It's challenging not to discuss the low hanging fruit this week--the weather--but we'll try to avoid that subject, and find something more positive to focus on.
After spending many years on the golf course, it isn't often that we all see something, and just stop whatever we're doing. One of the few exceptions to this is when we are visited by the majestic Bald Eagle, recently seen spending some time on #9 and 18:
For years, golf courses got a bad wrap as far as their environmental impact. Fortunately, that view is slowly changing, and few can argue that the diversity of wildlife on a golf course is amazing. One of Laurel Creek's often seen residents is this nesting hawk:
While the bald eagle may have been removed from the federal government's endangered species list in 2007, it has remained on New Jersey's. 40 years ago, there was only one nesting pair of eagles remaining in the state. With the current estimate of nesting pairs heading towards 270, New Jersey is now also proposing to remove the eagle from their endangered species list. This is progress.
As we approach July 4, the eagle may rightfully come to mind as a symbol of our nation. Having them here, also shows that golf courses can be part of the solution, not part of the problem.
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