F.O.Y. | North Scott Community School District
ST: Are you yet involved in “sustainable” management practices? If so, what are you doing?
>> 11/14/09: 205 days after seeding
your budget because they definitely won’t want the results. You need to be able to effectively communicate and demonstrate
your maintenance programs and by having a detailed written Sports Turf Management Plan would go a long way in accomplishing you as the expert on the field to your employer.
Netwal: As a manager of a property, I have always taken the responsibility of managing the land seriously. It has always been a goal of mine to leave that land in better shape than when I took over the responsibility for it. I have always strived to be the best manager that I could be with the property that was entrusted to me. I have always wanted others to enjoy the property as much as I did. Some of my past efforts to demonstrate this sense of responsibility have lead to the awarding of two Environmental Stewardship Merit Awards from the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America and the certification of Glynns Creek Golf Course in Long Grove, Iowa as a Cooperative Wildlife Sanctuary through the New York Audubon. Much of what I have learned
through those experiences continues to manifest its self in every- thing we do here for the North Scott Community School District. It has been a great honor to provide our students and community with the highest quality of playing conditions in the area. ■
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