Over the past few years, the Sustainability Office and the Roads and Grounds department have been taking steps to manage campus-owned acreage in more sustainable ways, to encourage pollinator and insect presence, to manage and maintain campus trees, and to create more inviting outdoor spaces. To further these initiatives and continue to make progress, these groups formed the Sustainable Landscapes Committee in Spring 2023. This committee includes members of WVU faculty, staff, and students who have extensive knowledge and experience in sustainable landscape planning and development. The committee plans and installs pollinator gardens, selects appropriate plant species, maintains WVU's Bee Campus designation, and suggest best practices for incorporating sustainability into land management on campus.
Money raised will go directly to work planned for 2025—adding more pollinator-friendly plants to the Agricultural Sciences Building green roof, adding additional plants to the Evansdale Library garden planted in summer 2024, and continuing to seed former lawn areas between PRT tracks with pollinator-friendly perennial flowers.
