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Conduct a Third-Party Verification Visit in Your Area

Upon recertification in the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program (ACSP) for Golf Courses, members must have a local, third-party site visit conducted to help confirm certification status.  Each volunteer conducting the site visit receives a four-page questionnaire to fill out while walking (riding) the golf course with the member.  Audubon International staff works with the member and the third-party verifier to ensure a productive and educational visit.  Contact the ACSP Program Manager at (518) 767-9051 ext. 114, for more information.

Serve on a Member’s Resource Advisory Group

Each golf course working with Audubon International is required to create a Resource Advisory Group as part of the certification process.  Since 1991, local, volunteer members of these Resource Advisory Groups have provided wisdom, talent, and expertise to AI program members.  These local partners often come from government agencies, local environmental groups, and universities, while some are simply local citizens with training or expertise in a particular area (i.e., hydrology, wildlife biology).  In all cases, Resource Advisory Groups provide a much-needed local support system for our program members and serve as an additional, third-party to confirm activities at the site.  To learn more, please contact Audubon International at (518) 767-9051 ext. 110 or click here.

Encourage New Golf Courses to Build It Green

To date, over two-dozen cities, towns, and counties have included some form of mandatory participation in the Audubon Signature Program for any new golf course proposed for development.  More and more government agencies are looking to Audubon International to help guide any approved new development (golf and non-golf alike) through the siting, design, construction, and long-term management of a new project—to better protect the local environmental and the people in their communities.  For more information, please contact the Director of the Audubon Signature Programs at (270) 869-9419.