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VIDEO - Watch the Introduction to First Green, this video was created by high school students and the First Green Advisory Team. It was created as part of the First Green Toolkit project described on our Links As Labs Page
Garfield High School Gets Program Started With Broadmoor Golf Club
Students from Heather Snookel's Environmental Science classes at Garfield High School visited Broadmoor Golf Club on November 12th and 13th. They toured the course and took water quality samples from the newly constructed irrigation retention pond. Broadmoor's golf course superintendent Sean McDonough, and assistant Steve Link hosted the tour. The students also learned about the history of Broadmoor Golf Club, and the various wildlife species that live on the course. Heather is excited about the opportunity to bring her classes to Broadmoor, and is planning several more visits over the remaninder of the school year.
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The First Green is an innovative environmental education outreach program using golf courses as environmental learning labs. Golf course superintendents and/or local golf course representatives host students on field trips where they test water quality, collect soil samples, identify plants, design plantings, assist in stream bed restoration and are involved in the ecology and environmental aspects of the golf course. The students are also introduced to many other aspects of golf.
In excess of 8,000 students in Washington State have participated in the program. A total of $110,000 in student scholarships and teacher grants has been provided since 2002. Teachers, students, parents, golf course members and golf course superintendents who are involved in the program all share a great sense of excitement in the use of Links As Labs.
