Lost Creek Golf Club, Juniata County, Helps Chesapeake Bay Water

Lost Creek Golf Club in Juniata County is unusual because a high-quality, extremely productive wild-trout stream runs through it, and Penn State turfgrass scientists recently developed a nutrient management plan for the course to protect the creek.

The innovative – believed to be the first comprehensive nutrient management plan created for a Pennsylvania golf course – was funded by the Chesapeake Bay program and was part of the Juniata County Conservation District's restoration of the Lost Creek watershed.

State environmental officials hope that the private/public cooperative project will serv...