[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 30 (Monday, March 4, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E238]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




JAMESTOWN COMMUNITY COLLEGE RECOGNIZED AS A ``TREE CAMPUS USA'' COLLEGE 
                    FOR THE FOURTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR

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                             HON. TOM REED

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, March 4, 2013

  Mr. REED. Mr. Speaker, I rise to congratulate Jamestown Community 
College and its faculty, staff, and student body whose commitment to 
the environment has earned them the distinguished award as a ``Tree 
Campus USA'' college for the fourth consecutive year. As the first 
community college in New York State to earn this distinction from the 
Arbor Day Foundation, JCC met the necessary criteria by fulfilling five 
standards: maintaining a campus tree advisory committee, campus tree 
care plan, providing annual expenditures to the tree program, observing 
Arbor Day, and service learning projects for students. By achieving 
these standards, Jamestown Community College displayed effective 
management of their campus trees and collaboration with the community 
to foster urban forests.
  The Arbor Day Foundation created this national program to recognize 
colleges and universities who exhibit dedication to sustaining their 
campus and community forestry as well as engaging their student body 
and faculty in these conservation goals. With one million members, 
Arbor Day Foundation has grown to become the largest nonprofit 
organization dedicated to planting trees. It has helped campuses 
throughout the country plant hundreds of thousands of trees and last 
year ``Tree Campus USA'' colleges and universities invested $23 million 
in campus forest management.
  Jamestown Community College stands as an example to the community and 
other colleges and universities for making initiatives to sustain the 
environment by protecting and maintaining trees.
  I applaud their many efforts and look forward to Jamestown Community 
College's continued leadership on this front.

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