Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 52.54
Liaison Tom Hartzell
Submission Date Feb. 26, 2020

STARS v2.2

Calvin University
OP-9: Landscape Management

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.00 / 2.00 Dave Warners
Professor
Biology
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Total campus area:
789 Acres

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 0 Acres
Area managed in accordance with an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program that uses selected chemicals only when needed 0 Acres
Area managed using conventional, chemical-based landscape management practices 300 Acres
Total area of managed grounds 300 Acres

A brief description of any land excluded from the area of managed grounds:

For the total campus area of 789 listed above. We include the following as part of the managed lands:

- 300 acres main campus
- excludes 100 acres of Nature Preserve which is not conventionally managed

We exclude these from managed lands:
- 319 acres Waltman Lake
- 70 acres Flat Iron Lake
- 100 acres is our Ecosystem Preserve.


Percentage of grounds managed organically:
0

A brief description of the organic landscape management program:
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Percentage of grounds managed in accordance with an IPM program:
0

A copy of the IPM plan or program:
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A brief description of the IPM program:
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A brief description of the institution's approach to plant stewardship:
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A brief description of the institution's approach to hydrology and water use:
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A brief description of the institution's approach to landscape materials management and waste minimization:
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A brief description of the institution's approach to energy-efficient landscape design:

n/a


A brief description of other sustainable landscape management practices employed by the institution:
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Website URL where information about the institution’s sustainable landscape management program is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Calvin follows informal guidelines for the above categories, but nothing that would count for the STARS report. Calvin plans on pursuing formal guidelines for the next submission. (2.5.19 JW)


Calvin follows informal guidelines for the above categories, but nothing that would count for the STARS report. Calvin plans on pursuing formal guidelines for the next submission. (2.5.19 JW)

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