Program helps existing golf courses develop effective conservation and wildlife enhancement programs and achieve recognition for their efforts. Once the course has been recognized in all categories and received a site visit from Audubon International staff they are designated as a Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary.
Clubs’ Response to “Monarchs in Rough” Program Takes Off
The program formed through a partnership between Audubon International and the Environmental Defense Fund, which encourages clubs and golf courses to create and maintain habitat for Monarch butterflies and other pollinators in out-of-play areas, has already enrolled more than 250 properties since it was launched in January. The sponsors have now set a new goal…
University of Maryland GC Plants Milkweed to Join “Monarchs in the Rough” Program
In May, just under an acre of land between the first and 18thholes of the golf course in College Park, Md. was cleared to plant milkweed seeds, as part of the program to bolster the declining population of monarch butterflies.