Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 69.32
Liaison Ian Johnson
Submission Date June 3, 2019
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Colorado College
IN-11: Grounds Certification

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.50 / 0.50 Ian Johnson
Sustainability Director
Office of Sustainability
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

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
Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program (ACSP) or ACSP for Golf ---
Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Forest Management standard ---
National Wildlife Federation’s Certified Wildlife Habitat Program ---
An IFOAM-endorsed organic standard or Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) ---
Salmon-Safe ---
Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES) ---
Tree Campus USA (Arbor Day Foundation) Yes
Bee Campus USA ---
An equivalent program approved by AASHE ---

A brief description of institution owned and/or managed land that is currently third party certified under one or more of the programs listed above, including the year each certification was achieved and/or renewed:
As of Spring 2017, CC's campus is officially tree campus certified, meaning tree health is standardized for the coming times. All campus trees will henceforward be cared for by our campus arborist and supported by the tree campus committee made up of both faculty and students. A tree care plan created by the committee will marshal tree management. Atudents will be taught how to support tree health and plant xeric trees and gardens on Arbor Day each year

Optional Fields 

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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