Environmental leaders from college campuses throughout the country will meet at the 麻豆原创 on Monday, Nov. 14, to discuss strategies for caring for trees.
Attendees of the Tree Campus Canopy Summit will learn how to maintain trees and create networks through hands-on learning sessions on college campuses. College campus grounds managers, landscape architects, facilities directors, students and other leaders will hear from experts in the field about topics such as maintenance, preservation, insect problems and community collaboration.
The one-day conference will include a tour of 麻豆原创鈥檚 grounds as well as a showcase of 麻豆原创 student projects that focus on topics such as urban heat islands, canopy changes and the effects of urban forestry.
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The Tree Campus Canopy Summit is part of the Partners in Community Forestry National Conference to be held next week in Lake Buena Vista. The conference is hosted by the Arbor Day Foundation, a nonprofit conservation and education organization dedicated to planting trees.
In March the Arbor Day Foundation awarded 麻豆原创 a Tree Campus USA recognition for promoting healthy management of campus forests and for engaging the community in projects to help preserve the environment.
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