Put bluntly, the colleges might have had duff portfolios (or especially bad tenants). The evidence on whether college endowments are good investors is mixed.
This is our newest experimental facility and the purpose of this facility is to understand pretty much how large woody fuels and deep duff layers, deep organic layers burn.
This is a little cleared area down here and all the duff has churned up probably from turkey or deer who are looking around for acorns and nuts to eat for the, you know, buff up for the winter.