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Xerces has programs encouraging golf courses to plant pollinator habitat in their margins, etc. That may not be the best approach. To keep everything green, dense turf, a carpet-like outdoor habitat, many courses make heavy use of chemicals, including fertilizers, pesticides - both herbicides and insecticides. Some are built on old industrial sites - the pig's ear to a silk purse approach. That can have a real downside if the industrial contaminants haven't been removed. Not only can this pose a health hazard, but sometimes one get amazing side-effects. One course built over a waste site, more or less capping the crude with a clay layer. On hot days, after watering or a rain storm, the turf would separate and bubble up due to the gases from the waste.
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