Overall Rating | Gold |
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Overall Score | 77.56 |
Liaison | John Pumilio |
Submission Date | Oct. 11, 2022 |
Colgate University
OP-9: Landscape Management
Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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1.66 / 2.00 |
John
Pumilio Director of Sustainability Sustainability Office |
Total campus area:
Figures required to calculate the total area of managed grounds:
Area (double-counting is not allowed) | |
Area managed organically, without the use of inorganic fertilizers and chemical pesticides, fungicides and herbicides | 1,172 Acres |
Area managed in accordance with an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program that uses selected chemicals only when needed | 108 Acres |
Area managed using conventional, chemical-based landscape management practices | 200 Acres |
Total area of managed grounds | 1,480 Acres |
A brief description of any land excluded from the area of managed grounds:
Additionally, building footprints and impervious surfaces were excluded from these totals.
In the summer of 2022, Colgate is undertaking a GIS campus mapping research project that will turn these estimates into hard numbers and data.
Percentage of grounds managed organically:
A brief description of the organic landscape management program:
Percentage of grounds managed in accordance with an IPM program:
A copy of the IPM plan or program:
A brief description of the IPM program:
A brief description of the institution's approach to plant stewardship:
A brief description of the institution's approach to hydrology and water use:
A brief description of the institution's approach to landscape materials management and waste minimization:
A brief description of the institution's approach to energy-efficient landscape design:
A brief description of other sustainable landscape management practices employed by the institution:
Website URL where information about the institution’s sustainable landscape management program is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Forested land: 1,059 acres (Sustainable Landscape)
Mowed lawn: 150 acres (Conventional)
Golf course: 175.5 acres
35.5 acres (IPM)
90 acres (Sustainable Landscape)
50 acres (Conventional)
Brush hog: 15 acres (Sustainable Landscape)
Willow plot: 8 acres (Sustainable Landscape)
Community Garden: 0.5 acres (IPM)
IPM: 72 acres
TOTAL Actively Managed Land: 1,480 acres
IPM: 108 acres
Sustainable Landscape Management (no chemicals): 1,172 acres
Conventional: 200 acres
Leased agricultural land (excluded from management): 300 acres
Actively Managed Land:
Forested land: 1,059 acres (Sustainable Landscape)
Mowed lawn: 150 acres (Conventional)
Golf course: 175.5 acres
35.5 acres (IPM)
90 acres (Sustainable Landscape)
50 acres (Conventional)
Brush hog: 15 acres (Sustainable Landscape)
Willow plot: 8 acres (Sustainable Landscape)
Community Garden: 0.5 acres (IPM)
IPM: 72 acres
TOTAL Actively Managed Land: 1,480 acres
IPM: 108 acres
Sustainable Landscape Management (no chemicals): 1,172 acres
Conventional: 200 acres
Leased agricultural land (excluded from management): 300 acres
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