A new replacement fee will be introduced for users of Delta's (British Columbia) artificial turf playing fields. Delta council approved the new fee, which won't begin until 2012. Delta's oldest field at Mackie Park is almost 9 years old.
Read through a survey of fitness trends published recently by the American College of Sports Medicine, and you'll find some potentially good news for the sports turf industry.
The Turfgrass Information Center of Michigan State has announced the arrival of a major donation of turfgrass industry materials from the family of the late Dr. Fred V. Grau.
The Sports Turf Managers Association will be hosting its 22nd Annual Conference and Exhibition in Austin, TX for the first time. Events will be held Jan. 11-15, 2011, at the Austin Convention Center.
The American Sports Builders Association's Fields Division is celebrating its 5th anniversary. The division, formally added to the ASBA in December 2005, has enjoyed a highly productive run so far.
The Professional Grounds Management Society honored several grounds professionals with numerous awards as part of their annual Awards Dinner during the 2010 School of Grounds Management & GIE+EXPO held in Louisville.
Synthetic turf fields of area high schools aren't being tested or are not being tested often enough to ensure athletes' safety, a problem that experts say could place football players at a greater risk for concussions.
Aspen trees, with their quivering, delicate foliage and the warm glow of color they spread across the high country of the Rocky Mountains this time of year, have an emotional appeal that their stolid, prickly evergreen cousins do not. So tree lovers and scientists alike felt the impact when the aspen in the West started dying around 2004.