Page 14 - Georgia Forestry - Issue 2 - Spring 2024

Forestry & Wildlife pathway students from Newton College & Career Academy (NCCA) learn about conditions for a prescribed burn at Walton WMA Dove Field.
that K-12 student body to the woodlands, to the careers that are in the woodlands, to the idea that you can go into the forest industry and stay in an area of the state that you probably really love more than you realize.”
Thanks to Archer Aviation, Newton College & Career Academy students had a unique hands-on opportunity to experi- ence the forestry industry. The aerospace company’s electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft manufacturing facility is adjacent to Newton County’s Covington Municipal Airport.
The company brought oak trees removed from the company’s facility to the school. Students milled the trees and sent the lumber to a kiln. The plan is to use the lumber to build a table for the lobby of the company’s manufacturing plant.
“If they’re not exposed to the industry, they’re never going to know about the flex- ibility,” Marcus Pollard, an agricultural education teacher at Newton College & Career Academy, said. “At my stage with our kids, it’s 100% exposure. What I tell the kids is that this generation [has] more
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