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Article: Golf courses benefit the environment.
- Article from:
- Parks & Recreation
- Article date:
- April 1, 1996
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1996 National Recreation and Park Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Golf course can play an integral role in improving the environmental standing of many recreational facilities nationwide. What's most needed is a bit of planning, a core group of hard-working folks, and an underlying commitment to setting and achieving goals.
The idea of golf courses benefitting the environment is quite a departure from what we see and hear in much of the media these days. Major newspapers routinely run headlines with eye-catching titles like "Environmental Disaster on Golf Course" or "Golf Courses Are Denounced as Health Hazards." They are often followed by passages so terrifying that they can convince some people never to set foot on a golf course ...