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Burnham Centennial Nature Trail gets spring cleaning

Burnham Centennial Nature Trail gets spring cleaning during Earth Month

Published: May 3, 2013.



Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« students, faculty and staff celebrated Earth Day and Arbor Day with clean-up and restoration efforts on the Romeoville campus.

On April 22, volunteers removed buckthorn and invasive species along the Burnham Centennial Nature Trail on the Romeoville campus. They removed intrusive species, so not to degrade other non-detrimental living life on the nature trail. To restore what was removed earlier in the week, the Arbor Day program featured volunteers planting native plants and species.

The events not only benefit the wellbeing of the earth, but they also engage and educate the students and faculty of Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ«. For three consecutive years, Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« has been designated a Tree Campus USA by the Arbor Day Foundation. Morton Arboretum also designated the campus an arboretum.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« is a Catholic university in the Lasallian tradition offering distinctive undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 6,500 traditional and adult students. Lewis offers multiple campus locations, online degree programs, and a variety of formats that provide accessibility and convenience to a growing student population. Sponsored by the De La Salle Christian Brothers, Lewis prepares intellectually engaged, ethically grounded, globally connected, and socially responsible graduates. The seventh largest private not-for-profit university in Illinois, Lewis has been nationally recognized by The Princeton Review and U.S. News & World Report.

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