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Dabney S. Lancaster Community College will offer an expansion of its traditional two-year Associate in Applied Science Degree in Forest Management Technology with a parallel degree option, by adding an AAS in Forest Management Technology with Specialization in Arboriculture and Community Forestry. The Specialization was approved recently by the Virginia Community College System.

The Dabney S. Lancaster Community College Woodsmen’s Team placed first overall in a lumberjack competition held near Beckley, WV, on September 21. Seated, front: Chase Shelton. Second row, kneeling: Emily Otero, Hunter Brown, Jacob McKee, Wesleigh Kimlick, Brandon Mohl and Michael Hinson.

Barry Kibbey (right) of the National Hardwood Lumber Association will be the instructor for a Lumber Inspector Certificate Program being offered this summer at Dabney S.

The Urban Forestry class, part of the Forest Management Technology Program at Dabney S.

After many years as an educator – teaching on three c

Demonstrating how to safely operate an industrial wood chipper, the proud new possession of the Dabney S.

The donation of an industrial wood chipper by Bartlett Tree Experts to the Forest Management Technology program at Dabney S.

Gathering in front of a bulldozer and transportation truck donated to the Dabney S.