Overall Rating Bronze
Overall Score 32.64
Liaison Jennifer Parrott
Submission Date Jan. 10, 2025

STARS v3.0

Idaho State University
OP-4: Ecologically Managed Grounds

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.56 / 5.00
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4.1 Organic landscaping/grounds services

Do the institution’s landscaping/grounds services employ a written Integrated Pest Management (IPM) protocol that follows a four-tiered approach?:
No

Online location of the institution’s IPM protocol:
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Copy of the institution’s IPM protocol:
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Do the institution’s landscaping/grounds services publish, on at least an annual basis, an inventory of the synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, fungicides, and herbicides used on campus grounds?:
No

Online location of the institution’s chemical inventory:
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Copy of the institution’s most recent chemical inventory:
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Do the institution’s landscaping/grounds services manage one or more sites or pilot projects without the use of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, fungicides, or herbicides?:
No

Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s organic landscaping/grounds policies and practices:
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Have the institution’s landscaping/grounds services eliminated their use of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, fungicides, and herbicides?:
No

Online resource affirming the organic status of the institution’s landscaping/grounds services:
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Document affirming the organic status of the institution’s landscaping/grounds services:
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The Reporting Tool will automatically calculate the following figure:

Points earned for indicator OP 4.1:
0

4.2 Ratio of ecologically managed green space to total managed green space

Total area of managed green space:
546.20 Hectares

Area protected or restored:
365 Hectares

Area of tree canopy:
152 Hectares

Area managed organically:
0.00 Hectares

The Reporting Tool will automatically calculate the following four figures:

Ratio of areas protected or restored to total managed green space:
0.67

Ratio of tree canopy to total managed green space:
0.28

Ratio of areas managed organically to total managed green space:
0.00

Points earned for indicator OP 4.2:
2.56

Optional documentation

Notes about the information provided for this credit:

Managed greenspace spreadsheet attached. The Sustainability utilzied GIS software and information acquired from ISU Grounds Department to calculate greenspace data. 

Tree Canopy measurement was found using i-Tree Canopy software, the report is attached.

Per ISU Grounds there is 900 acres of native landscaping which was the figure use for protected or restored.

There is 400sqft of landscaping on campus being treated as a "no-mow" area being restored to natural condtitions organically which is the figure represented in the area managed organically. 


Additional documentation for this credit:
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