The University of Louisiana at Lafayette has retained its designation as a Tree Campus USA.
Tree Campus USA honors colleges and universities, and their leaders, for promoting healthy trees and engaging students and staff in the spirit of conservation.
To earn the 2014 Tree Campus USA title, UL Lafayette met the five core standards for effective campus forest management:
- a tree advisory committee;
- a campus tree-care plan;
- dedicated annual expenditures for its campus tree program;
- an Arbor Day observance; and
- a student service-learning project.
The announcement was made recently by Dan Lambe, president of the Arbor Day Foundation. “By earning Tree Campus USA recognition, your campus has shown its commitment to protecting and preserving its valuable tree resources and will reap their benefits for generations of students to come,” he wrote in a letter to UL Lafayette President Dr. Joseph Savoie.
Tree campus USA is a national program launched in 2008 by the Arbor Day Foundation and Toyota.