UF students and faculty oppose proposal to build on the McCarty Woods conservation area UF’s board of trustees approved a plan in December that marked the McCarty Woods conservation area as a future construction site to promote collaborative learning on campus February 5, 2021 | 7:00am EST Matt Raulerson, 20, a forest resources and conservation junior, walks on a path through the McCarty Woods Conservation Area on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. Raulerson expressed disappointment at the news that the conservation area has been approved as a possible future site for construction. "It's horrible," he said. "It would take away all the beauty of it. It's something I pass everyday I walk to class and it's something I love looking at."