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Carol Van Dam Falk June 10, 2013 at 05:23 pm
Aritificial turf's tire crumb is filled with toxic chemicals banned from the environment in other…Read More forms. It is also far more expensive to maintain; something you don't hear from the synturf folks, but it's true.
High quality natural turf fields should be a goal. Listen to
Jerad Minnick, Sports Turf Manager for the Maryland Soccer Foundation, which houses the Soccerplex in Boyds. Minnick is passionate about finding better ways to maintain “high quality, environmentally responsible athletic fields.”
Techniques and technology for high-quality, frequent use, low environmental impact grass fields is evolving and improving:
The high quality warm-season fields are used about 900 to 950 hours per year, and the cool-season fields support 700 to 750 hours of play. (The County’s AT report said max 400-600 hours). “We prove everyday that the grass field will take more traffic than we ever thought. The more we evolve our ways, the more a grass field will be able to take,” Minnick says. (“Field Care: New Ideas on Fall Renovations,” Sports Field Management, October 2012 http://www.sportsfieldmanagementmagazine.com/article-8665.aspx)
Carol Falk
Joe Thomas April 11, 2013 at 02:26 am
"I think they’ve won the last seven national championships."
I think that Solomon…Read More needs to do some more studying on the school of his choice.
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