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Article: PROPERLY MANAGED GOLF COURSES CAN BE NEW WILDLIFE REFUGE
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- July 10, 2007
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The University of Missouri issued the following news release:
Golf courses are known as centers for human recreation, but if managed properly, they also could be important wildlife sanctuaries, a University of Missouri-Columbia researcher has found.
"There are more than 17,000 golf courses in the United States, and approximately 70 percent of that land is not used for playing," said Ray Semlitsch, Curators' Professor of Biology in the MU College of Arts and Science. "These managed green spaces aren't surrogates for protected land and ecosystems, but they can include suitable habitat for species native to the area. Golf courses could act as nature sanctuaries if managed properly."
Semlitsch, ...