Wayne's World: A natural oasis April 2024 GCSAA President’s Award winner Wayne Mills carved out a career at La Cumbre Country Club.
Endangered Florida fish bounces back February 2024 How Eglin Golf Course helped a multi-agency effort to turn the Okaloosa Darter's fortunes around
Flyaway Geese has surprises up its paws February 1, 2024 The herding dog demonstration at the 2024 GCSAA Conference and Trade Show offers unexpected fun this year, says owner.
Wildlife tracking at Huron Hills GC December 2023 The Michigan golf club is helping the state observe and report on wildlife behavior.
Javelina havoc video goes viral October 30, 2023 Assistant superintendent’s post of course damage keeps racking up the views — 32 million and counting.
South Korea’s River Bend Golf Course welcomes vampires, bats October 2023 Superintendent Brent Borelli and his staff work to encourage biodiversity at the South Korea course.
Resident buy-in buoys BioBlitz biodiversity win October 2, 2023 Harbour Ridge Yacht & Country Club counts 607 unique species as part of Audubon International contest.
Wily coyote stars in viral Vegas video June 16, 2023 Proof of canine’s wanton destruction of golf course ropes strikes a nerve with superintendents: ‘Like catching Bigfoot on video!!!’
Wildlife safety tips for golf course maintenance crews May 23, 2023 From bears to bees, try these tips to stay safe while working the course.
The eagles have landed (on a Florida golf course) November 30, 2022 Two of America’s territorial national birds found locked together at Lone Palm Golf Club before separating, with help from a golf course superintendent.
No lyin’: Stranded sea lion rescued from California golf course July 5, 2022 After ‘very pregnant’ sea lion makes its way inland to Omni La Costa Resort & Spa, SeaWorld San Diego team returns her and pup to the Pacific.
On-course fly-fishing flows from stream restoration October 2021 At Centre Hills Country Club in Pennsylvania, a project to protect a trout stream has also produced an angler’s paradise.
Putting the quail back in Quail Creek February 2021 A Quail Creek Country Club board member, the superintendent and a former superintendent teamed up to stage the native birds’ return.
Photo Quiz: Surprising visitor on turf, off-color line October 2020 It’s a Photo Quiz creature feature for Halloween, plus a turf sight sure to startle any superintendent. Can you figure out their origins?
Attracting bats to golf courses February 2020 In the first-ever study of bat activity on golf courses, a wildlife biologist looked at which golfscape habitats these prolific pest predators prefer, revealing ways superintendents can better support them.
Turtle power: Georgia golf club hatches diamondback terrapins December 2019 What began as a one-person effort to protect wayward turtles has grown into the East Coast’s largest hatchery for the once-threatened diamondback terrapin.
Bovine muscle on the golf course August 1, 2019 A family of water buffalo grazes on weeds and other unruly vegetation at Vietnam’s Laguna Golf Lăng Cô.
Goats on the grounds crew at Contra Costa Country Club August 2019 A team of goats gobbles up the California course, where the all-natural weed eaters have become a hit with members.
Relocated raptors call golf courses home June 2019 In New York and New Jersey, golf courses have become safe havens for falcons, hawks and owls whose former habitats put them at risk of being struck by aircraft.
Advocating for western monarchs at Stewart Meadows Golf Course October 2018 The nine-hole facility’s five certified monarch waystations are a rarity in the Pacific Northwest.