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Binney Girdler\u2019s unpopular opinion is that she prefers the Not-So-Magnificent Pines to the Magnificent Pines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And if you know what that means, then you\u2014like Girdler, a professor of biology<\/a> and the director of the environmental studies<\/a> program at Kalamazoo College\u2014are probably already a fan of \u201cthe Arb.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Lillian Anderson Arboretum, located about five miles west of campus at 7787 W. Main St., encompasses 140 acres of forest, fields and wetlands, with five miles of walking trails. K faculty and students have long treasured the Arboretum as a living learning laboratory for courses as diverse as biology, German and art. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the past few years, the Arboretum has increasingly taken its place as a valuable community resource as well. During the pandemic, when families and individuals sought outdoor recreation at unprecedented levels, nearby residents discovered the beauty of the Arb like never before\u2014and as COVID-19 restrictions eased, they continued to take advantage of the free access to a variety of natural settings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the Arb is a private facility, K welcomes its use by members of the public\u2014and yet, increased use means accelerated wear and tear. Hikers track in invasive species. More cars and trail users cause faster degradation of the parking area and pedestrian surfaces. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sara Stockwood, director of the College\u2019s Larry J. Bell \u201980 Environmental Stewardship Center and the Lillian Anderson Arboretum, therefore appreciates community support that helps keep community access possible. Local foundations have contributed more than $100,000 in grant support for projects and physical improvements at the Arb over the past two years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Collaboration and partnership with the Consumers Energy Foundation, ENNA Foundation, Irving S. Gilmore Foundation, Kalamazoo Rotary Club and Seminary Hill Sustainability Internship as well as Stryker and Zoetis through the Kalamazoo Nature Center<\/a> have enabled entrance trail upgrades, a new welcome sign, installation of a new well, replacement of the Batts Pond bridge, continuation of pollinator habitat research, a three-year sheep-grazing research project, and development of a land-management plan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The Arb is part of the College’s operating budget,\u201d Stockwood said. \u201cThat helps with our maintenance costs and keeping things safe. The local foundation grants really allow it to flourish, improving the experience for both college students and community visitors. The grant funds allow us to dream about what we could do and help give some momentum to making progress toward our goals.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Physical improvements<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Grant-supported physical improvements over the past couple of years have included replacing and upgrading some aging features.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Erosion from rain and snow melt off the parking lot, in addition to regular use, necessitated regrading the entrance trail and adding another layer of crushed asphalt millings.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The hand-pumped well went offline several years ago after a failed water-quality test, and a new well had to be drilled to provide visitors with fresh drinking water.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two additional photo monitoring sites, where visitors are encouraged to take and submit pictures to help the College track how the landscape changes over time, were installed\u2014one on the Power Line Trail and one on Old Field.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bridge over Batts Pond desperately needed a replacement. The original bridge was more than 20 years old, and every few years, high water levels have submerged it under as much as a foot of water. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019d been trying to figure out how to manage a bridge where the water levels change so much,\u201d Stockwood said. \u201cYou have to be able to get across there. It\u2019s a spot where classes do research and it\u2019s one of our big access points, close to Oshtemo Township Park. We were spending so much time trying to make extension bridges, and then they would float away, and we would go get them and bring them back.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new bridge, supported by grant funds, is fixed on either end, with a floating dock in the middle, made from the same material as the Arb\u2019s wetland boardwalk. That will allow the bridge to rise and fall with the pond\u2019s changing water level, keeping it accessible year-round and minimizing ongoing maintenance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese projects are all big, and anything that has infrastructure related to it has maintenance and upkeep,\u201d Stockwood said. \u201cThe local grants have allowed us to make that a focus, so that as our numbers are increasing, as people are spending more time out there, we’re able to accommodate and focus on the trails feeling accessible and safe and welcoming.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Binney Girdler, a professor of biology and the director of the environmental studies program at Kalamazoo College, conducts some classes at the Lillian Anderson Arboretum.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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During the pandemic, when families and individuals sought outdoor recreation, nearby residents discovered the beauty of the Arboretum like never before.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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The Arboretum is a tremendous asset for both the College and the community. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

A<\/strong>rboretum Projects<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Grant funding also supports new and continuing projects at the Arboretum, notably pollinator research, a grazing study and development of a land-management plan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One long-term project involves pollinator research along the power line. For many years, Arb staff and students have managed a stretch of the power line, working to remove invasive species, plant a native prairie ecosystem, and survey pollinator activity. Many students have completed internships and Senior Integrated Projects while taking part in the ongoing research. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

