The Briar Ridge Country Club, which straddles Schererville and Dyer Indiana, is leaving sections of land alongside its greens unkempt in an effort to be certified as an Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary. They have also boosted the amount of recycling done in an effort to achieve this certification, a level of conservation set for golf courses.
The goal of the designation is for golf courses to be seen as valuable green space.
The course is also recycling water it uses to wash vehicles, as well as spreading grass clippings in the rough and leaving tall plant life to surround water hazards.
Since all the water that flows into local ditches eventually flows into Lake Michigan, a source of drinking water for more than 10 million people, it makes sense to limit the amount of toxins, pollutants, and pesticides that are in the run-off.
Erwin McKone, Briar Ridge’s director of golf operations, said the course has completed most of the Audubon requirements and is now focusing on outreach and education, and hopes that others will look at Briar Ridge as a local area to study animal habitats, plant life, and the conservation methods that it uses.
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