Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 49.37
Liaison Beth Klein
Submission Date Feb. 5, 2025

STARS v3.0

State University of New York at Cortland
OP-4: Ecologically Managed Grounds

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 4.00 / 5.00 Matt Brubaker
Energy Manager
Facilites Management
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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?:
Yes

Online location of the institution’s IPM protocol:
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Copy of the institution’s IPM protocol:
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?:
Yes

Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s organic landscaping/grounds policies and practices:

We have a large amount of educational land designated as preserved land or forever wild, where the habitat is generally left as is for purposes of land habitat preserve and the resulting educational benefits of preserved ecological habitat. This land is "managed" in the sense that we monitor its natural health, but take care as to not disturb the natural processes present.


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:
1

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

Total area of managed green space:
318.90 Hectares

Area protected or restored:
224.63 Hectares

Area of tree canopy:
202.98 Hectares

Area managed organically:
220.51 Hectares

The Reporting Tool will automatically calculate the following four figures:

Ratio of areas protected or restored to total managed green space:
0.70

Ratio of tree canopy to total managed green space:
0.64

Ratio of areas managed organically to total managed green space:
0.69

Points earned for indicator OP 4.2:
3

Optional documentation

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