ACM forest technology students recently competed and took first place. Back row from left: Assistant Professor Levi Sisler, Assistant Team Coach Zach Brouse, Kolby Custer, Zach Price, Austin Garner, Abel Gonzalez, Anna Cullen, Devin Elliot, Team Coach/Forest Technology Staff Member Grant Browell and Ryder Kennell. Front row from left, Associate Professor/Director Marie Perrin Miller, Raevyn Ahmed, Hannah Holloman, Maddy Painter, Eva Frazier, Evan Snodgrass and Brandon Bennett.
CUMBERLAND, Md. (Apr. 19, 2024) – Allegany College of Maryland forest technology students recently competed and took first place out of seven collegiate teams at
the Mid-Atlantic Woodsmen’s Competition at Penn State Mont Alto. It was the first
top win for ACM’s Woodsmen Team since 2002. The team of 13 women and men won individual as well as the team award.
The Mid-Atlantic Woodsmen Competition was held on April 5 and 6. Woods men and woods women from the East Coast competed in individual and team events. The competition focused on technical skills like orienteering and identifying trees and different woods as well as chopping, sawing, climbing, ax throwing, fire-starting, and log rolling—a mix of modern and historic physical skills.
ACM forest technology students competed against student teams from Haywood Community College, Mountain Gateway Community College, Penn State Mont Alto, Penn State University Park, Wayne Community College and West Virginia University.
Maryland Public Television filmed the ACM Woodsmen Team competing at Woodsmen Competition for a future Outdoors Maryland segment on Maryland foresters and ACM’s historic Woodsmen Team.
Allegany College of Maryland (ACM) is a small, learner-focused college offering 48 associate degrees, 31 certificates, 10 letters of recognition, noncredit workforce development programs, personal enrichment classes, and adult education and literacy services. More than 3,100 credit and 6,900 noncredit students choose ACM each year, attending online or in person through the college’s two campuses and five education sites in Maryland and Pennsylvania. Over 92% of students receive financial aid, and 57% of students transfer to colleges in more than 26 states. ACM was founded in 1961 as a transfer college in Cumberland, Maryland.
