Vancouver, B.C. July, 2017 – GolfBC Group, Western Canada's largest golf course owner & operator, announces the addition of the Blue Ocean Golf Club’s management contract to its portfolio of 12 courses throughout BC and Maui.
By Jeff Sutherland
Barely into his start, Golf Canada's new CEO is already making the rounds.
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For many professional sportsturf managers on both golf courses and sportsfields, the new law requiring a licence and the associated fees to use groundwater (well-water) is old news. Paperwork has been submitted, requirements have been met and an estimate of new water costs have been included in the operating budget.
This year has been a wild one; record breaking snowfall, record amounts rain, and now a fire season that is one for the history books. It seems that everyone we talk to is being affected by the fires in the interior and northern BC—whether you’re from there, vacation there, or have friends and family there, we all are connected to the people and places that are currently under evacuation, or that have been destroyed by fires in the last few weeks.
In 2016, British Columbia became the first province in Canada to officially proclaim July as 'Smart Irrigation Month'. With continued advocacy work lead by Terry Ormrod, current member and Past President of IIABC, current CPCIA Director and a current member of the WCTA, two more provinces have recently recognized the importance of the irrigation industry and improving water use efficiency and management.
Read more: 'Smart Irrigation Month' Gains Momentum Across Western Provinces