Drake has been honored with the 2018 Tree Campus USA recognition by the Arbor Day Foundation. Drake has been designated a Tree Campus USA since 2011. Facilities Planning and Management is committed to promoting healthy urban forest management and engaging the campus community in environmental stewardship.

Our dedicated team cares for over 1,400 trees on campus. The goal of our tree care plan is to ensure a safe, attractive, and sustainable campus forest. We are already working to ensure we achieve Tree Campus USA designation for 2019.

For information on how you or your group can be involved in our Arbor Day observance tree planting, please contact Jack Bush, grounds department tree specialist, at jack.bush@drake.edu  or Gabriella Lefevre, DEAL co-president, at gabriella.lefevre@drake.edu.

— Patrick Williams, Facilities Planning and Management