From the Fairways

from theFAIRWAYS

by Matt Sapochak, Golf Course Superintendent

Hampton Hall Club has been certified as an Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Golf Course since January 2013. Audubon International’s certification process is quite complex, requiring various projects to enhance the environment for wildlife as well as a lengthy application.

Our main Audubon certification project on the golf course and in the community was installing wood duck and bluebird boxes. The 40 bluebird boxes fill up with birds every year and the 27 wood duck boxes typically house a few ducklings as well.

Annette and Mike have spent countless hours over the years helping Hampton Hall Club maintain its Audubon certification.

The certification process also requires the club to establish a Resource Advisory Group. Members of the advisory group help identify potential wildlife projects to keep our course certified, perform a bird count every year, maintain bird and duck boxes, and are teachers of good environmental stewardship. Hampton Hall’s Resource Advisory Group has included Annette Hausman, Mike Rambo and me since 2013.

Annette and Mike have spent countless hours over the years helping Hampton Hall Club maintain its Audubon certification. They have cleaned out all bird and duck boxes annually, listed which boxes needed repairs, provided wildlife counts of all boxes, and provided ideas and advice. Many, many thanks to Annette and Mike for their contributions to this program.

We are now in search of new volunteers to assist Annette and me, since Mike is no longer serving on the Resource Advisory Group. Please consider joining us. If you are a bird lover and enjoy our Lowcountry environment, you will enjoy it!

Please contact me at 843-815-8710 or msapochak@ hamptonhallsc.com to learn more about serving on the Resource Advisory Group.