[APWG] request: native landscaping policies at collegesandotherorganizations

[Suzanne M. Maloney]

Hi Brian,
 
The Broklyn Botanic Gardens implement something like this a few years ago. They actually are in the process of eleminating any invasive species use from their location. For More information contact Steve Clemants at steveclemants at bbg.org .
 
Hope this helps!
 
Suzanne Maloney
Executive Director 
Invasive Plant Council of NYS
518-271-0346

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	From: Emily Roberson [mailto:emilyr at cnps.org] 
	Sent: Fri 12/19/2003 5:06 PM 
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	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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	native plant species and communities through collaboration, education,
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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
	To: fleppc at fleppc.org; apwg at lists.plantconservation.org;
	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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