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Bangor golf course readies Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary renewal; pesticide logs and pollinator work highlighted
Summary
Rob Jarvis, the head golf professional, told the advisory committee the golf course is preparing a three-year Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program renewal. The application emphasizes pesticide documentation and an environmental case study on pollinators; the submission date cited was April 30.
Rob Jarvis, head golf professional, briefed the Parks, Recreation and Harbor Advisory Committee on the golf course's upcoming Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary recertification and outlined documentation the course will submit.
"Every three years is a renewal opportunity for us," Jarvis said, describing the recertification as a mix of a site overview, documentation and a site-specific environmental case study. He said the application covers sections including water-quality management (the course has one pond), wildlife and habitat management, scouting records for turf health and a pesticide reference table.
Jarvis described a documentation issue the course encountered: the Audubon pesticide table expects a consistent annual-rate figure that did not align with the golf course's pesticide-log format. He said he worked with Audubon and instead submitted the course's detailed pesticide log, which includes product, rate, weather conditions and application context. "When they realized after my discussion... their table was gonna create a problem, this is a new one, by the way, they just let me send in our log," Jarvis said.
The largest portion of the submission will be an environmental case study focused on pollinators, Jarvis said, noting work with honeybees and monarch butterflies. "The biggest portion of this is our bees," he said, describing efforts to support pollinators as the course's case study for Audubon.
Jarvis told the committee that the formal submission for this cycle is due April 30 and that different clubs see different review processes: some receive site visits, others submit documentation and receive an informal review. He said the next time the specific detailed form appears for the course may be six years away; interim recertifications often take a lighter, site-visit format.
Committee members asked about recurring topics for future case studies; Jarvis said future submissions could focus on removing invasive species in naturalized areas or other achievable projects as the course's naturalization work reaches practical limits.
