Graduate Resources - Facilities

Facilities

Cheatham Hall (JCH): The College of Natural Resources and Environment administrative and advising offices are located in Cheatham Hall, which houses the Departments of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation, Sustainable Biomaterials, Fish and Wildlife Conservation, and the Virginia Water Resources Research Center. Teaching classrooms, laboratories, and faculty and graduate offices are located in Cheatham Hall.

Latham Hall: The Latham Agriculture and Natural Resources Building houses several faculty offices and laboratories in the Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation. For information on analytical lab spaces and equipment in Latham, please contact Dave Mitchem at dmitchem@vt.edu.

Center for Environmental Analytics and Remote Sensing (CEARS): CEARS has a mission to provide interdisciplinary leadership in environmental analytics and remote sensing through formal instruction, outreach, cooperative research, and consulting. The Center contributes to applications of the science and technology necessary to better understand effects of both natural and human-induced variability and change within the Earth system. CEARS is located in 217 Cheatham Hall and houses 22 networked precision workstations; a high-end, large-format printer; specialized software for image processing, GIS, statistical analysis, and programming; as well as field equipment to support in situ measurements. The lab has a flexible room layout designed for collaborative, team-based research. For access, please see Les Fuller in 216 Cheatham to request and complete an account request form.

Reynolds Homestead Forest Resources Research Center: The Reynolds Center is a 710-acre research and education center located in the Virginia Piedmont 70 miles southeast of Blacksburg in Critz, Virginia. The Center houses laboratory space, greenhouses, and a continuing education center that support research and education in the Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation.

Fishburn School Forest: The Fishburn is a 1,353-acre demonstration forest, located 10 minutes from campus. The forest is comprised of Appalachian hardwood and mixed pine-hardwood and supports field research, teaching, and demonstration projects in the Ridge and Valley physiographic region.

Equipment Room: The Department maintains a supply of field equipment for use in teaching and research. For checkout procedures and access, contact Tal Roberts at talr@vt.edu or Kathie Hollandsworth in 228 Cheatham.

Sample Preparation and Storage Facilities: The Department maintains multiple facilities for equipment storage and processing and storage of field samples. For use procedures and access, contact Dave Mitchem at dmitchem@vt.edu.

Forest Harvesting Laboratory: The 2,400-square foot Forest Harvesting Lab is located in Blacksburg adjacent to the Virginia Tech campus. The lab has a fully equipped machine shop used to fabricate new machine designs and support equipment used in field research in the Department. For procedures and access, contact Tal Roberts at talr@vt.edu.

FREC Vehicles: The Department owns and maintains a fleet of four-wheel-drive vehicles that may be checked out for work-related travel, field research, and teaching. Please refer to the Department Vehicle Use Policy for vehicle use expectations and procedures.

Fleet Vehicles: Fleet Services is an on-campus facility where state-owned cars can be reserved for official business. Refer to the Fleet Services website for specific policies and procedures. To reserve Fleet Services vehicles, please work with the administrative assistant assigned to your graduate advisor (see Support Staff, above). Alternatively, students may reserve Fleet Services vehicles though the Fleet Commander online reservation system. Please see Stacey Kuhar for more information regarding this option.