[APWG] request: native landscaping policies at colleges andotherorganizations

[Emily Roberson]

The Forest Service Region 5 (California) has an excellent policy on the
use of Native Plant Material in restoration and other Revegetation
projects. It strongly encourages but does not make mandatory the use of
native plants from genetically local sources. I do not have an
electronic copy unfortunately. 

I do not know if other Forest Service regions have similar policies.
National forest service is working on a national policy but they are
still in the draft stages. 

There is also a strong national program to develop local native plant
materials for revegetation and restoration on both BLM and Forest
Service lands. More than $10 million has gone into that program so far
and greenhouses have been constructed to grow the materials. 

Hope this is useful,

Emily


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[mailto:APWG-bounces at lists.plantconservation.org] On Behalf Of maryann
whitman
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Subject: RE: [APWG] request: native landscaping policies at colleges
andotherorganizations

Ken 

I, too, would like to know about any such places.

Are you looking only for sites that have gone specifically ALL-native,
or will significantly-native do? I can think of a number of corporations
that, by choice and by planning and paying for it, have significant
native plant areas on their campuses. One of these that pops out of
memory is the Herman Miller Offices in Holland Michigan. Springfield
Township in Oakland County MI is working with developers coming into the
area to get 95% native landscaping on new home sites in sensitive areas
of the Township. This little township is the source of the headwaters of
5 separate rivers and they take their stewardship role seriously. You
might contact the Township Clerk there. Her name is Nancy Stroll.

Maryann Whitman 
Editor in Chief, Wild Ones Journal 
www.for-wild.org

Wild Ones: Native Plants, Natural Landscapes: promotes environmentally
sound landscaping practices to preserve biodiversity through the
preservation, restoration and establishment of native plant communities.
Wild Ones is a not-for-profit environmental education and advocacy
organization.


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[mailto:APWG-bounces at lists.plantconservation.org]On Behalf Of Kermath,
Brian
Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 6:03 PM
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anpc at anbg.gov.au
Subject: [APWG] request: native landscaping policies at colleges and
otherorganizations

To all:

Stetson University in DeLand, Florida recently implimented an all-native
landscaping policy (for woody species) for its campus. The policy
follows the successful establishment of a one-acre native landscape
project that I initiated in 1995 and years of discussion and pressure
from a small group of concerned individuals. [Project report available
at: http://www.stetson.edu/~rsitler/ERC/native.doc]  To my knowledge,
Stetson is the only university in the country with such a policy.

As part of a research project I am working on, I am trying to identify
organizations (universities, schools, corpoarations, minicipalities,
counties, etc.) with similar policies. Any information would be
appreciated. Thanks,

Brian Kermath
Research Associate
Global Environmental Management Education Center
University of Wisconsin
Stevens Point, WI 54481 USA
715-346-4799


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