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Lilly ARBOR Project is a Center for Earth and Environmental Science
(CEES) project to develop an outdoor experiential environmental
research and education site that teaches principles of science-based
environmental stewardship to a host of constituencies. Ecological
reforestation of the White River in downtown Indianapolis will help
complete the last key component of a conservation corridor through
Marion County, Indiana. The project's educational objectives are to
a) increase the number of faculty and students at IUPUI involved in
experiential learning, b) engage students in the design,
implementation, and monitoring of a restoration project, and c)
provide a site for educational outreach for citizens, K-12
educators, and environmental professionals. The project's research
objectives are to a) provide a research site for long-term study of
river and river margin (riparian) processes, b) evaluate restoration
procedures currently utilized by restoration managers, and c)
monitor the long-term (at least 5 years) growth and development of
an urban river-margin forest. CEES estimates that several hundred
students and community volunteers will be involved at the site over
the next five years. The project will involve planting and
monitoring the growth and development of trees and shrubs planted
along eight and a half acres of the river-margin corridor along the
White River immediately west of the IUPUI campus.
Faculty from at least four IUPUI
schools (School of Science, School of Public and Environmental
Affairs, School of Liberal Arts, School of Education) will use the
site for teaching and research. The site will be studied, restored,
and maintained by a) students participating in either service
learning courses or in more advanced courses for majors, b) students
from local area high schools and middle schools, c) local community
centers, and d) community volunteers under an umbrella of long-term
project responsibility and maintenance provided by CEES. To see the design recommendations, click here |
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