With the course being on a SSSI we have produced a indepth 5 year management plan for the protection of the site - every year we review and also talk about the monitoring that takes place. This involves regular visits from SNH and 2 visits from our ecologist to record data from set points within the site. If any amendments are to be made this is the time - for this meeting through feedback we decided to ask if we could get permission to alter parts of the course - this involved installing some new ladies tees/moving one full set of tees/moving a green and softening a fairway. After undertaking a impact study we where given permission - also at this meeting we agreed to start doing some trial mowing's of thicker roughs/some coring and seeding of agricultural based fairways and allowing us to vertidrain compacted foot paths. It was also agreed to up the numbers of sheep through the winter to combat roughs that where becoming unplayable but also smothering some rare flowers. SNH where to visit monthly throughout the winter of 2009.
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