Fun in the neighborhood
  New golf course next door - page 2

Here's an example of one of the tree lined fairways on Roudebush's new course. He says it'll be one of the finest in northern Indiana, and it seems that he can achieve that. [pardon the line across the picture - that's the truck's aerial].

Roudebush says he'll begin planting the grass in August (2000) and expects the course to open in spring 2001.

But, can greens be, well green?

While a golf course is a mixed blessing for the Lena Park area - it'll mean more traffic, more people, and some additional residential development - it ensures permanent preservation of another 120 acres of open space, much of it wooded with native oak woodlands.

One of the largest borders of the new course abuts our Bogus Marsh preserve, shown at left. The Bogus Marsh is a wildlife rich area we intend to keep perpetually green. If we can ever come to terms with the drainage-mad powers that be in local and state government we hope to restore the Bogus Marsh area to be an even more productive and beautiful wetland area. Perhaps one day soon, golfers in the spring will be able to take a break from their game to watch the sandhill cranes dance in the valley below.

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Links

Scott Roudebush is the Course Manager and architect for Moss Creek Golf Course near Winamac, Indiana.

PSR's Golf and the Environment - principles for designing and operating environmentally friendly golf courses.

EPA's Golf and the Environment bibliography.

IDEM's Wetland Links page.

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