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Name: Shari Rodriguez on Jan 22, 2013Comments: Hoffman is too important for funding students and conducting research for it to be sold. Please don't sell!Flag
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Name: Christina Ashton Drew on Jan 22, 2013Comments: I was shocked and saddened to hear that you would consider selling Hoffman Forest. I graduated with my PhD from NCSU (MEAS) and used Hoffman as a teaching lab in a course that I helped develop and teach as part of the Preparing the Professoriate program. The opportunity to give undergraduate students weekly access to use real forestry and ecology equipment during a regularly scheduled class was outstanding! Teaching concepts from a textbook will not provide the same experience - but that is what will happen if we cannot travel to more remote areas for class labs. Furthermore, it allows all students to participate - as weekend trips are not always possible for students who must work or who are also parents. Please do not be so short sighted! Please do not sell this amazing resource!Flag
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Name: JOHN H. KIGHT II, RCF, ACF on Jan 22, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Edward H. Birckhead on Jan 22, 2013Comments: I am concerned about the example we are setting for our profession. Doesn't selling the land show that forestry does not pay and it's better to sell than to actively manage? I hate to see us more interested in money than forest Stewardship. In the letter to the alumni, it lists the benefits in the following order; CNR faculty, staff, and students. I'm concerned that students rate below taking care of faculty and staff, and nowhere is ongoing research for the industry mentioned. Thanks for the opportunity for input.Flag
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Name: David D. Johnson on Jan 22, 2013Comments: Hofmann Forest and the other College of Natural Resources properties help make NCSU’s CNR THE premier southern forestry and natural resources college. I’m concerned that the sale of the property will negatively impact the long-term viability of CNR. As a revenue source for the college, Hofmann forest has generated scholarship monies for students and funded other operations that have helped CNR thrive since its founding. The property has also served as a research facility attracting talented natural resource scientists from all over the world. Given its size and contiguous nature, Hofmann forest is a valuable resource to CNR, North Carolina State University and the State of North Carolina. In 1929, the NC State Natural Resources Foundation INC was founded with a “primary responsibility” to manage the Hofmann forest. To sell the property with the goal of temporary and eventual terminal cash flow seems contrary to the original intent of the foundation. I ask that the NC State Natural Resources Foundation members reconsider the sale of Hofmann forest.Flag
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Name: Joseph Cox on Jan 22, 2013Comments: Please reconsider this decision. Most, if not all, NCSU graduated Foresters will consider this a great insult. Please do not continue to push the noble profession of Forestry further down into the mud.Flag
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Name: William M. Dryman on Jan 22, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Jamie Dunbar on Jan 23, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Ernest Dixon, IV on Jan 23, 2013Comments: Please reconsider. The Hofmann should be valued as more than a cash-cow for the College's spending and decisions this important (and permanent!) should be made with input from all of the College's faculty, staff, and students.Flag
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Name: Andy Lawrence on Jan 23, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Adam Marlowe on Jan 23, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Wayne Dodson on Jan 23, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Leslie Davis on Jan 23, 2013Comments: Do not sell Hofmann ForestFlag
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Name: Sarah Wiener on Jan 23, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Robert Harrison on Jan 23, 2013Comments: Dear Dean Watzin; As a former NCSU forestry student and now professor at a University with a major forestry effort, including substantial forest land assets, I think that you need to reconsider selling the Hoffman forest. We have been through similar discussions here at UW, and managed to get through these hard times without selling off our land assets so far. Having such sites for students and faculty to learn at and conduct research at is more than just a balance sheet...it is core to understanding how to manage forest land. The long-term record of work at our forests is one of our key assets. Controlling that land is key to the long-term success of work, and forestry needs to be done in the long-term, not just to fill a balance sheet. Sincerely yours, Rob Harrison, Professor of Forest Soils University of Washington NCSU forestry class of 1978Flag
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Name: Travis Wethington on Jan 23, 2013Comments: Please keep the forest. It is a long term investment that will NEVER decrease in value. Its better than gold. It has countless memories for those who hunt it. Genorations have grown up in that forestFlag
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Name: Prof. Daniel Richter on Jan 23, 2013Comments: I have used the Hofmann Forest as a place to take my Duke forestry classes.Flag
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Name: Dr. Rafael Rubilar on Jan 23, 2013Comments: All the members of the Faculty of Forest Sciences in Chile regret the same process we had many years ago with a similar field that was sold to one of the largest companies in Chile. After these years major criticism of the same companies is the lack of a forest experimental station that provides for quality education of our forest engineers, engineers on natural resources and biotechnologist. I hope you can consider this as an example. Thanks for your consideration.Flag
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Name: Dr. Anthony Snider on Jan 23, 2013Comments: The value of the Hoffman is contingent on more than simple market value. To lose this asset would undermine the CNR programs at NC State University. I cannot state strongly enough what a poor decision selling the forest would be.Flag
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Name: Rodrigo Arriagada on Jan 23, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Lindsey Woolridge on Jan 23, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Michael Chesnutt on Jan 23, 2013Comments: 1973 NCSU Graduate in Forest Management and Wildlife Biology. Forest Supervisor, Bladen Lakes State ForestFlag
