Oregon and Washington publish Third Edition of BMP guidelines for golf courses

The wait is over! The Environmental – BMP Committee is proud to announce that the Third Edition Environmental Stewardship Guidelines: Best Management Practices for Golf Courses has been published for the states of Oregon and Washington. This was a collaborative effort by three GCSAA-affiliated chapters the Oregon Golf Course Superintendents Association, Western Washington Golf Course Superintendents Association and Inland Empire Golf Course Superintendents Association. 

Oregon State Guidelines
Washington State Guidelines

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The BMP Committee is excited to embark on the next steps of this project which will be education, training and usage of the GCSAA’s online BMP template for individual facility adoption. More information on this will be coming soon. In the meantime the Oregon and Washington state BMP manual is available through GCSAA’s BMP Planning Guide and Template. This is where you can easily create a facility BMP manual for your facility. Access is easy with your GCSAA website member log-in using the link immediately below, then select the facility BMP icon and go. 

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