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Article: Program seeks greener image for golf courses.
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- ORian
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- November 29, 2005
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Byline: Catherine Trevison
Nov. 29--Golf courses that use chemicals with restraint, monitor water quality and encourage wildlife will be recognized under a new program launched last week by a group of Oregon and Washington golf course superintendents.
The new Northwest Golf Course Environmental Alliance is intended to promote environmental accomplishment and to change the perception of golf courses as polluters, said David Phipps, one of the organizers and the superintendent of the Stone Creek Golf Club in Oregon City.
In the past, golf courses developed a reputation as "really heavy pesticide bad actors," using chemicals that harmed wildlife ...