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  • Lawn
    • Lawn Care: The Easiest Steps to an Attractive Environmental Asset
      • Four Steps To Success
        • Know Your Lawn
        • Make Adjustments
        • Do Less
        • Use Alternatives
      • Advanced care
        • Feeding
        • Soil Compaction
        • Thatch
        • Salt & Dog Urine
        • Disease
        • Insects and animals
        • Weeds
      • Starting Fresh
        • Plan Ahead
        • Choose Seed
        • Prepare Seedbed
        • Plant
      • Closing notes
        • Love A Good Lawn
        • Lawn Service
        • Contacts
        • References
        • Acknowledgements
        • Please Share Feedback!
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  • Forecast – Weather for the turf industry – Up-to-date growing degree maps and other information to help you manage disease, irrigation, stress and more.
  • The Child Safe Playing Fields Act: NY’s ban on pesticide use on school and day care center grounds
  • Environmental Impact Quotient (EIQ) Explained – Excerpt from Cornell Pest Management Guide for Commercial Turfgrass.
  • Summary: NYS Dishwasher Detergent and Nutrient Runoff Law
  • Be Green Organic Yards NY – New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
  • Turfgrass Water Conservation – 164-page book. Order from the University of California.
  • Best Management Practices for New York State Golf Courses
  • Reducing Chemical Use on Golf Course Turf: Redefining IPM
  • New York State Pollinator Protection Plan
  • Best Management Practices for Turf Care Pollinator Conservation

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  • Top Hits – Turf Talk That Struck a Chord This Month
  • Auto-mowers: altering the morphology of the grass
  • Sod and Sustainability: Cornell’s Top 5 Turf Installations
  • Assessing the impact of rising golfer traffic on the performance of putting greens.
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