The Pacific Northwest Sports Turf Managers Assocation, representing sportsfield managers throughout Oregon, Washington State and Idaho, and the Northwest Turfgrass Association, supporting golf course superintendents and turf research within similar boundaries, have reached a dual membership agreement and have committed to work together to enhance both industry sectors.
Read more: Historic Collaboration - NTA and PNWSTMA Join Forces
By Mike Hebrard, Athletic Field Design
Having an athletic field-based business, I have done work in several sports and am adding a new one every year. One that keeps popping up year after year in other venues is the golf industry.
By Jerry Rousseau
The BCGSA Interior Chapter's 50th Anniversary Golf Tournament, hosted by Larry Olson and the Penticton Golf Club, could not have turned out better. Retro-themed, the 5-man team scramble took place September 29th with a full field of golf industry personnel from the BC Interior and beyond dressed in plus-fours and plaid sweater vests while hitting ancient hickory shafted mashies and 50’s persimmon drivers.
By Shauna Burnell
Irrigation water use is increasingly under a critical conservation microscope. With water restrictions, water meters and water pricing on the rise, accountability for irrigation water use has become a priority.
Read more: Irrigation Site Assessments; Managing Irrigation Water in a Changing Climate
Message from Gill Tempest, Small Business BC, to the golf industry:
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