By Joseph Garcia —
The University of Louisville has been named Tree Campus USA for the ninth year in a row.
The award comes from the Arbor Day Foundation and has five standards. The standards are maintaining a tree advisory committee, having campus tree-care plan, having dedicated annual expenditures for campus trees, holding an Arbor Day observance and organizing a student service-learning project.
U of L first received this award in 2010 following the adoption of a campus-wide Tree Care Plan.
The plan meticulously details the planting seasons for trees and shrubs, the proper planting methods and the removal procedures.