To help maintain and enhance the beauty of the campus landscape, as well as to assist with the preservation and revitalization of our historic green spaces, the University of Kansas established a Campus Tree Advisory Board. In support of ongoing campus forestry efforts, this board is charged with:
- approving new policies and future updates related to tree replacement and tree care
- overseeing efforts to raise funds to maintain a dedicated "tree bank" for new trees and tree replacement
- providing guidance for KU's annual Arbor Day event, Replant Mount Oread
- providing guidance for an annual service-learning project related to campus forestry
Board Members - 2015
- Erik Blume, Student Representative, Environmental Law Society
- Jay Ellis, Assistant Director - Facilities Services, KU Athletics
- Robert Hagen, Field Education Coordinator, Environmental Studies Program
- Shawn Harding, Coordinator, Campus Operations
- Mike Lang, Project Manager, Facilities Services Landscaping
- Peg Livingood, Community Representative
- Ed Martinko, Community Representative, Historic Mount Oread Friends
- Barbara Meidinger, Community Representative
- Crystal Miles, Horticulture Manager, City of Lawrence
- Marion Paulette, Landscape Architect, Design & Construction Management
- Michael Rielly, Student Representative, Alpha Tau Omega
- Jeff Severin, Director, Center for Sustainability
- Natalie Shaw, Student Representative, Environs
- Dale Slusser, Assistant Vice President for Constituent Development and Director of Development Research
- Monte Soukup, Senior Vice-President for Property Management, KU Endowment
- Jon Standing, Community Representative
- Thomas Wilkinson, Student Senate Representative
