Hello and welcome to the Friedig podcast. I'm Garrett Morrison. Today we talk to Dr. Colt

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TFE25. That's B-Dratty.com TFE25. So there's this perception out there that golf courses are not

good for the environment, that they use too many chemicals, too much energy, and just in general

that they're not ecologically beneficial or sustainable. And as a golfer, I've always thought

that this perception was overly simplistic. I look at golf courses and often what I see is not

a blight on the environment, but instead wonderful vital green space that's worth protecting.

The problem is I've never really had specific evidence or research to point to and say,

see, golf actually can be a big contributor to a healthy ecosystem.

So I figured since Earth Day is coming up this Thursday, it's Earth Week, I suppose.

It was time to bring on someone who really knows this subject, and few people know more about it

than Col Thompson. Col got his bachelor's master's in PhD from Kansas State University,

and he's worked as a professor at the University of Nebraska and Cal Poly.

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