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LOCAL GOLF PROS Ixirry McDaniel (left) of the Ocean Isle Beach Golf Course, and Steve Borget, of The Pearl Golf Links, play a
round at Sea Trail Plantation at Sunset Beach, one of two local courses that plan to participate in the bird sanctuary program.
AUDUBON SOCIETY HELPS
Brunswick Courses Become Bird Sanctuaries
BY TERRY POPE
For migrating birds, Brunswick
County's 20 golf courses look like
islands of sanctuary along the heav
ily populated cast coast.
Through its Cooperative Sanctu
ary Program, the Audubon Society
of New York State wants to help lo
cal golf courses become more of a
home and resting ground for migrat
ing birds and other wildlife.
"It will allow golf courses to
show that they are good stewards of
the land," said Bruce Williams, turf
specialist with the Brunswick Coun
ty Cooperative Extension Service.
"I'd like to see every golf course in
the area express an interest."
The Audubon Society works with
golf courses, large property owners,
farmers, schools and local govern
ments along the cast coast that are
interested in helping to preserve
open space for migratory birds and
other wildlife, said Ron Dodson, the
Society's president.
"In a lot of urban areas, golf
courses are the last available open
space to work with," said Dodson.
At least two Brunswick County
golf courses, Sea Trail Plantation at
Sunset Beach and St. James Planta
tion near Southport, plan to enroll in
the program, which only began sev
eral weeks ago.
Dodson hopes other Brunswick
County golf courses will also take
part.
The program helps golf course
managers create and maintain a di
versity of habitat, such as grasses
and wild plants along ponds and
streams, to attract wildlife. Such ar
eas are vitally important for migra
tory birds traveling the east coast
between Florida and Canada, said
Dodson.
"If we see all. of our open lands
gobbled up by urban sprawl, where
are they going to rest or feed?" said
Dodson.
A logical spot is golf course de
velopments along the Carolina coast
line, he said.
Area golf course managers are
encouraged to become more aware
of and involved in wildlife conser
vation measures. The program
places no restrictions on the course
itself and will not interfere with
golfing activities. For a S100 fee,
the Audubon Society will study
each course and detail the steps
needed to make it more attractive to
wildlife.
The United States Golf Associa
tion supports and sponsors the sanc
tuary program, said Williams.
"Migratory birds are using local
golf courses anyway," said Wil
liams. "They serve as a tremendous
buffer for wildlife."
The Audubon Society found that
by planting the right amount of or
namental and wildlife plants on golf
courses, it would attract birds. Some
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golf courses are also interested in
attracting squirrels and other ani
mals.
Such plants also help to control
soil erosion, maintain a good turf
and makes a course more attractive,
Williams said.
From the sky, birds that look
down on a golf course are attracted
to its open, recreational spaces. Bio
logists report that most bird activity
occurs in areas between the open
greens.
Or in open field areas, "Not in
the meadow, but at the edge of the
meadows," said Williams.
Williams has also worked with 12
area golf courses this spring to plant
a wildlife seed mixture on experi
mental plots to determine what
plants are best for Brunswick Coun
ty. A New Jersey-based seed compa
ny donated the seed for the project
"I'm trying to encourage people
to use plants that arc well-adapted
to our area," said Williams. "If they
happen to attract wildlife, then
that's a bonus."
The same plants that help attract
wildlife also helps to cut down on
water use and potential pollution to
wetlands, said Dodson.
Signs would be posted at partici
pating golf courscs to let the public
know they have become bird sanc
tuaries, he said. Both public and pri
vate golf courses may participate.
"I think our local golf courscs are
good caretakers of the land," said
Williams. "I think it's very, very im
portant that we take special care of
our plant and wildlife heritage. We
have plants and animals that exist
here that are found in no other place
on earth."
One local golf course has the rare
Venus's flytrap plant growing next
to a golf course fairway, said Wil
liams.
