Golf Course Best Management Practices
Background:
The golf course "Green Toolbox" will identify multiple environmental benefits that can be achieved through best management practices (BMPs). The project is funded by a PA Department of Environmental Protection Growing Greener grant.
NEW! The Golf Course Water Resources Handbook of Best Management Practices is now available.
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The Golf Courses Water Resources Best Management Practices presentation is also available.
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Project Goals:
A "Green Toolbox" is being developed to describe practices such as riparian buffer installation, floodplain and wetland restoration, and manure compost usage, which can reduce maintenance costs, reduce nutrient and sediment runoff, and have the potential to generate water quality trading credits that can be sold. The toolbox also will enable golf courses to improve stormwater management, aquifer recharge and filtration, water usage, native plant communities and wildlife habitat, and will help courses and municipalities meet water-related regulations.
Major milestones/successes to date:
The Golf Courses Water Resources Best Management Practices presentation is now available. Click here to view the presentation.
June 2009: The Golf Courses Water Resource Handbook for Best Management Practices is now available. Click here to view the handbook.
Current/upcoming plans: