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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Environmentalists are strong supporters of open spaces, for helping with local watershed, water runoff, wildlife habitats, oxygen production, air pollution, cooling hot temperatures.  The broader public gets these benefits [b]without payment.[/b][/quote]

But we do pay higher taxes to compensate for country clubs paying lower taxes.   Preferential tax rates aren't costless.  [/quote]

Exactly.

And golf courses aren’t exactly wildlife sanctuaries either. Between the vast ecological deserts of turf, the pesticides, the herbicides, the fertilizer and the lack of beneficial habitats for most animals, country clubs don’t do much for ecology.

It would be better if they were carefully managed and allowed to grow as wildflower meadows. That would greatly benefit pollinators and birds, as well as curb fertilizer run off into our streams. [/quote]

This.[/quote]

You should do more reading.  Golf courses provide huge eco benefits.  Take water runoff from storms as a simple example.
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