incoming freshman. The first recipient will enter the program at NC State in Fall 2012.

Come and wish him well in his retirement. All are welcome.
DETAILS & RSVP

Information on the Dean Search is available at http://go.ncsu.edu/cnrdean

CNR Dean Candidate Interviews Scheduled

Posted on May 11, 2012 by

On-campus interviews for three Dean of the College of Natural Resources candidates will begin next week.

Open Forums to which the entire NC State community is invited are set for:

Thursday, May 17, 2:00-3:30 pm
Janaki R.R. Alavalapati

Monday, May 21, 2:00-3:30 pm
Mary Catherine Watzin

Wednesday, May 23, 2:00-3:30 pm
Stephen S. Kelley

All forums will be located in the Jordan Hall Addition, Room 1216. Candidates will each make a brief presentation and a question and answer session will follow.

The candidates’ resumes and complete interview schedules are available at http://www.ncsu.edu/human_resources/ESS/CNR-Dean/index.php

CNR Proud to be NCSU Earth Day Sponsor

Posted on April 19, 2012 by

NC State University is celebrating Earth Day this week and the College of Natural Resources is proud to be a 2012 sponsor and campus partner.

: Join CNR on The Brickyard – April 20th 10am – 2pm

NC State’s College of Natural Resoures – The Place for Green Careers

We are especially looking forward to tomorrow’s Brickyard Celebration from 10am to 2pm. CNR has 10 student organizations, academic programs, and research groups joining the long list of exhibitors planning to be there.

The weather is predicted to be fine, so come join us! Make some new friends, play some games, learn about our degrees/research/service and our commitment to living and working sustainably on the Earth! #PackEarthDay

Natural Resources Dean Paddles for Hope

Posted on February 15, 2012 by

Dr. Bob Brown, Dean of the College of Natural Resources at NC State University, will be one of nine kayakers participating in the Hope Floats 9-day, 225 mile kayak trip this April.

The group will paddle from Raleigh to Beaufort down the Neuse River. Hope Floats is part of the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life campaign, which raises funds through walks, runs, bike trips and kayak trips. The group is limited to 9 paddlers for the entire trip, but others are invited to join this group for one-day trips. The group has set a fund-raising goal of $ 5,000, but hopes to raise much more. Each paddler has an individual fund-raising goal.

Along the way, a “Reserve Team” will follow along by car, helping to establish camps each night and prepare meals. Each paddler pays $ 150 to cover the expenses – in addition to the fund raising.

Brown has done kayaking and canoe trips before. When he came to NCSU in 2006, his photo was taken with a kayak – and he in suit and tie. Brown got started in canoeing as a Scoutmaster and Boy Scout Venturing Crew Leader, twice taking groups to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in Minnesota.

He later got into marathon canoe and kayak racing, participating in both a solo kayak and a tandem canoe in several 40 – 60 mile races – the “Colorado 100” mile race in Texas three times, and the grueling 260-mile “Texas Water Safari” five times. The later race has to be completed in 100 hours, which involves paddling at night, portaging around or over fallen trees and broken dams at night, and little sleep. “I had to drop out of that race twice, once for utter exhaustion and once for dehydration, “Brown said.

“No one in my family has had cancer, fortunately, and by raising funds for cancer research I hope to keep it that way,” Brown said. Anyone interested in learning more about the trip or contributing to the fund can do so at hopefloatscn.org .