New over the past couple of years is a research project, also along the power line, to compare a hands-off land-management approach to traditional mowing and to sheep grazing. Girdler, Stockwood and Ann Fraser, emerita professor of biology, have worked with Lauren Burns, owner of local contract grazing company Tending Tilth, to coordinate the project with student involvement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Planned to run for a minimum of three years, the project consists of data collection from vegetation surveys, soil sampling, pH monitoring, evaluation of carbon sequestering, and growth rates on plots of land that are mowed, grazed by Burns\u2019 sheep, or left alone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It pushes students to use what they\u2019re learning in class in a tangible way,\u201d Burns said. \u201cThey\u2019ve had hands-on experience in what it\u2019s like to design a study and perfect it over a couple years and what it looks like when a student adopts a project started by another student, what to focus on, how to avoid losing data. I hope to inspire young people to pursue careers in agriculture and science, and I think this really supports that.”\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The benefits go far beyond those directly experienced by Burns and K students. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt’s a benefit to Lauren because it has the potential to prove that her business model is good for the planet,\u201d Girdler said. \u201cIt’s great for students to be exposed to this approach. For me, intellectually, it’s very cool to work with a farmer and businessperson who\u2019s willing to take this approach. That’s a personal benefit. It’s a benefit to the Arboretum, because it’s helping us understand better ways to manage the Arboretum. That can have knock-on effects, especially if we are able to publish our results for other land managers and for scientists generally, for the field of vegetation management and trying to do things without as much fossil fuels, in the face of climate change and the face of invasive species, a lot of the wicked problems we’re going to need to tackle in this adaptive way.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The College is working with the Kalamazoo Nature Center to develop a five-year land-management plan for the Arb that should be complete this spring. The plan follows the Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation, a widely adopted set of principles and practices. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been identifying goals and targets and figuring out how that all matches with our values,\u201d Stockwood said. \u201cThat will give us some targeted areas of the Arb that we want to focus on, especially with invasive species removal, and it’ll continue some things that we’ve been doing.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The plan also includes some new types of monitoring, including deer and avian health. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHaving a land-management plan gives us direction, versus just tackling things as they come up,\u201d Stockwood said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, some things will still come up. Trees will fall across trails and need to be dealt with in the moment. A management plan, however, will aid in more proactive scheduling of maintenance and improvement work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt also ties in our values and gives us reasoning for why we’re doing what we’re doing,\u201d Stockwood said. \u201cThat could help us make a case for other projects and grants. I’m hoping that we can tie in more classes, too; if we have specific monitoring goals, we can ask a class to help us with that. It doesn’t just have to be the student trail crew or a staff member, we can bring in different parts of our community to help us reach the management goals if it’s clear what we’re doing and why we’re doing it.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Common ground<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Arb is a tremendous asset for both the College and the Kalamazoo-area community.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSince I got here in 2001, almost every class I have taught has used the ecosystems out there as a laboratory,\u201d Girdler said. \u201cI\u2019m an ecologist, so of course it offers a lot for my classes, but also, a lot of first-year seminars go out there. Art classes use it. We just had a German class go do some forest bathing, which is a particularly German idea of connecting with nature. Student groups meet and hike there. Students work on the Arb Crew. It\u2019s part of campus, and once they know it\u2019s there and it\u2019s theirs, students will often pile in a car and just go to be away from the world a little bit, which is what I do when I go out there.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Along the trails of the Arb, town and gown can coexist peacefully and even support each other. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think it’s a really important community asset that folks can visit, dawn to dusk, anytime of the year,\u201d Stockwood said. \u201cIt\u2019s a place for recreation and relaxation, that’s part of campus, but not on campus; part of the College, but away from the rigor of daily campus life. A free outdoor space that is maintained for walking, outdoor recreation, and is used very heavily by the community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith the amount of people that we see coming through, there’s maintenance that has to happen to keep up, and the grants really, really help support the community. I hope that visitors learn something while they’re out there, either through some of our interpretive signage, or by meeting a student or staff member, or just seeing something and being curious and exploring it.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps they\u2019ll climb Gathje Hill or encounter grazing sheep along the power line. Maybe they\u2019ll stop to snap and submit photos at the monitoring sites. Most likely, they\u2019ll pause to admire one or both stands of pines, where they can form their own opinions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know why people think they\u2019re not so magnificent,\u201d Girdler said with a shrug. \u201cIt\u2019s a matter of taste, I guess.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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