华盛顿，宾夕法尼亚州(2016年3月15日)——华盛顿的校园植物园 & 杰佛逊学院&J)被授予I级认证 ArbNet植物园认证计划 and 莫顿植物园, securing its place among arboreta and gardens recognized world-wide for particularly high standards of professionalism in the field.
“Level I Accreditation through ArbNet gives our Campus Arboretum a benchmark for progress toward a more ecological, educational, 以及审美的生活和学习环境,” said 杰森·基尔戈博士.D.W&J. Kilgore, with W&J场地主管Jim Mirage, 在由学生组成的植物园咨询委员会的协助下管理植物园, staff, faculty, and community.
“This accreditation substantiates our efforts and provides more support for ecological landscaping on the campus and broad educational programming for the community,” Kilgore said. “We are now on the map for global arboreta and want to be a welcome destination for people both young and old.”
ArbNet植物园认证计划 is the only global initiative to officially recognize arboreta at various levels of development, capacity, 和职业精神. W的校园植物园&J现在也被认可为Morton Arboreta登记册的认可植物园, 一个世界树木和花园的数据库，致力于木本植物.
The W&J Campus Arboretum was established in 2012 when Kilgore and alumnus Kyle Karwatski ’14 designed and populated bases to collect and manage data from campus trees. 卡瓦茨基还开发了校园植物园网站. Students, 尤其是校友Nathan Pisciottano, Lindsey Dove ’16, Daniel Toski ’16, 亨特·哈米尔17岁, 继续在监测和维护植物园的数据库和网站方面发挥重要作用.
校园植物园现在涵盖了整个85英亩的城市校园和体育设施. 所有的近1,对83个树种的200棵树进行了统计和评价, 有超过930棵树带有金属标签，上面有登记号码和家庭, scientific, 还有常用的名字. 特别值得注意的树木包括一种成熟的美国榆树, 一棵成熟的柳树, and five mature osage-oranges from an historical property line separating the College from the former Washington Female Seminary.
该学院已被公认为 Tree Campus USA since 2013, 有学生的积极参与, staff, faculty, 和当地高中生一起参加一年一度的植树节活动. 志愿者和受薪大学生在发展中不可或缺, monitoring, 和维护植物园自成立以来.
关于ArbNet植物园认证计划
ArbNet植物园认证计划由 莫顿植物园 在伊利诺斯州莱尔市与 美国公共花园协会 and 国际植物园保护协会. 全球唯一一个基于一套专业标准正式承认树木的倡议, 该项目提供四个级别的认证, 认识发育程度不同的树木, capacity, 和职业精神. Accreditation is based on self-assessment and documentation of an arboretum’s level of achievement of accreditation standards. 标准包括规划, governance, 物种标记, 员工或志愿者支持, 公共访问，编程和树科学, planting, 和保护. 更多信息请访问 www.arbnet.org.
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