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Webcast: Putting Your Sustainable Foot Forward: Benefits for your Club, Membership, and the Environment
Thanks to our friends at the National Club Association for hosting this webcast featuring Audubon International’s leadership. View the webcast recording here Webcast Details: Going green can sound like a lot for a club with acres of green space, golf courses, and members who enjoy all those things when they look their best. Sustainable management has…
Read MoreMarriott’s Gaylord Springs Golf Links makes sustainable strides as an Audubon International Cooperative Sanctuary
The City of Nashville is synonymous with entertainment, country music and southern hospitality…but to many people’s surprise, Nashville also boasts many prestigious golf venues. Only a few miles from the hustle and bustle of NASHVILLE’S Broadway, lies an 18-hole golf course that is synonymous with environmental stewardship, Marriott’s Gaylord Springs Golf Links. “Our goal here…
Read MoreTPC Treviso Bay Celebrates 12 Years of Certification as an Audubon International Cooperative Sanctuary
Located in stunning Naples, Florida, only a few short miles from the sun-soaked beaches, is TPC Treviso Bay Golf Club, a certified member of Audubon International’s Cooperative Sanctuary Program (ACSP) for Golf. TPC Treviso Bay is one of more than twenty premier golf courses in the PGA Tour’s Tournament Players Club (TPC) Network and is…
Read MoreGolf at Sea Pines Resort: Maintaining environmental certification through hurricanes, restoration, and renovation
Sea Pines Resort built the first golf course on Hilton Head Island in 1962. Atlantic Dunes (formally the Ocean Course) was soon joined by Pete Dye/Jack Nicklaus designed Heron Point (formally Sea Marsh) and Harbour Town Golf Links, now the annual host of the RBC Heritage PGA TOUR event presented by Boeing. All three courses…
Read MoreHow golf is doing more to protect wildlife than ever before
By Emma Francois – Published on GolfDigest.com Jim Pavonetti is expecting a visitor. This guest hasn’t booked a tee time, but for the past five years, around May 31, he has materialized—even accounting for leap year. Pavonetti checks his desk calendar: May 31. Sure enough the black-crowned night heron shows up. Pavonetti is the superintendent…
Read MoreVideo: Great Horned Owls Nesting Above Certified ACSP for Golf Courses
From Cornell Lab Bird Cams: Look who’s hanging out at the vacant nest in Savannah, Georgia! This pair of Great Horned Owls has been frequenting the nest site for several months, but last night they dropped by for an extended visit (lasting over an hour) that included both nest maintenance and copulation. This could be…
Read MoreCypress Landing Celebrates 10 years of Audubon International Certification
Located in North Carolina’s Coastal Plains region, lies the small town of Chocowinity which is home to Cypress Landing Golf Course, a certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program (ACSP) member. This semi-private, 18-hole golf course is an exemplary model for the ACSP for Golf certification track and is celebrating its 10th anniversary of certification this year.…
Read MoreGolf Course Superintendents Drive Environmental Accountability
by Linda Parker https://www.golfcoursetrades.com/golf-course-superintendents-environmental-accountability/ The city of Rohnert Park, situated in the heart of California wine country, is known as The Friendly City. Thanks to the diligence and commitment of golf course superintendent Jeffery (Jeff) Sutherland and his crew, the definition of friendly now officially includes the two environmentally friendly golf courses at Foxtail Golf…
Read MoreAquarina Beach and Country Club Tees Up for the Environment
In the heart of surfer’s paradise, you will also find a golfer’s paradise, on a barrier island sandwiched between the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian River Lagoon. Aquarina Beach and Country Club is home to an 18-hole certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Golf Course. This semi-private course is open to the public and offers golfers a…
Read MorePottawatomie Golf Course recognized for environmental excellence
By Kane County Chronicle https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2021/08/27/pottawatomie-golf-course-recognized-for-environmental-excellence/ Pottawatomie Golf Course has retained its designation as a “Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary” through the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program for Golf Courses, an Audubon International program. Golf Course Superintendent Denise Gillett-Parchert led the effort to maintain sanctuary status on this course. Pottawatomie Golf Course was designated as a Certified Audubon Cooperative…
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