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| Web URL(s): | https://gsrpdf.lib.msu.edu/?file=/2000s/2002/020520.pdf
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| Publication Type:
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| Author(s): | Gross, Patrick J. |
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| Author Affiliation: | Director, USGA Green Section, Southwest Region |
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| Title: | A sign that golf is good for the environment: Using interpretive signs on the golf course |
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| Meeting Info.: | 2002 Green Section Educational Conference, "Making Accommodations for Golfers and the Environment," February 9, 2002, Orlando, FL |
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| Source: | USGA Green Section Record. Vol. 40, No. 3, May/June 2002, p. 20. |
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| Publishing Information: | Far Hills, NJ: United States Golf Association, Green Section |
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| # of Pages: | 1 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Golf courses; Signs; Communications; Environmental protection; Case studies; Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program for Golf Courses
USGA Green Section Keywords: Environmental Issues: Wildlife; Environmental Issues: Miscellaneous
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| Facility Names: | Crystal Springs Golf Course, in Burlingame, California; Pasatiempo Golf Club, in California; PGA of Southern California Golf Club at Oak Valley, in California |
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| Abstract/Contents: | Discusses the use of signs at three golf courses in California to present information about wildlife and habitat restoration projects. Describes how Crystal Springs Golf Course, Burlingame, CA, has installed signs around the course to inform golfers of habitat enhancement projects, including nest boxes, brush piles for rodents, and raptor perches for hawks. Also describes the Audubon bulletin boards installed at Pasatiempo Golf Club, a member of the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program for Golf Courses. States that "information is posted about birds that inhabit the golf course as well as other seasonal wildlife activity." Also describes the interpretive signs put up by the PGA of Southern California to inform golfers of "unique environmental conditions and wildlife activity on the site." States that "installing interpretive signs is one of many ways to let golfers know about your efforts to enhance wildlife habitat and spread the message that golf is good for the environment." assistants and other crew members to do the same." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| Note: | Pictures, color |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Gross, P. J. 2002. A sign that golf is good for the environment: Using interpretive signs on the golf course. USGA Green Sec. Rec. 40(3):p. 20. |
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