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GolfAdvisor Highlights Environmentally Friendly Golf Courses
In honor of Earth Day, the website presented a list of 10 golf courses that are not only protecting the environment, but contributing to its health, including Carmel Valley (Calif.) Ranch, Northport Creek Golf Course in Northport, Mich., and Rockland Country Club in Sparkill, N.Y.
Hudson Valley Golf Courses Cultivate Natural Areas
At Rockland CC in Sparkill, N.Y., about 20 of the golf course’s 150 acres are “naturalized areas for pollinators and butterflies.” Whippoorwill Club in Armonk, N.Y., replaced asphalt pavement near ponds with permeable surface to reduce stormwater runoff.
Matt Ceplo Named to Audubon International Board of Directors
The golf course superintendent at Rockland Country Club in Sparkill, N.Y., has been elected to the Board of the not-for-profit organization, succeeding Dan Dinelli. Under Ceplo’s leadership, Rockland CC earned Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program certification in 2000, and became a member of the New York State environmental leaders program in 2013.