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Name: Raymond M Sheffield on Jan 23, 2013Comments: BS 1972 MF 1978Flag
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Name: Stephen R. Moore on Jan 23, 2013Comments: I am extremely familiar with Hofmann Forest through two facets of my career: 1) working on the forest with Champion International in the early 1980's and 2) writing a management plan for the forest in 1986, while working for the College of Forest Resources under the direction of Bob Kellison. Dr. Hofmann intended for the forest to remain with NCSU. Additionally, the timing of this event seems poor, as we see sawtimber prices beginning to climb again. Forest income in the near future should well exceed past years. Thank you -Steve MooreFlag
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Name: Hans-Christian Rohr on Jan 23, 2013Comments: I consider myself a friend of the Hofmann forest. During my trip I learned a lot about forest management in the South East.Flag
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Name: Javon M. Carter on Jan 23, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Christine Więcek on Jan 23, 2013Comments: The Hofmann provided experiences that greatly contributed to my education as a forest management professional. Please don't deny current and future students those opportunities!Flag
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Name: Pamela Earley Moore on Jan 23, 2013Comments: FOR class of '79 As a personal friend of the Hofmann family, I urge you to keep Hofmann Forest as part of NCSU.Flag
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Name: Kurt W. Smith on Jan 23, 2013Comments: When you give up a resource like this, you will not have the potential to ever get it back, regardless of $$$$. Hang on to it as an investment in the future of NC State.Flag
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Name: Kathleen Thomas on Jan 23, 2013Comments: Selling the Hofmann Forest would be a disgrace to the College of Natural of Resources and to NCSU. K Thomas, MNR, class of '98Flag
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Name: Stephen C. Allen on Jan 23, 2013Comments: Please don't give up this valuable resource just to make ends meet.Flag
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Name: Edward W Sontag on Jan 23, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Keith A. Argow, Pres. National Woodland Owners Ass;n. on Jan 23, 2013Comments: The true value of education cannot be measured in dollars. The Hofmann Forest is a living, and productive monument to the vision and leadership of past NC State faculty and administrators who made this remarkable investment. It is a lasting demonstration of the value to society of woodlands and their renewable resources. To squander this investment for cash would be unfortunate indeed.Flag
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Name: Rachel Shellabarger on Jan 23, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Jason Lefler on Jan 23, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Dr. Jan Laarman on Jan 23, 2013Comments: I believe it would not be prudent to sell the Hofmann Forest without evidence on the total returns from the land, including the non-financial returns to NCSU and the State of North Carolina.Flag
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Name: Susan Cohen on Jan 24, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Thomas G. Harris, Jr. on Jan 24, 2013Comments: Class of 1965. Worked at the Hofmann during summers in prior to graduation. It is a tremendous assest and should be retained. Having said that, it also makes no financial sense to sell into the weak timber market.Flag
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Name: Fatima Petersen on Jan 24, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Nathaniel Lee Osborne on Jan 24, 2013Comments: During my time as an undergraduate and graduate student, I regularly visited the Hofmann. As a freshman in forestry, I assisted Dr. Bronson Bullock at the forest in collecting data for a tree genetics research project. Later, I returned to the Hoffman Forest to learn about sustainable forest management and cutting edge research. As a graduate student, I found myself collecting my own data for valuable research on downed woody material used for biomass energy production. Even after graduating North Carolina State University with an M.S., the Hoffmann found its way into my life. My last visit was as a Ph.D. Student with an international group of forest researchers from Finland, Sweden and beyond. Over the years, the Hoffman afforded me a chance to grow from a young man taking dendrology to a married fellow who is making forestry his life. Losing the Hofmann would be an amazing loss to all future students at North Carolna State University. The Hoffman not only grows trees, but the strength and interest of young men and women who will lead our field tomorrow.Flag
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Name: Stephanie Jeffries on Jan 24, 2013Comments: Teaching Assistant Professor, Dept. of Forestry & Environmental Resources, Ph.D. Forestry 2002 NCSUFlag
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Name: S. Henri McClees on Jan 24, 2013Comments: I recognize financial shortfalls can frighten and unnerve those who draft the NCSU budget in all its complexity. However, selling a priceless resource for short term gain is a poor choice. Please do not sell the Hofmann Forest. The money gained would dribble away, and NCSU would never be able to replace the Hofmann Forest and its unique educational opportunities.Flag
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Name: David And Patricia Brookbank on Jan 24, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: David Mercer on Jan 24, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Douglas Parkhurst on Jan 24, 2013Comments: The Hofmann Forest is an invaluable natural resource asset that will be endangered by reasons not concerned for its preservation. Please do not allow that to happen.Flag
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Name: Keith Loudermilt on Jan 24, 2013Comments: please consider the negative consequences of this proposalFlag
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Name: Scott Frederick on Jan 24, 2013Comments: Please have the foresight to protect this resource for the college and the citizens of NC.Flag
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Name: Richard Andrews on Jan 24, 2013Comments: I did my graduate research project on the Hofmann Forest. The forest is a huge asset to the university for numerous reasons. Selling it would be a disservice to current and future students and against the mission on the university.Flag
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Name: Simone Carolina Bauch on Jan 24, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Deja Smith on Jan 24, 2013Comments:Flag