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Prescribed Burns
Today, organizations prescribe fires to maintain certain ecosystems—and much like your doctor who prescribes medicine for certain reasons and tells you how to take them—prescribed fire is used to achieve
Not Pretty Enough
“Hey, mow down those blankety-blank weeds!” Any park agency that adds native prairies, pollinator gardens, wildflower areas, or monarch waystations has heard a version of this. Why is that? There are many reasons why
Get A Grip
According to the Disc Golf Association, there are more than 2,500 courses in the United States and another 1,500 around the world. The association reports it has more than 87,000 members, and in 2019
Delicate Yet Deliberate
The city of Tumwater in Washington is showcasing its largest community asset to more than just golfers, and it’s working! Tumwater Valley Municipal Golf Club is home to 18 holes of championship play. The challenging course
Off-Course Enjoyment
Historically, the sport of golf has been reserved for a very narrow demographic. According to the National Golf Association, the average golfer is a 43-year-old male with an annual household income of $125,000—
The “Ultimate” Collaboration
Have you ever seen a football hang in the air and change direction? No? It happens all the time in Ultimate Frisbee. In the mid-1980s, a group of people in the Corvallis, Ore., area formed two Ultimate Frisbee teams to play
Due Diligence
Lawsuits in youth sports is an issue that understandably stirs fear and anxiety among administrators these days, but it is an important subject in which those in the industry need to be educated.
Rules For Engagement
Since my retirement last year, I have been doing some business consulting with a few small agencies. One of the trends I see emerging is an increasingly disturbing statistic related to retaining newly hired
Be A Believer
When the call came, Brian McKenna was skeptical. The superintendent of parks for the Rolling Meadows Park in Illinois had entered to win a Nucleus/Intensity playground valued at almost $30,000 from BCI Burke, but he forgot.