At the Greens Committee meeting held on Saturday January 7 Ryan and I received the order to begin work on the side of thirteen fairway. The goal is to create a better screen for the dump, one that hides it from the view of players. After much brainstorming, we agreed that the easiest way to achieve this goal would be to increase the height of the existing berm. Today, we began work on doing just that.
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| Phil uses the ASV to pop the trees up and out. |
The first step in the process was to excavate the existing, low-growing trees from the inner lip of the berm as it stands now. These trees will be set aside for the winter, and come spring they will be used as part of the pump house landscaping plan discussed earlier this year. Construction on the berm itself will be held off until spring as well, but the mild temperatures of late offered a chance to get outside- so we took it and ran!
When all is said and done the existing berm will be four feet higher, which should offer a much better amount of visual cover for the dump area. The elevation will be achieved using dirt and clay from the dump itself, meaning that the entire project will be done using materials we had on site. Nothing like low cost improvements to ring in the new year!
Elliott Dowling