For more information on the Co
operative Sanctuary Program, con
tact Williams at the Brunswick
County Cooperative Extension of
fice, 253-4425.
Lower Cape Fear Water
And Sewer Authority
Ready To Build Pipeline
1 he Lower Cape Fear Water and
Sewer Authority is trying ?.o clear
the way so it can begin seiling raw
water to Cape Industries in New
Hanover County.
A friendly lawsuit filed in Bruns
wick County Superior Court seeks
an easement across county property
owned by Lebamold Inc., which has
a home office in Camp Hill, Pa.
It is the first move in an agree
ment the authority has with Cape
Industries to begin selling the com
pany raw water via a transmission
line extending from Brunswick
County's Northwest Water Treat
ment Plant near Malmo.
The complaint seeks a 52,300
feet casement across Lebamold's
property so the authority can bury a
pipeline ranging from 24 inches to
60 inches in diameter along a corri
dor of varying width.
The authority is willing to pay
Lebarnold S7.458 in compensation.
The pipeline will extend easterly
from an existing reservoir at Bruns
wick County's Malmo plant to the
industry on U.S. 421 north of Wilm
ington.
The easement intended to be con
demned is described as "an integral
part of the proposed water system"
operated by the authority and is
"necessary and required for the pub
lic purpose of constructing and in
stalling" the pipeline, the complaint
states.
Presently, Brunswick County is
the authority's only water customer.
The county entered into a 40-year
contract with the authority in August
1982, a contract that was revised in
August 1989 to allow the authority
to seek revenue bonds to help extend
services to three new customers.
In December, Brunswick County
reached an agreement with the au
thority that will repay the county its
S6.2 million in bonds used to help
build Phase 1 of the system. The au
thority operates a pumping station
at King's Bluff in Bladen County to
allow the intake of water from the
Cape Fear River at a capacity of 45
million gallons per day.
Phase I of the authority's system
also includes a three million gallon
open top concrete reservoir at the
Malmo plant, a 29,000 gallon per
day booster station cast of Toomer's
Creek in Bladen County and 14
miles of pipeline.
The line to Cape would be the
first part of Phase 11 of the authori
ty's system. Cape has agreed to pay
S900.000 in cash as a down pay
ment to extend a pipeline to the
plant, provided the remainder of the
S3 million cost for that line is fi
nanced by the authority over a peri
od of yeitfs.
The authority has also reached
agreements with two other water
customers, the city of Wilmington
and Takcda Industries on U.S. 421.
Wilmington must pay its share of
the water line cost the moment wa
ter is made available to the city.
Takcda is willing to pay S1.8 mil
lion in cash to become a customer.
The friendly complaint also lists
Brunswick County Tax Collector
Nancy Moore as a defendant. It is
her role to provide the court with
tax documents showing that no tax
es are due by Lebamold on the pro
perty to be condemned.
A document Ms. Moore filed
with the complaint indicates that all
taxes have been paid through fiscal
year 1990.
May Report Lists 556 Deeds
In May, 556 deeds were recorded
for revenues of S4.790, reported the
Brunswick County Register of
Deeds office.
Also filed were 382 deeds of trust
for revenues of S4,4% and 2,659 ir
regular instruments, which include
filing of corporations, contracts, fi
nancial statements and cancellations
of deeds of trust, for revenues of
55,305.
Other revenue sources include: 46
marriage licenses, $920; 28 plats.
S591; miscellaneous, S2.043; and re
al estate excise taxes, S20.268, for a
total revenue of S38.413.
Monthly expenses were: fringe
benefits, SI, 424.72; telephone,
S353.50; postage, S181.45; printing,
S46.13; travel and training, $111.37;
maintenance and repairs, S18.75;
equipment rental, S21.50; depart
mental supplies, S3.937.81; service
maintenance contracts, $988.75; and
dues and subscriptions, SI 37.28, for
total expenses of S7 ,22 1.26.
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