Anthony L. Williams

The Environmental Stewardship Toolkit

How to Build, Implement, and Maintain an Environmental Plan for Grounds and Golf Courses

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This work supplies the single source guide to the environmental management, resource management, community engagement, and documentation management of golf courses and grounds. With detailed coverage of site assessment, water quality and conservation, wildlife habitat management, IPM, and resource conservation, this book offers guidance and customizable implementation plans from a leading golf course superintendent and grounds manager. Illustrations, photos, and sample documents throughout allow readers to visualize what's explained in the text, and then implement it using templates provided.

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A comprehensive, one-stop guide to environmental stewardship for golf courses and grounds

This highly practical guide covers the full complement of tools green industry professionals need to create a successful environmental program on golf courses and grounds. Written by a leading golf course superintendent and grounds manager, The Environmental Stewardship Toolkit offers a comprehensive analysis of all relevant issues, including environmental management, resource management, community engagement, and document management.

The emphasis throughout is on the development of programs that are both sustainable and practical, combining the protection and renewal of environmental systems with a workable business plan. Regulatory issues as well as concerns of owners, customers, and the community at large are also addressed. Clear, pragmatic, up-to-the-minute coverage includes:
Numerous illustrations, photos, and customizable templates and checklists that readers can use in their own projects
A system for sorting projects into green, greener, and greenest in order to tailor implementation for different budgets and project complexity
An in-depth look at site assessment, water quality and conservation, integrated pest management, and wildlife habitat management
Guidance for developing green public relations and communications skills to promote the project in the community
Field-tested procedures for building a state-of-the art documentation system for capturing, organizing, and disseminating information

A must-read for golf course superintendents, irrigation specialists, turfgrass specialists, and grounds managers, The Environmental Stewardship Toolkit is also useful for landscape architects and designers, grounds owners, developers, builders, contractors, and anyone wishing to be on the cutting edge of sustainability in the green industry.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. März 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 130mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9780470635162
• ISBN-10: 0470635169
• Artikelnr.: 34439666

