Washington State University has joined
the growing ranks of colleges and universities working to develop
a vision of sustainable campus and urban communities by enrolling
as a member institution in the National Wildlife Federation Campus
Ecology program.
In 2002-03, participating faculty and
students initiated several new campus development projects to
launch the Campus and Community Ecology Project at WSU.
WSU's
Campus & Community Ecology Project works to develop a green campus
policy and address sustainability issues through the collective action
of administrators, faculty, staff, and students. more...
Science & Education News Published by the Campus & Community Ecology Project at Washington State University
The Native Plant
& Landscape Restoration Nursery is entering its third growing
season at Washington State University in 2005 with the help of over
60 students working on campus and community landscape restoration
projects.
The project was started by WSU faculty and students
last spring partly to respond to the challenges of conserving and
restoring native Palouse Prairie, one of the most endangered grassland
ecosystems in North America.
Students taking a Restoration
Ecology course at WSU work in interdisciplinary teams to design
landscape restoration projects, develop on-campus greenhouse and nursery
facilities, plant demonstration botanical gardens, and grow native
plants for use in restoring naturalized campus landscapes and those
of surrounding communities and cooperating private landowners.
One
of the 2005 student restoration projects is to continue to expand
the Steffen Center Campus Forest on the edge of the WSU Pullman campus.
Tree by tree, this campus forest has been growing for over 40 years
to support teaching and research activities of WSU faculty
and students. more...
