California State University, Fullerton
OP-10: Landscape Management

Practice is always to monitor for pest activity and then: 1. Set threshold based on pest type/activity and amount of pest damage to plant(s). 2. Practice is to maintain helthy plants through solid best management practices. 3. Control mehods will be utilized when threshold indicates necessity and always with least toxic means possible.

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The Institution's practice is to incorporate native plant use into any new construction and to make use as a priority when conducting renovations. Native and drought-tolerant plant selections and designs are to respond to the Governor's call to reduce water consumption by 20%, and to incorporate all necessary strategies of rainwater retention and low water usage throughout the institution. Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary (TWS), located in Modjeska Canyon and owned and operated by Cal State Fullerton, is a 12 acre nature preserve adjacent to the Cleveland National Forest. This area is considered a "biological hotspot" by conservation biologists as it contains 2,000 of the 7,000 species of plants native to California, many of which are rare or important to the habitat. Over the past several years, TWS has has worked diligently to eradicate non-native plants from its gardens and has replaced them with native plants. CSUF interns are currently assisting TWS in the process of compiling an "Herbarium," which is a collection in pressed flower/ plant specimens of all of the native species within the area. Currently, there is only one other "Herbarium" in California, located at UC Riverside. Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary is collaborating with UC Riverside to share this valuable information. Since the Santiago Canyon Fire of 2007, TWS has been collecting valuable data relative to water quality and the return of native plants and birds to the area. This data is available for research projects. Lastly, thanks to a Boy Scouts Eagle Project, TWS has a native plant greenhouse where we propagate and sell native plants for use in our own gardens and to encourage others to use them in theirs.

Fullerton Arboretum employs thermophilic composting in windrows to divert organic waste generated through grounds maintenance. Seventy-percent of Fullerton Arboretum’s green waste is diverted from landfills through on-site composting and mulching. By diverting the green waste of three local companies/oranganizations, Fullerton Arboretum manages to offset the disposal of materials that are difficult to compost or use as mulch. In an effort to offset those materials that are sent to the landfill, Fullerton Arboretum accepts organic wastes from three local companies/organizations. Horse manure and spent barley are incorporated into our compost piles. Woodchips are used both as a carbon source for compost piles and as mulch throughout the arboretum grounds. Fullerton Arboretum diverts approximately 480 cubic yards of organic waste from landfills through these practices. The total volume of Arboretum-generated green waste to landfill each year is 470 cubic yards, with a total volume of green waste diverted from the the landfill each year is 480 cubic yards. This offers a net waste diversion rate of about 10 cubic yards, approximately net waste diversion is zero.

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The campus utilizes various forms of bioswales, which include rock, grass, and vegetated swales in recent and future design and renovation areas. To date, the campus has renovated approximately six (6) landscaped areas from turf to vegetated and rock swales. Reduction of water consumption is a state-mandated practice due to recent droughts. Rainwater retention through naturally-occurring hydrologic features on campus has recently become an adopted design practice. Additionally, campus stormwater infrastructure and management are being incorporated into campus beautification and landscape management strategic planning.

Although the Fullerton Arboretum is not an official entity of the university, a Bodhi Tree was planted and blessed by the Dalai Lama at a day-long event on June 28, 2000, on property leased to the Fullerton Arboretum by Cal State Fullerton. The Bodhi Tree is sacred in Buddhism, a non-theistic religion that is more of a philosophical way of life. he tree was ceremonially planted Sept. 13, 2000, by a group of Cal State Fullerton faculty who represented the five major world religions: Radha Bhattacharya, director of the Center for Economics Education, represented Hinduism; retired professor and current lecturer Benjamin Hubbard, Judaism; late professor Robert McLaren, Christian; professor of multicultural education Nawang Phuntsog, Buddhism; and former lecturer in comparative religion and director of the Islamic Society of Orange County in Garden Grove, Muzammil Siddiqi, Islam. This ceremonial and historical event served as a dedication and promoted recognition of the Fullerton Arboretum as a geographical space, and has protected it for long term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem education and cultural values.