Social media is growing in the green industry. As climate conditions change, pests spread and restrictions on water use and chemical applications ensue, industry professionals are increasingly seeking information and advice from their peers through personal blog forums.

A recent post by Scott Hollister on “From the Desk of GCM,” the official blog of GCSAA’s Golf Course Management magazine, names four golf course superintendents who are using a Web page to vent about daily pest control challenges, discuss course maintenance schedules, convey weather reports and describe “a day in their life” to industry peers (and in some cases club members).

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As we were reading From the desk of GCM, the official blog of GCSAA’s Golf Course Management magazine, we saw a link to a blog written by a Minnesota superintendent chronicling maintenance activities at his course.

Read about how golf course superintendent Chris Tritabaugh at Northland CC in Duluth, Minn., is managing his course here.