The proposed budget cutbacks identified by West Virginia University are wide and deep, and they have long-lasting ramifications for people, industry and the quality of life in the Mountain State. As a landscape manager at Aspen Corporation and a member of the West Virginia Nursery Landscape Association (WVNLA), I join my colleagues and customers in asking WVU to reconsider the elimination of both B.A. and M.A. degrees in Landscape Architecture as well as staff and program cuts in the Plant and Soil Sciences. The Landscape Architecture program at WVU is the only accredited one in the state.
