Positively impact your golf course environment. (Government Watch).

CMAA is working with Audubon International to register CMAA member-managed clubs in its Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program for Golf Courses (ACSP). The ACSP seeks to address golf's environmental concerns while maximizing golf course opportunities to provide open space benefits. This highly regarded education and assistance program promotes participation in comprehensive environmental management, enhancement, and protection of existing wildlife habitats, and recognition for those who are engaged in environmentally responsible projects.

The program has been tailored to a variety of different types of golf course properties including private clubs, public and municipal golf courses, PGA sites, nine-hole facilities, resort courses, and golf residential communities.

Audubon International provides information to help golf courses with:

* Environmental Planning;

* Wildlife and Habitat Management;

* Chemical Use Reduction and Safety;

* Water Conservation;

* Water Quality Management; and

* Outreach and Education.

By completing projects in each of these components of the program, your club receives national recognition as a Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary.

If you would like more information on the ACSP, including a form to register your club, please visit www.cmaa.org/legislat/reports/Aug021.htm or contact Henry Wallmeyer, director, Industry Affairs, at [phone] or at [e-mail]. You can also contact Audubon International directly at [phone]. To view case studies of golf courses that have successfully obtained certification from Audubon International, please visit www.audubonintl.org/programs/acss/golf.htm.