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NC’s Future Forests are in Caring Hands
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
The concept of stewardship has always fascinated Amelia Thompson. A second year student in the Forest Management Technology program at Montgomery Community College in Troy, North Carolina, Thompson was searching for a way to serve God and people in the setting she prefers: nature. “The idea of caring for land and the trees on it […]
Read MoreMCC Forestry Program Gears Up for Growth
Wednesday, August 4, 2021
The Forestry Management Technology program at Montgomery Community College is expanding capacity with new facilities and capabilities. Just north of the forestry building on the west side of the MCC Campus sits a brand new equipment storage facility. The ten-bay, open-air shed measures a whopping 30 feet deep and 170 feet in length, secured by […]
Read MoreMCC Forestry Program Finds Success at Cradle Competition
Wednesday, November 3, 2021
If someone said you lived near the Cradle of Forestry, would you know what they were talking about? Nestled in Western North Carolina, below the Blue Ridge Parkway, is the birthplace of forestry in America. A national historic site, the land was purchased by George and Edith Vanderbilt during a major logging boom. Dr. Carl Schenck, […]
Read MoreDrawn to the Outdoors
Monday, October 24, 2022
Montgomery Community College student Cheryl-Lyn Chandler became interested in the environment as a middle-schooler. Her mother got her involved in a North Carolina Envirothon competition, which is organized around five categories: soils and land use, aquatic ecology, forestry, wildlife and current environmental issues. Cheryl-Lyn succeeded in the competition, and the experience laid the groundwork for […]
Read MoreMCC Forestry Program Takes Home Quiz Bowl Trophy from Cradle Competition
Thursday, January 26, 2023
If someone said you lived near the Cradle of Forestry, would you know what they were talking about? Nestled in Western North Carolina, below the Blue Ridge Parkway, is the birthplace of forestry in America. A national historic site, the land was purchased by George and Edith Vanderbilt during a major logging boom. Dr. Carl Schenck, […]
Read MoreMCC’s Forestry Club Competes at Annual Cradle Competition
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
MCC left its mark at the John G. Palmer Woodsmen’s Meet, held in the Pisgah National Forest on October 7, 2023. Competing against other Forest Management colleges like Haywood Community College, Mountain Gateway Community College, Wayne Community College, North Carolina State University and Penn State Mont Alto, MCC achieved impressive placements in various events! One […]
Read MoreMCC Forestry Student Receives NCFA Scholarship
Monday, October 16, 2023
Every year, the North Carolina Forestry Association’s Forest Education and Conservation Foundation offers a scholarship to a Montgomery Community College (MCC) Forest Management Technology student. This year’s scholarship winner is Andrew Martin (Drew), a second-year student in the program. After receiving an undergraduate degree in history from the University of North Carolina Asheville in his […]
Read MoreFaith, Family, Forestry & Fun
Thursday, October 17, 2024
Cody Haywood is a first year Forestry Management Technology student, a second generation MCC student, and the first to come to the Forestry Management Technology program from Montgomery Central High School. Cody is from Mount Gilead, where he lives with his parents. Father Eddie, who went through the first-ever offered two-year MCC forestry program and […]
Read MoreMCC Forestry Hosting Timbersports Competition
Monday, March 17, 2025
On Saturday, April 12th, the MCC Forestry Program will welcome around 100 students from seven other institutions to the MCC campus for a day of timbersports competition! The annual “Mid-Atlantic Woodsmen’s Meet” is in its 23rd year, with MCC welcoming teams from Allegany College of Maryland, Haywood Community College, Mountain Gateway Community College, Penn State […]
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