FYI.............................. From: Staley, Don J Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 2:23 PM To: 'drowe@purdue.edu'; Stroud, Kristi L; 'rwduvall@purdue.edu'; Poer, Bruce P.; Cook, Joanna R Cc: Valley, Jeffrey L; Hickman, Juliet C Subject: FRNY Pear Tree Replacements Coming Good morning, I'm writing to let you know the Grounds Department will be removing the large pear trees along the southeast side of FRNY over Spring Break. Matching pear trees had to be removed from the front of ME in 2009 for a foundation waterproofing project. We took that opportunity to replant with evergreen and crabapple trees which will not block the windows as the pears did. We will install the same planting at FRNY this summer in order to restore the symmetry of Purdue Mall. Our arborists manage over 8,000 trees on the West Lafayette campus. We require construction projects to protect existing trees wherever possible and to financially compensate us for those which must be removed. We use those funds to replant hundreds of new trees across campus each year. Because of these and other efforts the National Arbor Day Foundation has awarded Purdue its Tree Campus USA designation. Please let me know if you have any questions and please don't hesitate to direct your building occupants' concerns to me. Thanks, Don Don Staley, ASLA, PLA<http://www.laprofession.org/>, LEED(r) AP<http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CategoryID=19> Senior Landscape Architect Purdue University 401 S Grant St West Lafayette, IN 47907-1694 (765) 494-3424 Fax: (765) 496-1579 Cell: (765) 586-5800