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Page 72 FROM THE GCSAA T he Golf Course Superintendents Association of America will seek data from superintendents regard- ing water use and conservation practices to compare golf's current landscape to information collected in a survey conducted eight years ago. The study, which will continue collecting data nationwide through 2017 on five key topics, is spon- sored by the U.S. Golf Association and the Environmental Institute for Golf (EIFG). The Golf Course Environmental Profile survey program will be administered by Mark Johnson, associate director of environmen- tal programs for GCSAA, under the umbrella of the EIFG, GCSAA's philanthropic organization. To col- lect the data, an in-depth question- naire will be sent electronically to superintendents at nearly 15,000 facilities. "It is time for us to have cur- rent data and be able to measure change and trend analysis for the future," said Johnson, who noted that the information will be ana- lyzed independently by Wendy Gelernter, Ph.D., and Larry Stowell, Ph.D., of Pace Turf LLC. The results will be announced in 2015 and compared against num- bers from 2006, but water use and conservation practices will be only the first data collection topic. Other surveys will follow between 2015 and 2017 on nutrient use and man- Survey Seeks Data About Water Issues GCSAA aims for assessment and best management