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Connecticut College, arboretum director receive awards from Connecticut Urban Forest Council
November 15, 2006
For immediate release - Nov. 14, 2006 Contact: Eric Cárdenas (860) 439-2508; eric.cardenas@conncoll.edu Connecticut College, arboretum director receive awards from Connecticut Urban Forest Council NEW LONDON, Conn. - Connecticut College´s environmental focus was recognized recently as the college and its staff received two awards from the Connecticut Urban Forest Council (CUFC) at the council´s annual conference.
The college won the 2006 Leadership Award for its management of the college´s 750-acre Arboretum, and Glenn D. Dreyer, the Charles and Sarah P. Becker ´27 Director of the Arboretum at Connecticut College, received an award of recognition for co-editing a book on managing public trees.
In awarding the college the Leadership Award, the CUFC cited such specific activities as the high degree of care the college provides to the trees on its campus and arboretum, the degree to which the college is dedicated to the maintenance and protection of trees, and its leadership in environmental education.
The arboretum recently celebrated its 75th year, and includes research, teaching, conservation, public education and recreation among its mission.
During the ceremony, Wethersfield Tree Warden John Lepper said Connecticut College has been a leader in urban and community forestry in Connecticut.
"We hope that other institutions will follow the college´s lead and take the opportunity to improve our environment through tree planting, tree maintenance and planning for the future of our urban forest," Lepper said.
The second award recognized the book "Greening Connecticut Cities and Towns, Managing Public Trees and Community Forests" as an outstanding urban forestry project.
The book was co-edited by Dreyer, who is also the executive director of the Goodwin-Niering Center for Conservation Biology and Environmental Studies and adjunct associate professor of botany, and Robert M. Ricard, extension educator with the University of Connecticut Cooperative Extension System.
The book, published by the University of Connecticut College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, is aimed at helping citizen volunteers to be effective in managing public trees in communities of all sizes.
The CUFC annual conference was held on Oct. 26 in Wallingford, Conn.
The Connecticut Urban Forest Council is a non-profit association established to provide advice, assistance and coordination with regards urban and community forestry activities within the State of Connecticut.
Ranked among the most selective private liberal arts colleges in the nation, Connecticut College enrolls 1,900 men and women from 43 states and 45 countries. The college is known for putting the liberal arts into action through interdisciplinary studies, international programs, funded internships, student-faculty research and service learning. Founded in 1911, the college operates under an 85-year-old honor code. The college is located at 270 Mohegan Ave, New London, about two hours by car from Boston and New York. The 750-acre campus is an arboretum overlooking Long Island Sound. For more information, visit www.connecticutcollege.edu. -CC-
For more information contact: Amy Sullivan (860) 439-2526; amy.sullivan@conncoll.edu