Quail Run Golf
Course has achieved designation as a “Certified
Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary" by the Audubon
Cooperative Sanctuary System (ACSS), the educational
division of Audubon International. Quail Run is the
seventh course in Arizona and the 616th in the world
to receive the honor.
Quail Run
has shown a strong commitment to its environmental
program through efforts to provide a sanctuary for
wildlife on the golf course property. To reach
certification, a course must demonstrate that they
are maintaining a high degree of environmental
quality in a number of areas. These categories
include: Environmental Planning, Wildlife and
Habitat Management, Outreach and Education, Chemical
Use Reduction and Safety, Water Conservation, and
Water Quality Management.
Quail Run is excited to become the seventh golf course as well as the
first nine-hole golf course in Arizona named as a
Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary golf course.
By achieving this honor we are helping change the
perception that golf courses are a detriment to the
environment and showing our dedication to protecting
the environment for us as well as our future
generations.
The Audubon
Cooperative Sanctuary Program for Golf Courses,
endorsed by the United States Golf Association,
provides information and guidance to help golf
courses preserve and enhance wildlife habitat, and
protect natural resources. Golf courses from the
United States, Australia, Canada, Central
America, Europe and Southeast Asia
have also achieved certification in the program.
Audubon-certified courses in Arizona also include:
Forest
Highlands Golf Club in Flagstaff, Hassayampa Golf
Club in Prescott, Pinewood Country Club in Munds
Park, Torreon Golf Club in Show Low, Tournament
Players Club of Scottsdale in Scottsdale, and Troon
Golf & Country Club in Scottsdale.
Audubon
International is a not-for-profit environmental
education organization dedicated to educating,
assisting and inspiring millions of people from all
walks of life to protect and sustain the land,
water, wildlife and natural resources around them.
