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Article: A golf course goes organic.(Clear Lake Golf Course )(Brief Article)
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- Environment
- Article date:
- November 1, 2001
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In 1992, when the contract for operations of the Clear Lake Golf Course in Riding Mountain National Park (in southwestern Manitoba) came up for renewal, the request for proposals that was issued included a clause requiring ecologicaliy friendly operations. The firm that won the 25-year contract has initiated practices to minimize the environmental impacts of the golf course's operation by using organic fertilizers and implementing an aggressive program to reduce the amount of waste generated. The golf course no longer hauls its grass clippings to landfills, and it now separates organic residuals ...