Milton Outdoor Classrooms

Community Certification Strategy

April 2005

Goal: Certify Milton by 2006*

Task

Description

Estimated Completion Date

Certify at least 5 Schoolyard Habitats

Glover Outdoor Classroom

Certified November 2004

 

Turner’s Pond

June 2005

 

Blue Hills Trailside Museum

June 2005

 

Milton High School

Spring 2006

 

Cunningham Park

Spring 2006

 

Tucker Outdoor Classroom

2007

 

Pierce Outdoor Classroom

2007

 

 

 

Certify at least 5 Public Places

Pope’s Pond

Fall 2005

 

Houghton’s Pond

Fall 2005

 

Fowl Meadow

Fall 2005

 

Miller Ave. Residences

2006

 

Milton Landing

2006

 

Part of East Milton Deck

2006

 

 

 

Certify at least 150 Backyard Habitats

Certified Backyard Habitats as of 5/5/05

15

 

Habitat Stewards’ backyards

25

 

Habitat Steward teams **

75-100

 

Milton Garden Club

20

 

*We will continue to provide educational outreach and try to get people to certify their years after this—maybe using some kind of challenge (i.e., we want to get 50% of Milton’s backyards certified or something like that)

**Each steward is asked to find 4 people interested in certifying their yards. If the applicants need help, our Habitat Steward teams will go out and help certify. We can do this on weekends. Each team of 2-3 people would be assigned a yard to certify.