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[Deleted User 89]

so, still just your opinion then?

[Deleted User 863]

You're the google expert. It didn't take me long to find studies/articles about how golf courses can/are having positive impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem management....some of the scientific articles are from long before the ASCP was created. So there's that.

[Deleted User 863]

I will post some links for you in the golf thread....

People might be looking for the forecast in here.

[Deleted User 89]

You're the google expert. It didn't take me long to find studies/articles about how golf courses can/are having positive impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem management....some of the scientific articles are from long before the ASCP was created. So there's that.

so post them then

i know you’ve got more direct experience with golf courses than i...i never claimed anything different

but, how many courses gave you worked at? heck, how many have you played at? of the roughly 16,000 in the US, your experience is relatively limited

i’m glad that principles and philosophies of conservation-oriented golf course design and management are being taught, but golf courses are for-profit entities and your kidding yourself if you don’t think they cut corners...particularly those that are out of the spotlight (the vast majority), like a Torrey Pines

your blind trust that they’re all doing the right thing is hilarious, particularly when there seems to be a robust certification “system” in place, at least for the US. i also don’t see why you seem to take issue with the ASCP when the USGS supports them

if courses, generally, were behaving in the way you’re positing, then there’d be no need for the ASCP...much like if zoos all operated above board, there’d be no need for AZA accreditation

as i said before, i’m sure there are some courses that do a phenomenal job (about 13%), but you’ve provided nothing other than anecdotes to indicate it’s a national or global trend

[Deleted User 89]

I will post some links for you in the golf thread....

People might be looking for the forecast in here.

i have no desire to move this to the golf thread

[Deleted User 863]

I will post some links for you in the golf thread....

People might be looking for the forecast in here.

i have no desire to move this to the golf thread

Then i can bring the golf thread to you...

Some articles on golf course environmental impact and how golf courses can work with nature to be more sustainable....the R & A (2nd and 3rd links) are 1 of 2 global golf powers (USGA).

https://www.conservationmagazine.org/20 ... servation/

https://www.randa.org/Sustainability/Na ... ith-nature

https://www.randa.org/Sustainability/GolfCourse2030

https://www.jstor.org/stable/40603429

[Deleted User 863]

as i said before, i’m sure there are some courses that do a phenomenal job (about 13%), but you’ve provided nothing other than anecdotes to indicate it’s a national or global trend

I just posted 2 links to the R & A. They're the USGA of the rest of the world basically. It's going on around the globe.

Smaller golf courses are more likely to be working with local conservation specialists for numerous reasons.

[Deleted User 863]

And i never said all courses engage in perfect environmental practice, but most care about the land/course and want to take care of it and the animals (golfers and other species) that call it home.


If we are going that route then ANY land use that disrupts the natural environment is bad. At least golf courses can/do have some positive impact (even if it is minor in some instances). A basketball arena or football stadium provides no positive environmental impact for the animals that used to call that land home.

[ousdahl]

not quite sure what’s going on here, but I think if golf courses really wanna have positive impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem management, then just don’t build golf courses.

“Save an elk, shoot a developer”

[Deleted User 89]

most care about making money, which means keeping the course as playable, and to the likings of players, as possible

i responded in the golf thread

[Deleted User 89]

not quite sure what’s going on here, but I think if golf courses really wanna have positive impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem management, then just don’t build golf courses.

“Save an elk, shoot a developer”

illy can’t see the forest for the trees, that’s what is going on here

[Deleted User 89]

i don’t want it to seem like i’m singling our golf, because it isn’t just about courses

there has to be a reimagining of resource use in the west, by ALL activities...golf, car washes, home landscaping, state/federal property management and landscaping, etc.

the status quo isn’t going to suffice, lest the near entirety of the region becomes uninhabitable

[Deleted User 863]

Fine. Then we shouldn't have basketball arenas and football stadiums either, right?

[Deleted User 89]

Fine. Then we shouldn't have basketball arenas and football stadiums either, right?

no, we shouldn’t

[Deleted User 89]

and we (utahns) shouldn’t be lamenting a slight decrease in birth rates for the state...we should be celebrating

[Deleted User 863]

not quite sure what’s going on here, but I think if golf courses really wanna have positive impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem management, then just don’t build golf courses.

“Save an elk, shoot a developer”

illy can’t see the forest for the trees, that’s what is going on here

I literally posted an article that shows the positive impacts courses have on biodiversity in urban areas.

The link may be behind a paywall but i think you can get around it here...or at least find the studies it references....
https://link.springer.com/article/10.10 ... 008-9217-1

[Deleted User 863]

Fine. Then we shouldn't have basketball arenas and football stadiums either, right?

no, we shouldn’t

Ok. Fair enough. We agree then. No recreational activities in the desert. People shouldn't live in the desert.

[Deleted User 89]

not quite sure what’s going on here, but I think if golf courses really wanna have positive impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem management, then just don’t build golf courses.

“Save an elk, shoot a developer”

illy can’t see the forest for the trees, that’s what is going on here

I literally posted an article that shows the positive impacts courses have on biodiversity in urban areas.

The link may be behind a paywall but i think you can get around it here...or at least find the studies it references....
https://link.springer.com/article/10.10 ... 008-9217-1

and i literally responded to that post already...you didn’t need i post the link again, as i’ve already got the article pulled up in front of me

unless you just didn’t read my response

[Deleted User 89]

Fine. Then we shouldn't have basketball arenas and football stadiums either, right?

no, we shouldn’t

Ok. Fair enough. We agree then. No recreational activities in the desert. People shouldn't live in the desert.

bingo

[Deleted User 863]

and i literally responded to that post already...you didn’t need i post the link again, as i’ve already got the article pulled up in front of me

unless you just didn’t read my response

I don't read anything you post because i have you on ignore....


(Yes i read it, i tried to post a different link that wasn't behind a paywall, but failed it looks like...shocker right?)

Hey but we've got links and you love links! Well, unless it's links style golf and then it's BAD.