We are very excited and pleased to announce that the Newly Released BMP Handbook can be downloaded at: www.pecpa.org/gchandbook
The Golf Course Water Resources Best Management Practices Handbook includes 18 Best Management Practices (BMPs) that can help you improve water quality and manage stormwater and storm events on your property and enable you to be a better steward of the environment in your local watershed.
This innovative new tool has even grabbed the attention of the media. It was the featured topic of the June "Superintendents' Corner" on GolfTalk Live with Tony Leodora. Please contact the PAGCS office for a copy of the MP3 file.
You can also find an article by Brian McCullough in the July 20th business section of Chester County's Daily Local News, highlighting two of the BMPs in practice at RiverCrest Golf Club and Kennett Square Golf & Country Club. Click here to read article....
The Pennsylvania Environmental Council (PEC) and LandStudies, Inc. developed the Handbook with the support of the PA Department of Environmental Protection Growing Greener grant program. PEC and Land Studies were assisted by John Chassard, Director of Grounds at the Lehigh Country Club and Jeff Broadbelt, President, Agrostis Golf Management.
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The handbook builds on BMPs developed by the GCSAA and the Environmental Institute for Golf and elements of the Audobon Cooperative Sanctuary Program for Golf Courses. The BMPs range from chemical and fertilizer storage and application practices to wetland and floodplain restoration practices that can improve water quality and flood control at your golf course.
The Handbook describes how several of the recommended BMPs can generate environmental credits for developing environmental service markets including nutrient reduction, habitat creation, wetland mitigation, stormwater and groundwater recharge. Such credits can be created by installing BMPs such as forested riparian buffers, wetlands and natural floodplains.
Each of the BMPs includes a detailed description of the practice, its’ associated environmental benefit and a local example of most of the recommended practices at a golf course in the region with contact information so that superintendents can learn firsthand how to best install the practice.
The Handbook can be downloaded at: www.pecpa.org/gchandbook
For additional information about the Handbook please contact:
Scott Van de Mark
(412) 481-9400 Office
svandemark@pecpa.org
Information about LandStudies, Inc., is available at www.landstudies.com
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