The Office of Sustainability, the Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design and the WVU Tree Campus USA committee are partnering to host WVU’s second annual lumber sale from 5-7 p.m. Friday, July 22, in the event tent outside the WVU Creative Arts Center, 1 Fine Arts Drive. The sale is cash only and all proceeds will support continued tree planting and maintenance on campus.
The event is designed to help give new life to campus trees — both historic and non-historic — that have been removed for safety reasons. The sale will provide members of our campus community and the general public the chance to purchase salvaged wood from campus trees for woodworking projects.
The useable wood from several recently removed campus trees has been milled into pieces of lumber and air dried for this unique upcycling opportunity.
Customers will have the option to get their pieces of lumber branded with the Flying WV logo or they may choose to leave their timbers plain. Lumber will be priced by the board foot depending on wood type. Most boards have been milled to approximately six to eight feet.
A very limited number of two-foot and four-foot boards from the E. Moore Hall American sycamore will be available. There will be a limit of one per customer.
Find more information about WVU’s Tree Campus Higher Education designation.
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