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Holiday Recycling
First and foremost, Happy New Year and best wishes for a healthy and happy 2013. As we wrap up the holidays, I thought I would throw out some ideas for the greenery that is a part of so many holiday decorations. This coming weekend we will take it our Christmas tree and reuse to hang…
Read MoreFederal Resources for Community Issues
Is money for a stewardship project on your Christmas list? Communities facing sustainability issues have access to a wide range of public and private funding opportunities, even if you don’t realize it. Think of a grant application like writing a letter to Santa: you should ask for what you really want! For example, the U.S. Environmental…
Read MoreThe Sanctuary Golf Club Maintains Audubon Sanctuary Certification
Always a pleasure to work with Kyle Sweet and others at The Sanctuary Golf Club on Sanibel Island. The golf course abuts the renowned Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge and Kyle manages The Sanctuary in using practices that are very environmentally responsible. Keep up the great work, Kyle! https://www.sanctuarygc.net/
Read MoreUninvited Guests and Invited Problems
I was startled this evening when I opened my laptop to discover a western cedar seed bug moving feebly. In the fall, these guys come out of the woodwork, literally, at our headquarters and I failed to notice this one walking across my laptop when I shut down for the night. It reminded me of…
Read MoreCedar Bark Gathering – a Sustainable Practice
I was not familiar with the activity called Cedar Bark Gathering when I visited White Horse Golf Club. Located west of Seattle on Kitsap Peninsula in Kingston, Washington, and owned by the Suquamish Indian Tribe, White Horse is surrounded by Puget Sound and Hood Canal near Olympic National Forest. My visit to this site was…
Read MorePlan now for Canada Geese control
Plan now to prevent this from happening to you! Canada geese are large and intelligent birds that are a frequent cause of complaint for managers of parks, lake associations, corporate parks, golf courses, and even backyards. Without realizing it, many properties provide ideal goose habitat. Open water, an extensive food supply, and lots of open space…
Read MoreRemnants of the Past
Come spring 2013, I am looking forward to visiting a place in Massachusetts that I have found fascinating. It is Red Tail Golf Club, an 18-hole, daily-fee golf course designed by Brian Silva and located in the southeastern corner of the former Fort Devens Military Reservation in the Town of Harvard. Fort Devens served for…
Read MoreFinding local resources on the web
I was visiting a member last week and spent quite a bit of time discussing different ways the environmental plan could be improved. One of their big issues was that there is no recycling in the town. He had called different waste haulers in the area, none of which recycled, and was looking for further…
Read MoreSupporting America’s Great Watershed Initiative
Things at Audubon International have been especially busy (and exciting) over the past few months, and there are a seemingly endless number of “blog worthy” topics to write about. That said, I thought it would be worthwhile to take the time to highlight one of the important regional efforts (actually, in many ways it’s more…
Read MoreEnhancing habitat when there is no more space
There comes a time when a property has been evaluated, low use areas are naturalized, the property is re-evaluated, and more areas are naturalized. This process might, and probably should, occur numerous times. There comes the point, however, that naturalization is maximized and further reducing heavily maintained areas will disturb the purpose of the property, whether…
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