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Name: Anonymous on Mar 3, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: R. Carroll Beaty on Mar 4, 2013Comments: As a native North Carolinian (born and grew up in Gaston County) with a long term interest in agriculture, silvaculture, forestry, woodlands and wildlife, I would like to express my strenuous opposition to the sale of the Hofmann Forest. It is an 80,000 plus acre, non-replaceable resource for the State, NC State University, Eastern North Carolina, Onslow County and the past, present and future Forestry/Natural Diversity students and researchers. Selling it for any sum is extremely shortsighted when taken in context with its past, present and future potential for the study of diverse natural systems and forestry in the Eastern US. I also object as an adjacent landowner and sustainable forestry/cooperative land management proponent. Please withdraw the offer/pursuit of the sale of this invaluable resource to NCSU and the SE United States. Respectfully and urgently submitted, R. Carroll Beaty Richlands, NCFlag
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Name: George Maxwell on Mar 6, 2013Comments: Do not sell The Hofmann Forest Class of 65Flag
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Name: Lucy Mabry on Mar 8, 2013Comments: What a waste of such a valuable teaching tool. We should preserve these last tracts of undeveloped forests, not sell them, possibly to developers or timber companies. It's not just the trees, but the wildlife that depends on these few sparse tracts of land for food, safe places to stay while migrating north or south, etc. If the sale goes through, then at least contact the Nature Conservancy organization. They will preserve it as is.Flag
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Name: Chris A. Alexander on Mar 10, 2013Comments: I oppose the sale of Hoffman Forest!Flag
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Name: Wayne Bell on Mar 10, 2013Comments: This forest is huge for teaching us how to sustain forest in the south.Flag
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Name: Dikran Kabbendjian on Mar 10, 2013Comments: Do not let short-term gain supercede long-term benefits of keeping this forest for the good ncsu and state citizensFlag
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Name: Kimberly Willardson on Mar 10, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Robert Collins on Mar 10, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Pamela Pittenger on Mar 10, 2013Comments: I think the sale of the Hofmann Forest is a short-sighted view on the part of what I normally feel to be a progressive University. The benefits of having such a resource to students, faculty, researchers, and wildlife cannot be summed in a winning bid price for the land. As they say in a commerical, Hofmann Forest - priceless.Flag
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Name: Richard Brinker on Mar 10, 2013Comments: An asset held in perpetuity once lost is gone forever.Flag
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Name: David Cole on Mar 11, 2013Comments: As an NCSU forestry graduate who began my career 29 years ago on the Hofmann, I was stunned to hear of it's potential sale. Please don't sell such a valuable resource that has been a part of the history of NCSU forestry for so long. Why do you think so many others have expressed interest in owning the Hofmann? Because it is a good investment - maybe the College and Foundation should take note of that!Flag
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Name: Russell A. Cox on Mar 11, 2013Comments: Sale of Hofman Forest is detrimental to the long-term financial benfit of the University and should be halted immediately.Flag
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Name: Charles Stoner on Mar 11, 2013Comments: I have always enjoyed my visit to the Hoffman Forest and in this day and age with diminishing forest and wild lands throughout the US the loss of this resource would be tragicFlag
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Name: Tim Chadwick on Mar 11, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Daniel Markewitz on Mar 11, 2013Comments: Long-term research forests are rare the world over. The University's research mission, specifically for long-term, large scale, sustained natural research management, will be compromised.Flag
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Name: Mary W. Cunningham on Mar 11, 2013Comments: I believe selling Hoffman Forest would be a short-sighted decision, especially when timber sales are depressed. Please don't do this.Flag
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Name: T G Cunningham on Mar 11, 2013Comments: I drive through Hofmann Forest many times a year. What a pleasure it is to see trees rather than billboards along the roadside.Flag
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Name: Kevin Fidalgo on Mar 11, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Herman M. Speece, Jr. on Mar 11, 2013Comments: NCSU Forest Management BS '78. I trained on the Hofmann as a student. Why are you "grinding your seed corn"? This sale is very short-sighted. Why even consider it at all, especially when land prices are depressed. If you think you can sell this land and still retain control over how the new owner will use it, you are fooling yourself. Anything that isn't under water will be developed for the highest and most profitable use, and the folks that pushed this sale will find a way to fritter away the proceeds. Then the college will be back in the business of "passing the hat" instead of generating periodic income from timber sales as Dr. Hofmann envisioned so many years ago. As a registered forester in NC & SC and practicing "Dirt Forester " consultant for over 35 Years, I can tell you:Cancel your meetings, get out of your office, and go to the woods. You will find there are reasons aplenty to hold the Hofmann Forest for the long term. It's the old adage of teaching a man to fish so he can feed himself for life, rather than giving him a fish so he can eat for a day.Flag
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Name: Christopher Lock on Mar 11, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Amy on Mar 11, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Donald Hickman on Mar 12, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Camille J Chadwick on Mar 12, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Curtis J Bare Jr on Mar 12, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: R.C. King on Mar 12, 2013Comments: Why would you sell to a buyer that would not think about selling any of their land for the same value?Flag
