Golf’s origins date back hundreds of years to rural Scotland where the natural features of the land near Edinburgh created the hazards that golfers had to play…
But the game has spread around the world in the ensuing centuries with different environments forcing the technology used to maintain golf courses to evolve well past sheep. Golf courses have become divisive with some environmentalists criticizing their use of pesticides and fresh water, but their defenders argue that they can be oases that give cities and suburbs important green space.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.
As an example, Stricker said the Turfgrass Institute is helping develop new cultivated varieties of grass that use less water. Miriam Diamond, a professor in the department of Earth Sciences at the University of Toronto who specializes in strategies to reduce chemical contaminants in the environment, is deeply concerned by the ecological impact of golf courses in Canada. She said that Ontario Pesticides Act of 1990, which provides the province’s framework for pesticide regulation, was an important development but notes that golf courses are largely exempt from it.
Audubon International, a not for profit environmental education organization based in New York, certifies golf courses around the world to ensure they limit their use of pesticides and fertilizers. Frank LaVardera, the organization’s director of environmental programs for golf, said that even the smallest changes to a course can make a massive difference to its ecological impact.
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