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Hundreds of Golf Courses Tee Up to Help Monarch Butterflies
Golf Course Managers Across North America Have Begun Planting Milkweed and Wildflower Habitat to Attract Butterflies, Bees and…Golfers. (TROY, NY) Audubon International and Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) recently partnered to launch Monarchs in the Rough, a program to assist golf courses in the United States, Canada and Mexico in creating habitat for monarch butterflies and other…
Read MoreSouth Carolina Communities Receive Sustainable Community Certification from Audubon International
OKATIE, SOUTH CAROLINA – On March 15, 2018, Audubon International recognized Seabrook Island Property Owners Association (SIPOA), the Town of Hilton Head Island, and Oldfield Community Association as South Carolina’s first Audubon International Certified Sustainable Communities. Audubon International held a recognition ceremony to honor each community’s commitment to creating a sustainable future by developing and…
Read MoreSouth Carolina Sustainable Communities Recognition Ceremony
South Carolina Sustainable Communities Recognition Ceremony WHAT: Ceremony recognizing Hilton Head Island, Oldfield and Seabrook Island as South Carolina’s first Audubon International Certified Sustainable Communities. Audubon International will honor each community’s commitment to creating a sustainable future by developing and implementing sustainable management practices around the three pillars of sustainability: healthy local environment, quality of life for citizens,…
Read MoreAudubon International partners with Monarch Joint Venture to get ‘Monarchs in the Rough’
(TROY, NY) Audubon International is the newest partner of the Monarch Joint Venture, the largest collaborative established to arrest the decline of monarch butterflies. With a wide range of programs involving high-quality environmental education, such as the global Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program, it is no surprise that Audubon International has made great ecological stewardship gains in communities, neighborhoods…
Read MoreSaving Butterflies, One Golf Course at a Time
Audubon International and Environmental Defense Fund team with golf courses to create habitat for monarch butterflies and other pollinators (TROY, NY) Audubon International and Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) have partnered to launch Monarchs in the Rough, a program to assist golf courses in the United States, Canada and Mexico in creating monarch butterfly habitat in out-of-play areas. The program is…
Read MoreAudubon International Members Claim Top Awards for GCSAA Environmental Leaders in Golf
All individual Environmental Leaders in Golf award winners are superintendents at Audubon International member courses 18 of 19 ELGA Chapter & Merit award winners also at Audubon International Cooperative Sanctuary Golf Courses TROY, NY – Audubon International is pleased to announce that superintendents at its Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary member courses won all of the individual…
Read MoreKansas Senator Highlights Signature Sanctuary
Colbert Hills Golf Course is an Audubon International Certified Silver Signature Sanctuary, the only certified Signature Sanctuary in the state of Kansas. It was recently featured in Kansas Senator Jerry Moran’s annual “Conservation Tour” and showcased for its commitment to sustainable management through Best Management Practices. Read about the visit here!
Read MoreAudubon International’s BioBlitz 2017 Completed
Hundreds of Volunteers Converge on Golf Courses for International Species-Counting Competition Golf courses around the world join third annual competition to document large diversity of species that call golf courses home TROY, NY – Audubon International’s BioBlitz 2017 recorded almost 2,000 unique species of animals, plants, fungi, and insects living on golf courses around the world. Hundreds of…
Read MoreLarger Storms, Larger Algae Blooms
This article deals with climate change and how the prevalence of more violent storms impacts nitrogen levels in waterways. Click here to learn how excess nitrogen runoff and global warming are contributing to a significant environmental challenge: algae blooms.
Read MoreTennessee Courses Recognized for First Step in Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program
Check out this article in the GCSAA magazine on ACSP for Golf members Tanasi and Toqua Golf Courses at Tellico Village, TN. The courses received recognition for Environmental Planning last month, and are working towards becoming Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuaries. They have already begun the process of increasing naturalized areas and installing bluebird boxes to provide enhanced habitat…
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