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Golf courses are generally long stretches of grass with a few trees and a sand trap or two to make things interesting.

But our own Little River Inn & Resort Golf Course has something to “crow” about: already a Certified Audubon Cooperation Sanctuary Property, it was announced Chapter Winner in the 2006 Environmental Leaders in Golf Awards (ELGA) announced in March by Golf Digest Magazine and the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America. The Little River Inn news release notes:

“ELGA honors achievements in five areas of golf course management: resource conservation, water quality management, integrated pest management, wildlife/habitat management, and education/outreach. Environmental management accomplishments at Little River Inn Golf Course include increasing habitat for wildlife and establishing wildlife corridors as well as dramatically reducing pesticide and water use. Improvements also include the naturalization of water features and an extensive recycling program.”

Kudos to Little River Golf Course Superintendent Terry Stratton.

In case you missed it: last semester 40 Mendocino High School students and their teacher, Tobin Hahn, toured our golf course during a two-day field trip and saw firsthand the naturalized areas around ponds and streams that have been established over the past 10 years as a habitat for both wildlife and birds. Stratton showed them wildlife corridors where they sighted blacktail deer, squirrels and frogs. They spotted lots of birds — acorn woodpeckers, osprey, vultures, robins, finches, blackbirds, and Black Hooded Junco.

Posted: Monday, April 30th, 2007 at 1:23 pm    
Filed under: attractions, ecotourism.
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