The Vail (Colo.) Golf Club has retained its designation as a “Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary” through the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program for Golf Courses.
Justin Gompf, Assistant Superintendent, led the effort to maintain the sanctuary status on the course. “We are honored to be one of a few golf courses in the world to be certified by Audubon International,” said Gompf. “We work on a daily basis to help improve our environment on the course and surrounding it.”
The Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program for Golf Courses provides information and guidance to help golf courses preserve and enhance wildlife habitat and protect natural resources. Golf courses from the U.S., Africa, Australia, Canada, Central America, Europe, Mexico and Southeast Asia have achieved certification in the program.
To gain recertification, which occurs every two years, Gompf says the golf course completed a variety of tasks such as replacing trash and recycling containers with wildlife proof containers, replacing beetle-killed trees with new trees including blue spruce, aspens and white firs and, most notably, working with the town of Vail to replace the course’s 40-year-old irrigation system.
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