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Synopsis of 1st Place Gulf Guardian Awards
(To learn more, please request a copy of the full submission - these short summaries do not provide a complete picture of the project)
FIRST PLACE BUSINESS
| Project #: | GEN 2000-02 |
| Company: | The Bridges Golf Resort at Casino Magic, Bay St. Louis MS |
| Project Name: | The Bridges Golf Course |
| Category: | Business |
| Project Type: | General Gulf/ Cuts across all focus areas |
The Bridges Golf Resort, designed by Palmer Design and constructed in 1996, is located on approximately 110 acres with 35 acres of wetlands, wildlife corridors and 65 acres of maintained turf. Adjacent to the Bay of St. Louis, leading to the Mississippi Sound, in the Southern Coastal Plains region, coastal marsh lands surround the north, northwest and east sides of the course with the dominant ecological communities being Pine Flatwoods, Salt Marsh and freshwater Wetlands. Due to the environmentally sensitive location of the golf course, it is designed and maintained for recreation with conservation as a priority.
The main goal of The Bridges
Golf Course at Casino Magic is to provide a recreational golf
facility for the public using Best Management Practices and
Integrated Pest Management in order to preserve the native
environment and provide habitat for plant and animal species.
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| Photo 1: Gas refueling tanks are contained in concrete bins, which sit on a concrete floor. This makes for easy cleanup in the event of a mishap and no danger to the environment. |  |
| Photo 2: Decision-makers at Casino Magic opted to go the extra mile for chemical storage. The floor of this chemical storage shed is specially treated and slanted to the rear to easily contain spills in the unlikely event a spill should happen. |  |
| Photo 3: The course has 17 lakes and golfers sometimes confuse this environmentally friendly duck weed with algae. The ponds serve to filter the nutrients and other contaminants out of the water. |  |
| Photo 4: The course has 17 lakes and golfers sometimes confuse this environmentally friendly duck weed with algae. The ponds serve to filter the nutrients and other contaminants out of the water. |  |
| Photo 5: A beautiful view of the Bay of St. Louis can be seen from the 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th holes. Environmental protection was a priority goal of the golf course planners since the course sits on 110 acres of pinewoods, salt marsh and fresh water wetlands adjacent to the Bay. |  |
| Photo 6: From the same hole, you can turn and see Casino Magic in the background. |  |
| Photo 7: A special effort is made by natural resource manager Lori Koen Slavich to use native plants throughout the golf course. |  |
| Photo 8: Lori Koen Slavich, natural resource manager at the Bridges Golf Resort at Casino Magic in Bay St. Louis, Miss., receives the first place Gulf Guardian Award in the Business category from Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality’s Barry Royals. The awards luncheon was held on April 10, 2000, in conjunction with the 4th Gulf of Mexico Symposium. |  |
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Updated: 6 June 2000
