UAM Receives 2013 Tree Campus USA Designation (1/23/14) MONTICELLO, AR — The University of Arkansas at Monticello has earned Tree Campus USA recognition from the Arbor Day Foundation. The designation was awarded based on UAM’s “dedication to campus forestry management and environmental stewardship,” according to Mary Sweeney, program manager of the Arbor Day Foundation. Tree Campus USA is a national program of the Arbor Day Foundation launched in 2008 that honors colleges and universities and their leaders for promoting healthy management of their campus forests and for engaging the community in environmental stewardship. The program is funded by a grant from Toyota. “By encouraging its students to plant trees and participate in service that will help the environment, the University of Arkansas at Monticello is making a positive impact on its community that will last for decades,” said Sweeney. “One goal of the Tree Campus USA program is to help create healthier communities for its citizens through the planting of trees, and the city of Monticello will certainly benefit from the university’s commitment to Tree Campus USA.” To receive Tree Campus USA recognition, UAM had to meet five standards of tree care and community engagement. Those standards included the formation of a campus tree advisory committee consisting of faculty, undergraduate and graduate students, facility management personnel and members of the community. The university was also required to develop a comprehensive campus tree care plan to include tree care policies and guidance for planting, maintaining, and removing trees, tree protection and preservation policies and procedures, completing a tree inventory of the campus and tree damage assessment. A third standard was the creation of a campus tree program with dedicated annual expenditures. The fourth and fifth standards included holding an Arbor Day Observance on campus and developing a service learning project related to tree care and conducted by students. The Arbor Day Foundation launched Tree Campus USA in the fall of 2008 by planting trees at nine college campuses. For more information, contact arborday.org/TreeCampusUSA. - 30 -
Posted on: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 19:42:47 +0000
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