| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 75.90 |
| Liaison | Deborah Steinberg |
| Submission Date | Dec. 6, 2021 |
Carnegie Mellon University
IN-20: Grounds Certification
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.50 / 0.50 |
Dawn
Roerink Assistant Director of Custodial & Grounds of FMCS Facilities Management and Campus Services |
Does the institution own and/or manage land that is currently certified under the following programs? (at least one positive response required):
| Yes or No | |
| ArbNet Arboretum Accreditation | Yes |
| Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program (ACSP) | No |
| Bee Campus USA | No |
| Demeter Biodynamic | No |
| Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Forest Management standard | No |
| International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Green List Standard | No |
| National Wildlife Federation’s Certified Wildlife Habitat Program | No |
| An Organic standard or Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) endorsed by IFOAM | No |
| Salmon-Safe | No |
| Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES) | No |
| Tree Campus USA (Arbor Day Foundation) | Yes |
| An equivalent program approved by AASHE | No |
A brief description of the institution’s third party certified land holdings:
The entire campus has been registered as an Arboretum, with the size totaling 140 acres, consisting of over 2,000 trees representing 98 different species, and about 90 varieties of shrubs. Plant health is classified on a scale of 1 (superb) to 5 (dead); the average condition of trees on campus is 1.94. Members of the project are in the process of cataloging all of the ground covers, perennials and grasses on campus. The next step for CMU’s arboretum will be to install plant tags on all of the species.
In June 2019, Carnegie Mellon received an Arboretum Accreditation Level 1 from ArbNet, an international collaborative of professionals that assists arboreta in meeting environmental goals and raising environmental standards through the ArbNet accreditation program.
http://arbnet.org/morton-register/carnegie-mellon-university-arboretum
Since 2014, Carnegie Mellon has received annually the Tree Campus Higher Education designation from the Tree Campus Higher Education Program of the Arbor Day Foundation. This program assists colleges and universities in developing sustainable arboretums.
https://www.arborday.org/programs/tree-campus-higher-education/#recognizedSection
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