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Irrigation and Water Resources

URI’s Projects in Progress

New research for turf professionals The University of Rhode Island turfgrass management program may be the oldest in the country, but it is forging ahead, exploring new ways to help turf professionals and homeowners alike. In 1890, the program’s first turfgrass trial plots were planted. In 1930, the first Turfgrass ...

From Coal Mines to Sports Fields

The development of Mylan Park Mylan Park is a model recreational haven that shows what surface mine reclamation can accomplish. Nine years ago, all the land of the 396-acre site in Morgantown, W.Va., was donated by the coal company that had mined it with the goal of creating diverse recreational ...

Fight Drought

Create turf that can take it One of the greatest threats to turf, and the turf industry, is drought. That threat increases in uncertain climate times such as this, yet there is a lot that can be done by turf managers to lessen vulnerability. Doug Welsh, a Texas A & ...

Lone Star Legacy

Keeping the Texas State Cemetery green Located just a few blocks from the Texas State Capitol building in Austin, the Texas State Cemetery serves as a final resting place for many of the state’s most powerful leaders, including former governors, judges and generals. Because of its prominent location and mission, ...