For the second straight year, Lewis-Clark State College has been recognized as a Tree Campus Higher Education institution by the Arbor Day Foundation.
The award, which was changed this year from Tree Campus USA to Tree Campus Higher Education, is a recognition by the Arbor Day Foundation for LC State’s commitment to effective urban forest management.
The award is part of a national program created in 2008 by the Arbor Day Foundation to honor colleges and universities for effective campus forest management and for engaging staff and students in conservation goals. LC State achieved the award by meeting Tree Campus Higher Education’s five standards, which include maintaining a tree advisory committee, a campus tree-care plan, dedicated annual expenditures for its campus tree program, an Arbor Day observance, and student service-learning project.
A total of 392 campuses across the United States were honored. Lewis-Clark State is the only four-year institution in Idaho to be honored.
LC received its first Tree Campus honor a year ago when it was the first higher education institution in the state to earn both Tree Campus and Arbnet Accreditation honors.
