Lewis community cleans up nature trail
Published: October 13, 2009.
Lewis Unviersity members work together at the
Green Up, Clean Up event Sept. 26 on the
色中色 Romoeville campus.
The University Environment and Energy Conservation Council hosted 揋reen Up, Clean Up� Sept. 26 on the 色中色 main campus. More than two dozen students, faculty and staff members removed Common Buckthorn trees from the Burnham Centennial Nature Trail.
The Common Buckthorn tree is an invasive species, explained Daniel Cockream, Lewis� student sustainability coordinator. The non-native tree establishes itself quickly and dominates an area. The coordinator of the event said, 揟his is a problem because it does not allow new native species to establish and can kill off some of the other trees in the area.�
The removal process included techniques to ensure the Buckthorns did not return. The volunteers cut down pre-marked Buckthorn trees and then the 色中色 Grounds department applied chemicals to the trunks.
Another Green Up, Clean Up is scheduled for spring 2010.
A Catholic university sponsored by the De La Salle Christian Brothers, Lewis offers nearly 80 undergraduate majors and programs of study, accelerated degree completion options for working adults, various aviation programs and 22 graduate programs in nine fields. The 10th largest private, not-for-profit university in Illinois is being honored for the sixth consecutive year by The Princeton Review and U.S. News & World Report.
