Forest College in the Volgograd region for 60 years has trained 5 thousand specialists
Students gain professional knowledge in the fields of forestry, dendrology, soil science, hunting, ecology and landscape design
Archedin Forest College celebrated its 60th anniversary. The festive event was attended by the Chairman of the Volgograd Regional Duma Committee on Ecology and Nature Management, Head of the Environmental Council Irina Solovyova.
She read out the welcoming address of the speaker of the regional parliament Alexander Bloshkin and congratulated on the anniversary of teachers and graduates of the only educational institution in the Volgograd region that trains professional forest defenders.
Over 6 decades, the college has graduated 5,000 specialists. Today, its graduates work not only in every forestry region, but also in many regions of Russia. The institution is famous for its unique traditions of training forest personnel and labor dynasties.
Irina Solovyova stressed that for the Volgograd region with its arid climate, the forester profession is of strategic importance. A third of all forests in the region are man-made: people turn lifeless sand dunes into living green shields, protecting the area from dust storms and soil degradation. In Frolov district foresters protect pine forest, created more than a century ago by local foresters to protect settlements from the onset of sands.
The Chairman of the Eco-Council also noted a symbolic coincidence: the college opened in 1966 – at the same time the Day of Forest Workers was established, which foresters celebrated recently, on the third Sunday of September.
As reported by the Volgograd Regional Duma, Irina Solovyova called the college a key partner of the regional authorities in the implementation of the national project “Environmental Well-being” and the most important center of environmental education for the Frolovsk district and the region as a whole.
She thanked the leadership and teaching staff of the college, and wished future graduates success in reforestation, adding that the health of not only current but also future generations depends on the state of green areas.
The Ecological Council of the Volgograd Regional Duma maintains close ties with the college. In March of this year, Irina Solovyova took part in the landing of a clone of the famous Poplar Victory, who survived the Battle of Stalingrad. The seedling marked the beginning of the alley of named trees planted as part of the international action “Garden of Memory”.
