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SAVE THE IUP

CO-OP FOREST

A coalition of students, faculty, alumni, the community, and the

Sierra Club, Allegheny Group

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KEY DOCUMENTS: 

• IUP Co-op forest logging: One page summary of concerns

• IUP Co-op Forest & Trees Timbering Facts 101

• Appalachian Forest Consultants/Forester Mike Wolf Review of Student Cooperative Association Timbering Plan

• Steps for Stewardship Planning

• Save the IUP CO-OP Forest Coalition letter to environmental groups

• Student-approved proposition (August 20, 2026)

• Co-op suspends campus-wide vote on student-approved  proposition (October 2, 2026)

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CO-OP BLOCKS STUDENT INPUT: October Update

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10.2.2026 Co-op Blocks Student Input/Student Vote​

10.8.2026 The Co-op logging contractor speaks

10.8.2026 The Uncooperative Student Co-op

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LETTERS TO IUP Co-op & Administrators (SELECTED)

• How to amend a motion 9.2.26

• Serious Ethical Concerns​  7.16.26

• Inconsistent with IUP Goals & Standards 7.10.2026

• Not Responsible Stewardship 7.15.26

• Risks to White's Woods Nature Center 6.3.2

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WHAT COULD GO WRONG? 

• See "Case Study"   p. 8; p. 10. Penn State Extension  NOTE:  the "selective thinning" is not a forestry term (p, 8) though that's the plan for the IUP Co-op forest.

• Pennsylvania Natural Diversity Inventory: Federally-endangered Indiana Bat  5.17.2023

• PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Review of Millstone Plan 3.23. 21

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LOCAL NEWS MEDIA

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•  IUP Co-op’s crypto forestry 9.13.2026 (drone shot)

• Is Town & Gown Gone?   9, 8. 26

• IUP students petition, Student Coop stonewalls  8.27.2026

• Student Co-op logging: What would Edward Abbey say?  8.20.2026

• Co-op Park exclusion policy sends wrong message to local residents

• IUP Co-op logging: case study in forest destruction

• Residents express concerns regarding IUP CO-OP's park maintenance plan  7.19.26

• Forgo tree removal; preserve IUP Co-op forest 7.16.26

• Dendrophobia and the Student Co-op 7.5.26

•  Logging the IUP Co-op forest: Is the Oak Grove next?The Hawkeye 6.13.26

• What White’s Woods teaches the IUP Student Co-Op The Hawkeye  5.31.26 

• Logging White's Woods Sister Forest The Hawkeye  5.27.26

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• White’s Woods forestry: Mike Lawer 6.14.2020

 

TREES ARE LOW-RISK:  VERMONT URBAN FORESTRY

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NOTE:  Save the IUP Co-op Forest is a coalition that welcomes FWW members, but is distinctly independent of FWW.   This webpage is available in support of the local environmental coalitions's work.