Mike is the Regional Director of Operations and Grounds at SSC Services for Education, the premier provider of custom facility services in educational spaces. He is skilled in transportations aesthetics, vegetation management, residential landscape, AutoCAD, and micro station.
Several factors cause our trees to become stressed or diseased: the combination of our clay soil, high salinity in the municipal water supply and the understandable desire for lush turf grass. In addition, building construction, pedestrian traffic, tailgating and other activities cause the soil to become compacted, which also harms trees.
When completed, all 15,000 trees on campus will be documented and assessed.