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Land and Water iCAP Team (Ongoing)

Project History

  • Save Soil Movement - June 2022

    6/16/2022

    Ayush Gupta shared the following message: there are walkathons happening across 60 cities for the Save Soil movement in the States in June. Check it out here and consider participating if you happen to find yourself in one of the cities.

  • Overview of the National Green Infrastructure Certification Program

    12/16/2021

    Heidi Leuszler (Parkland University) and Eliana Brown (Illinois Extension) led an overview of the National Green Infrastructure Certification Program.
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Description

The Land & Water iCAP Team covers the majority of the objectives for the former ALUFS and WSW Teams, with the exception of the Food objective. This group will focus on land use, agriculture on campus, carbon sequestration, water, and stormwater issues outlined in the Illinois Climate Action Plan (iCAP). The goals for the group include conserving potable water, sustainably handling stormwater, and reducing emissions from on-campus agriculture and land use. 

Background

This team focused on the objectives found in Chapter 4 of the iCAP 2020:

4.1 Reduce potable water consumption to 721,500 kgal/year by FY24, which is a reduction of 45% from the FY08 baseline. 

4.2 Implement the Resilient Landscape Strategy recommendations by FY24.

4.2.1 Increase the number of trees on campus by 1,500 by FY24 and by 3,000 by FY30.

4.2.2 Increase the number of ground-level pollinator-friendly landscaping areas on campus by 50% from the FY19 baseline by April 2024.

4.2.3 Double the number of on-campus green infrastructure installations from 24 to 48 by FY24.

4.3 Use cover crops in at least 20% of the South Farms acreage by FY24.

4.4 Monitor soil health by collecting soil analyses for all South Farms land parcels by FY24.

 

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Project Team

  • Primary Contact:

    Morgan White

    Project Leader:

    Arthur Schmidt

    Team Members:

    • Art Schmidt
    • Betsy Liggett
    • Eliana Brown
    • Brent Lewis
    • Jamie Ellis
    • Carmen Marlene Ugarte
    • Frank Colaciccio
    • Marcus Benoff
    • Nicolas Ramkumar
    • Julia Marsaglia
    • Maria Chu

    Prior Contacts:

    • Reid Christianson
    • Allen Parrish
    • Mallory Mahen

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