Autorenporträt

ANTHONY L. WILLIAMS, CGCS, CGM, is Director of Grounds, Evergreen Marriott Conference Resort, Stone Mountain Inn, and Stone Mountain Golf Club in Stone Mountain, Georgia. He is a Certified Golf Course Superintendent, Certified Grounds Manager, Certified Arborist, and graduate of the GCSAA in the Environmental Management Program. Mr. Williams is the recipient of the 2010 GCSAA President's Award for Environmental Stewardship, a frequent contributor to many green industry publications, and is the environmental editor for Golfdom magazine. He was the 2011 Environmental Communicator of the Year for the Turf and Ornamental Communicators Association.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword xi Acknowledgments xiii SECTION 1 Environmental Management 1
Chapter 1: Building a Green Team 3 How to Establish an Environmental
Committee 3 Where Do You Look to Begin Filling Positions in Your Committee?
4 How Many People Should Be on Your Environmental Committee? 9 Summary 10
Chapter 2: The Environmental Plan: Site Assessment 11 The Site Assessment
12 Site Assessment Features for Golf Courses 16 Summary 17 Chapter 3: The
Environmental Plan: Agronomic Programs 19 Soil Structure and Edaphology 19
Essential Elements to "All" Plant Growth 21 Soil Samples and Soil Testing
23 Tissue Samples 25 Cultural Practices for Turf 26 What Is a Carbon
Footprint and Why Is It Mentioned Here? 33 Summary 35 Chapter 4: The
Environmental Plan: Water Quality and Conservation 37 Water Basics 37 Water
Quality Programs and Strategies 38 Summary 53 Chapter 5: The Environmental
Plan: Wildlife and Habitat Management 55 Developing a Wildlife Inventory 55
Guidelines for Enhancing and Maintaining Wildlife Habitat 64 Summary 66
Chapter 6: The Environmental Plan: Integrated Pest Management 67 Protecting
Agronomic Assets through IPM 67 Summary 82 Section One: Environmental
Management Conclusions 82 Action Steps: Green, Greener, Greenest 83 SECTION
2 Resource Management 85 Chapter 7: Accounting and Financial Processes 87
The Accounting Equation 88 Specifi c Financial Documents 89 Using
Comparative Reports 94 Summary 98 Chapter 8: Budget Reduction and
Contingency Strategies 99 Environmental Programs That Cut Expenses and
Protect Assets 99 Partnerships Increase The Effectiveness of Recycling
Programs 104 Summary 114 Chapter 9: Human Resources Management 115 Employee
Recruitment and Hiring Practices 116 Achieving More with Less 121 Safety
Programs and Resource Management 122 Summary 129 Section Two: Resource
Management Conclusions 132 Action Steps: Green, Greener, Greenest 132
SECTION 3 Environomic Community Engagement and Green Public Relations 135
Chapter 10: Environomic Community Engagement 137 The Role of the Green
Industry Professional in an Environomic Community Engagement Program 138
Simple Steps for Starting an Environomic Community Engagement Program 139
Summary 144 Chapter 11: Public Relations and the Green Industry
Professional 145 Communicating to and with Target Audiences 145 Public
Relations and the Green Industry Professional 148 Creating a "Beyond the
Property" Program 150 Crafting Your Story 152 Ten Steps to Creating and
Sustaining a Successful Beyond the Property Public Relations Program 155
Summary 156 Chapter 12: Photography's Role in Green Public Relations 157
Digital Camera Facts for the Green Industry Professional 160 Learning
Another Language (or Two) 171 The Future of Community Engagement 173
Summary 174 Section Three: Environomic Community Engagement And Green
Public Relations Conclusions 174 Action Steps: Green, Greener, Greenest 174
SECTION 4 Documentation Management 177 Chapter 13: Essential Green Industry
Documentation 179 How Do I Begin to Create a Personal Documentation List?
180 Transforming Your Personal Documentation List into a Personal
Documentation Program 182 Documentation: Tools of the Trade 184 The Daily
Work Log 185 Weather Reports 188 Agronomic Reports and Documentation 191
Water Quality Tests 193 Disease and Nematode Sampling 195 Chemical
Application Records 195 The Right to Know Center and Safety Training
Documents 198 Licenses and Miscellaneous Documents 202 Summary 202 Chapter
14: Case Study Documentation and Uses 203 What Exactly Does a Case Study
Look Like? 204 Environmentally Focused Documentation: the Building Blocks
of Case Studies 216 Water Use and Irrigation Documents 219 Summary 221
Section Four: Documentation Management Conclusions 221 Action Steps: Green,
Greener, Greenest 222 SECTION 5 Putting It All Together: Synergy and the
Green Industry Professional 223 Chapter 15: Career Focus and Professional
Image 225 Time Horizons, Career Focus and the Green Industry Professional
231 Stretch Goals and Link Goals 238 Summary 244 Chapter 16: Professional
Associations and Networking 245 American Nursery and Landscape Association
246 American Society of Golf Course Architects 246 American Society of
Landscape Architects 247 Golf Course Builders Association of America 247
Golf Course Superintendents Association of America 248 Irrigation
Association 248 International Society of Arboriculture 249 Professional
Grounds Management Society 249 Professional Landcare Network (PLANET) 250
Sports Turf Managers Association 251 The Green Industry Ambassador 251
Summary 255 Chapter 17: Roadmaps for Success--Personal Success Stories from
the Green Industry 257 Delany, Tom 258 Dinelli, F. Dan 260 Farren, Bob 265
Finney, Shelia 267 Hiers, Tim 269 Higgins, Monica 272 Jackson, Joseph B.
275 Maples, Palmer Jr. 277 Mangum, Ken 279 Mongeon, Roger 281 Newell, Ellen
282 O'Donnell, Kevin 284 Phipps, David 285 Pinson, Bob 288 Scott, Bob 289
Toma, George P. 291 Van Etten, John 292 Van Haasteren, George 294 Williams,
Bruce R. 296 Summary 298 Section Five: Synergy and the Green Industry
Professional Conclusions 298 Action Steps: Green, Greener, Greenest 299
Index 301