Contents SportsTurf APRIL 2011 | VOLUME 27 | NUMBER 4 Features
Field Science 8 How sports turf helps reduce the carbon footprint 14 Maintenance tips from a master, David Frey 18 Converting a field from Kentucky bluegrass to hybrid bermudagrass
Facilities & Operations 24 STMA’s Playing Conditions Index revisited 28 2010 NFLPA Playing Surfaces Opinion Survey 30 Build the “ground work” properly when choosing your field surface
32 Recycling synthetic turf fields and infill material 36 How to ask for a raise 38 Tree selection and planting
Irrigation & Drainage 40 Improving baseball field drainage
Tools & Equipment 42 Putting the pixels together in turfgrass management 44 Newest sprayer products for sports turf managers
Field of the Year 46 2010 College Softball Field of the Year—Village of Lisle (IL) Sports Complex at Benedictine University
Departments
6 From the Sidelines 7 STMA President’s Message 17 John Mascaro’s Photo Quiz 50 STMA in Action 51 Ask a CSFM 52 Marketplace 53 STMA Chapter Contacts 53 Advertisers’ Index 54 Q&A
On the cover: Kari Allen, CSFM, right, won two 2010 STMA Field of the Year Awards for her work at Benedictine University in Lisle, IL. Allen works for Sodexho. At left is Rodkym Jackson, a crew mem- ber of Allen’s last year and again this year
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