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  1. Land and Water Team November Monthly Meeting Minutes and Notes

    Associated Project(s): 
    Land and Water iCAP Team
    Prairie Restoration at Florida & Orchard
    Bee Campus USA
    Rainwater Management Plans

    The Land and Water Team met for its November monthly meeting on Friday, November 21, from 2:00 to 3:00 PM on Teams. This month, the team listened to a student conducting research on the usage of gray water systems in Illinois and other states and institutions. This research will help the team gain support from other organizations to potentially amend the Illinois plumbing code to permit the use of gray water in toilet flushing systems. The team was also updated on the status of the Florida Orchard Prairie maintenance, which will be taken care of by Red Bison, who is eager to work on this project. The team also discussed the pros and cons of maintaining our Bee Campus USA certification, which requires significant funds and effort to improve pollinator status, a task that is largely already accomplished by various campus groups. Attached are the meeting agenda and notes. 

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  2. Land and Water Team October Monthly Meeting Minutes and Notes

    Associated Project(s): 
    Land and Water iCAP Team
    Prairie Restoration at Florida & Orchard

    The Land and Water team met for their monthly October meeting on Friday, October 24th, 2-3 PM. This month, the team discussed ongoing research around the usage of gray water in Illinois and other states' plumbing systems, the new map locating the milkweed planting locations, current and ongoing MOU requests, the status of the maintenance of the Florida Orchard Prairie, and green stormwater infrastructure controls on campus. Attached below are the agenda minutes, which show the details of what was discussed during the meeting. The meeting recording is available to watch in the meeting minutes. 

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  4. Land and Water Team September Monthly Meeting Minutes and Notes

    Associated Project(s): 
    Land and Water iCAP Team
    Prairie Restoration at Florida & Orchard
    Integrated Pest Management (IPM)

    The land and water team met for the first time of the academic year on Friday, September 26, 2025, from 2-3 PM on Teams with their new chair, Bridgette Moen. The team discussed when the upcoming iCAP 2025 will be released. The team also discussed project updates from the summer and refreshed the team objectives, goals, and current projects. The minutes and notes from the meeting are included here. 

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  12. Land and Water April Monthly Meeting Minutes and Notes

    Associated Project(s): 
    Land and Water iCAP Team
    Rainwater Management
    Rainwater Management Plans
    Prairie Restoration at Florida & Orchard

    This month, the Land and Water team had their monthly meeting on Friday, April 4, at 9:00 am on a Teams video call. Linked below is the meeting agenda with the meeting notes from what the team discussed. Additionally, a recording of the meeting is linked in the agenda. 

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