The National Wildlife Federation (NWF) released The Campus Wild

The National Wildlife Federation (NWF) released The Campus Wild: How College and University Green Landscapes Provide Havens for Wildlife and "Lands-on" Experiences for Students and Butte College is featured along with 84 other colleges across the nation.

The guide highlights how colleges and universities play a dynamic role protecting wildlife and restoring habitats in campus green spaces--including on-campus landscapes and natural areas, as well as distant campus-owned lands. It explores how such green places--dedicated to "The Wild"--also can benefit students, faculty, and staff with leadership opportunities, hands-on learning, energy savings, water conservation, and much more. Butte College is showcased on page 55.

The guide highlights 85 higher education institutions, representing all 50 states including the District of Columbia, and showcases a variety of habitat-related projects from diverse regions across the U.S. Efforts include a campus building that is home to nesting peregrine falcons, a controlled burn to restore prairie land, a no net loss of forest canopy policy that requires tree plantings when any tree is removed, forest surveys to measure carbon sequestration capacity, and campus gardens that not only provide food for the dining hall, but provide hands-on learning for students and homes for local wildlife.

More than half of the 4,600 schools in the U.S. have participated in Campus Ecology projects that have created wildlife habitat, increased biodiversity and reduced greenhouse gas emissions. Campuses are "perfect environments for nurturing wildlife while providing outdoor, living laboratories for students," says Courtney Cochran, coauthor of the guide and NWF's Campus Ecology senior coordinator.

Download the entire guide here.

Read page 55 that has the Butte College article here.