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17th Consecutive Year As A<\/p>\n \n

Tree Campus USA<\/h1>\n \n
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The West Lafayette campus has been certified as a Tree Campus every year since 2009.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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In order to be recognized as a Tree Campus, colleges and universities must meet the following five core standards that promote tree health and student involvement.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Maintain a tree advisory committee<\/h6>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Create a campus tree care plan<\/h6>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Dedicate annual expenditures for its campus tree program<\/h6>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Hold an Arbor Day observance<\/h6>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Purdue\u2019s commitment to tree care<\/h2>\n \n\n

Purdue\u2019s Grounds and Sustainable Operations departments collaborate with the campus arboretum to continually meet the Tree Campus USA requirements. In addition to creating a tree care plan, designated staff implement it throughout the year by performing required landscape maintenance, including the removal of unhealthy trees and the planting of new ones.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"parent":10,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-586","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/grounds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/grounds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/grounds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/grounds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/grounds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=586"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/grounds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":667,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/grounds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/586\/revisions\/667"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/grounds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/grounds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}