{"id":4006,"date":"2009-06-30T13:56:41","date_gmt":"2009-06-30T17:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=4006"},"modified":"2019-07-18T13:32:29","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T17:32:29","slug":"800-acres-of-green","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/800-acres-of-green\/","title":{"rendered":"800 Acres of Green"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the UCF Environmental Initiative, keeping the campus \u201cgreen\u201d means more than planting trees. It means managing 800 acres of UCF land, improving storm-water drainage and preserving the habitats of more than 45 animal species, all while increasing sustainability.<\/p>\n<p>The Initiative members maintain several sections of the UCF campus, including <a href=\"https:\/\/arboretum.ucf.edu\/\">the Arboretum<\/a> and landscaped bio-geographical displays across campus that showcase native plants from regions such as Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n<p>The Arboretum is an 80-acre area of native trees, lakes, hiking trails, and a conservatory greenhouse. So far, more than 600 species of plants have been identified within the arboretum. 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