HCC named Tree Campus USA
Haywood Community College’s campus arboretum has been growing for 50 years. Donated photo
Haywood Community College was recently named a 2017 Tree Campus USA by the Arbor Day Foundation, commemorating this accomplishment by planting a mountain silverbell tree on campus.
Now in its 10th year, the Tree Campus USA program honors colleges and universities for effective campus forest management and for engaging staff and students in conservation goals. HCC earned the title by meeting the program’s five standards: maintaining a tree advisory committee, having a campus tree-care plan, dedicated annual expenditures for the campus tree program, an Arbor Day observance and a student service-learning project. Currently, 344 campuses nationwide have the Tree Campus USA designation.
District ranger for the North Carolina Forest Service and HCC forestry graduate Matthew Hooper presented the award to the College.
“It is the commitment to the campus environment that has earned Haywood Community College its designation as a Tree Campus USA and reflects the dedication of the people and leaders of this college to lead by example, in care and management of its trees,” Hooper said at the presentation.