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Name: Joseph Howell on Mar 12, 2013Comments: Please do not sell the Hofmann ForestFlag
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Name: John Shipley, RF 1645 on Mar 12, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Kelly Dieter on Mar 12, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Cynthia Van Der Wiele, Ph.D. on Mar 12, 2013Comments: The decision to sell is extremely short-sighted. Once it's gone, it's gone. You can't go back and find another forest.Flag
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Name: Judith Ferster on Mar 13, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Amelia Currin on Mar 13, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Steve Wilent on Mar 14, 2013Comments: Seems very short-sighted to me. The value of research forests like the Hofmann Forest are far greater than monetary returns.Flag
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Name: Sara Baldwin on Mar 14, 2013Comments: As a friend of NCSU forestry, I find the decision to sell the property short sighted. As an investor, I would say the Foundation is getting the dictum "Buy low, sell high" exactly backwards.Flag
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Name: Joan Hardman-cobb on Mar 14, 2013Comments: This seems a tragedy. So many forest areas are being destroyed in North Carolina to make way for sub-divisions and superfluous strip malls. Our university should not be joining that bandwagon.Flag
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Name: Kevin Frank on Mar 14, 2013Comments: I'm against the sale of this forest. It doesn't make any logical sense to sell the forest at this present time. There is now real value in the timber because it is at it's lowest price in history. The land can be used more for the benefit of science than someone's financial interest.Flag
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Name: David Combd on Mar 14, 2013Comments: I am opposed to the sale of the Hoffman Forest.Flag
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Name: Christopher E. Smith on Mar 14, 2013Comments: NCSU FOM '98 NCRF #1438Flag
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Name: Tad Harris on Mar 15, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Bob Izlar on Mar 15, 2013Comments: bad ideaFlag
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Name: Hoyt Haddock on Mar 17, 2013Comments: Do not sell. It will be turned into apartments and trailer parks.Flag
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Name: Don Eaddy on Mar 18, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Ed Stoots on Mar 18, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Tommy Sanford on Mar 19, 2013Comments: While I have not reviewed the financials regarding the sale of this property, my professional forestry experience tells me that the data related to timber sales over the past 5 years is terribly skewed considering the state of our economy. Additionally, through direct experience, i have learned that the best laid plans for continued property use after a sale are at best, plans. Owners tend to identify highest and best use. If this does not coincide with intended use, there is much conflict. The value that the Hoffman Forest adds to the NCSU Forest Management and Widlife programs is immeasurable and its impact with regard to immersion into the fieldwork and hands on experience is rarely parralled in today's Natural Resource education. As a graduate of this program, I can truthfully say that the NC States Forestry program and the Hoffman Forest are held in extremely high regard throughout the industry. Very few schools offer the relevant coursework and hands on experience to compare to the NC Sate program. Please reconsider the potential sale of this property. Many industry professionals have been forced through shareholders to sell their company lands to much dismay and subsequent misery. Please learn the lessons that have already been fully illustrated and do not sell the Hoffman forest, but hold it in high regard as the one thing that lifts the Natural Resource programs above all others nationwide. Sincerely, Tommy SanfordFlag
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Name: Robert T. Montague on Mar 19, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Rob Harrison, BS 1976 on Mar 21, 2013Comments: Dear NCSU alumni; I just received an email message from the board and Dean Watzin explaining things, and wanted to post this on the petition so they could read it there. I know what college forests and research lands are all about. I also know how temporary people like deans and board members may sometimes be willing to sell the future for short-term gains. We've had four deans here at U Washington in the time I've been here, but we've never talked about selling our forestland. If you maintain control over the forest, that might be more reasonable than sale. It sounds like it could be acceptable if it generated more scholarships. You will certainly be forgiven for considering the sale in the first place if you don't follow through with it. If you do sell off the Hoffman, I guarantee you will not be favorably remembered by many, many alumni for quite some time. The reality is, income from nearly any investment has declined over the last few years. Investment, particularly in land, needs to be considered in the long term. Please consider reading the book or watching the movie "The Good Earth". It may be written by a woman from my home state of West Virginia, and may be old, but it speaks volumes about the bad decision selling your land asset would be in the long term. Few income producing assets can be used the way forestland can be, and few instill pride in your alumni the way forestland assets such as Hill, Schenck, and Hoffman do. I own forestland, and it isn't solely about selling timber off of it. It needs to be that way with NC State Forestry as well. Sincerely yours, Robert B Harrison, Professor 218 Bloedel Hall, Box 352100 School of Environmental & Forest Sciences College of the Environment University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195-2100 email robh@uw.edu cell 509-998-3755Flag
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Name: W. G. Eddins on Mar 21, 2013Comments: While the Board has published (3/20/13) an explanation for the sale, their rationale, which sounds perfectly reasonable, could be applied to the sale of almost any of the University's assets. Why not sell everything, create a really massive endownment, and sub-contract the education of future NC State students to our sister universities like UNC and Duke...?Flag
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Name: Edward E Pomeroy on Mar 26, 2013Comments: RF/CF NCSU - BS 1981Flag