Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 52.81
Liaison Stephan Classen
Submission Date Oct. 14, 2021

STARS v2.2

Cascadia College
IN-20: Grounds Certification

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.50 / 0.50 Stephan Classen
Assistant Director of Sustainable Practices
Student Learning
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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 No
Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program (ACSP) No
Bee Campus USA Yes
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 Yes
An Organic standard or Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) endorsed by IFOAM No
Salmon-Safe Yes
Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES) No
Tree Campus USA (Arbor Day Foundation) No
An equivalent program approved by AASHE No

A brief description of the institution’s third party certified land holdings:
Our campus was Certified Salmon Safe in 2008 and re-certified in 2013. We have restored 58 acres of wetlands on campus to benefit North Creek. We continue to maintain the campus without the use of pesticides.

Our campus can be found under: University of Washington Bothell/Cascadia College on this website for Bee Campus USA Certification.
https://beecityusa.org/current-bee-campus-usa-affiliates/

We were also mentioned achieving this certification in this publication: https://thehuskyherald.com/2021/05/24/uw-bothell-and-cascadia-is-now-a-certified-bee-campus-the-ccuwbee-research-initiative-and-native-pollinators/

National Wildlife Certification does not list campuses on their website, but our certification number is: 256096

We were also mentioned when initially starting the process towards certification in 2008: https://blog.nwf.org/2008/06/preserving-habitats-on-campus/

Documentation affirming the certification(s):
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Website URL where information affirming the certification(s) is available:

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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Our campus can be found under: University of Washington Bothell/Cascadia College on this website for Bee Campus USA Certification.
https://beecityusa.org/current-bee-campus-usa-affiliates/

Our certifications are listed on this website: https://www.cascadia.edu/discover/about/sustainability/sustainablecampus.aspx

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