By Jerry Rousseau
As sometimes happens, a concerned WCTA member forwarded me a link to a recent CBC piece on lawns that shall we say, doesn’t portray turf in the best light. In fact, the original version stated that other than aesthetics, turf/lawns had no use at all. Yes, CBC still seems to hate grass as evidenced in the following video:
Read more: The Problem With Lawns - Another CBC Turf Trash Piece
Via NGCOA Canada
OTTAWA, May 23, 2024 – After a four-year pause due to COVID-19, the National Allied Golf Associations (NAGA) are on Parliament Hill leading National Golf Day and discussing with Parliamentarians the many positive benefits of golf for Canadians.
via Invasive Species Council of BC
Soon, the Japanese beetle flight season will begin as temperatures consistently reach around 21°C! During this time, the beetles will fly aimlessly, in search of their favourite plants (300 different species) or a mate.
By Jerry Rousseau
In late May, Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency, the federal legislator for pesticides, circulated a three-page notice to major national and regional/provincial industry associations on the subject of golf course pesticide use.
By Jerry Rousseau
Last August, about one hundred golf courses in the South Coast region received a request from the British Columbia Ministry of Forests asking to voluntarily reduce diversion, storage or use of non-domestic ground and surface water by 50% of the licenced volume and to limit/restrict lawn, garden and fairway watering to putting greens only.
Read more: Further to Water Restriction Advocacy - Response Received from BC Government