University of Nevada Las Vegas
Tier2-3: Tree Campus USA

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas was awarded its Tree Campus USA designation for 2010. A celebratory Arbor Day tree planting and presentation of the Tree Campus USA award was held in April 2011, when over 60 trees were planted by grounds workers, volunteer students and staff. The day was also planned in coordination with Take Your Child to Work Day in order to encourage the younger members of our community to get involved in environmental stewardship. As part of the criteria for designation as a Tree Campus USA, the University has a Campus Tree Care Plan which identifies the policies procedures and practices that are used in establishing, maintaining and removing campus trees. The goal is to provide a safe attractive, usable and sustainable urban forest on campus that is conducive to living and learning in southern Nevada. A campus tree advisory committee comprised of on-campus faculty, staff and students as well as off-campus community members who actively contribute in guideline issues and provide input and items of interest toward achieving our Urban Forest goals. UNLV joins a select group of 115 colleges and schools nationwide as a Tree Campus USA. The Arbor Day Foundation and Toyota developed Tree Campus USA to honor colleges and universities that practice sound campus forestry. The aim of the program is to recognize college campuses for promoting healthy urban forest management and engaging the campus community in environmental stewardship.