February 19, 2019 – BC Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations & Rural Development
Government has extended the water licence application transition period for those who were using groundwater on or before February 29, 2016 for any non-domestic use, including agricultural, industrial, commercial and institutional groundwater uses.
Read more: Extension to Groundwater License Application Deadline
As a turf management industry stakeholder, you are receiving this note because of a highly destructive insect pest to turf, the Japanese beetle (JB), discovered in the False Creek area of Vancouver the summer of 2017.
Read more: Japanese Beetle Public Service Announcement - Please Pass It On
from the Guelph Turfgrass Institute
The Guelph Turfgrass Institute, under the direction of Dr. Eric Lyons and funded through the WCTA, has initiated the Turfgrass Outreach Project (TOP).
Thank you to everyone who attended the online meeting on October 24, 2018 to learn more about the changes to the MVRD Non-Road Diesel Engine Emission Regulation Bylaw No. 1161, including requirements for registration of low-use engines.
Read more: Metro-Vancouver Changes to the Diesel Engine Bylaw
As many Metro-Vancouver area golf and sportsturf managers know, amendments to the city’s water management plan, now called the ‘Drinking Water Protection Plan’, allow golf courses and sportsfields to follow an approved water management plan versus following arbitrary restrictions imposed in stages 2 and 3.