Golfdom, February 2017

Starter NEWS NOTES AND QUOTES NEWS N TES Q A Golfdom What is your background Christine Kane My undergraduate degree is in forestry thats where I learned about the balance of environmental issues and economic issues We didnt call it sustainability back then because that wasnt the buzzword for it but without realizing it thats what set me up for this career Golfdom What appealed to you about Audubon International Kane I saw the organizations list of core principles and there were two that resonated with me that are important to me and match with my personal beliefs One is the belief that science should be the foundation for our work and the other is understanding that there must be a balance between the environmental side of the sustainability question and the economic side of the same question Golfdom When you meet a superintendent who isnt familiar with the Audu Kane takes the helm at an organization that has been helping superintendents for 30 years 8 Golfdom February 2017 Golfdom com PHOTOS BY DELPHINE TSENG ISTOCK COM WELLGLAD GOLF BALL CHRISTINE KANE RECENTLY WAS NAMED AUDUBON INTERNATIONALS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR GOLFDOM CAUGHT UP WITH KANE AT BETHPAGE STATE PARK FOR A CONVERSATION ABOUT HER PLANS FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATION NOW CELEBRATING ITS 30TH ANNIVERSARY GREAT GRANTS NINE GCSAA CHAPTERS TO RECEIVE BPM GRANTS Nine affiliated chapters of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America GCSAA will receive a total of 67000 toward establishing comprehensive golf course best management practices BMPs at the state level The BMP grant program is funded by the Environmental Institute for Golf the philanthropic arm of GCSAA through a donation from the PGA Tour The Connecticut Association of Golf Course Superintendents the California GCSA the Carolinas GCSA and the Tennessee GCSA will each receive 10000 in grant money Receiving 7500 are the Eastern Shore Md Association of GCS and the Mid Atlantic Association of GCS The Georgia GCSA and the Metropolitan N Y and N J GCSA will receive 5000 Best management practices are key to successful golf course operations and they also provide a solid foundation for advocating on behalf of superintendents and the golf industry said GCSAA CEO Rhett Evans ADDITIONAL READINGS USGAS TAKE ON SHADOW CREEK The drip irrigation project at Shadow Creek Golf Course North Las Vegas Nev was one of the reasons why Tim Cloninger was selected as the 2017 Herb Graffis Businessperson of the Year but Golfdom wasnt the only one to take notice of the project The USGA Greens Section recently published a best management practice case study concerning Shadow Creeks project to save money on irrigating just less than 7000 pine trees on the property The case study titled Drip Irrigation Improves Water Management provides the Green Sections view on the project which cost 90000 to install equipment but saved the course 300000 in the first year To read the USGAs case study visit usga org course care water resourcecenter bmp case studies 2017 dripirrigation improves water management html Find out more about Cloninger and Shadow Creek on page 16 HELPING SUPERINTENDENTS DO GREATTHINGS bon Cooperative Sanctuary Program for Golf what do you tell them Kane It brings many benefits to a golf course and its superintendent There are economic benefits and then there is the environmental side how what youre doing is impacting your immediate neighbors Were all part of one big network we have to work together Golfdom Are you excited to start making course visits Kane We have so many fabulous courses out there Im excited to visit golf courses are preserving beauty and at the same time theyre looking to improve the environmental aspects of that beauty You know golf courses are a lot of times the biggest open naturalistic landscape people are going to see There are a lot of great organizations working to preserve habitat but many of us may never have a chance to take advantage of that For the complete interview visit Golfdom com