CAMPUS TREE CARE PLAN

B. CAMPUS TREE ADVISORY COMMITTEE

As indicated in Standard 1, and per policy, the committee will meet biannually and at the call of the chair. Permanent members include two UTRGV biology faculty, staff, five community representatives, and one student graduate research assistant. The committee is tasked to assist in providing guidance for future planning, approval of a campus master plan, educate the campus population on the value of trees, provide recommendations concerning Heritage tree removals, and per the campus tree inventory designate status of trees. The committee will also establish goals for increasing the number of trees on campus.