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Environmental awards for College, Arbo director
The Connecticut College Arboretum, Fall 2006. Photo by Vincent Scarano.
November 28, 2006
The college´s environmental focus was recognized recently as the college and its staff received two awards at the Connecticut Urban Forest Council (CUFC) annual conference.
The college won the 2006 Leadership Award for its management of its 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.
More about the award-winning book and other Arboretum publications, available for purchase, at the Connecticut College Arboretum´s online bookstore.
For more information contact: Amy Sullivan (860) 439-2526; amy.sullivan@conncoll.edu