BMP Planning Guide and Template

Logging In
See how to get started and log in to the online BMP builder.

Create a New Guide
See how to clone and create a new BMP Guide.

Steps Overview
See how to navigate the online tool and what to do in each step.

Categories and Subcategories
See how to add, delete, edit, and rearrange categories and subcategories in your guide.

Basic Edits
Get some tips on formatting text and adding links.

Upload an Image
See how to upload and size a new image into your guide.

Adding a Table
Add a table to show data or for a different way to display text and images .

Using the Cover-Builder
Use this tool to easily create a custom cover for your guide.

Publishing your Guide
All finished or ready to start version 2.0? Learn how to publish your completed guide.

Create a Cover in Publisher
Learn how to create a custom cover for your BMP Guide in Microsoft Publisher.

Create a Cover in PowerPoint
Learn how to create a custom cover for your BMP Guide in Microsoft PowerPoint.

Create a Cover in Google Slides
Learn how to create a custom cover for your BMP Guide in Google Slides.

GCSAA offers webinars for step-by-step training on guiding you through the BMP program and providing you with solutions to operating GCSAA's online BMP program.

• NEW: The Environmental Plan 101: Foundation Programs and Actions
• NEW: An Up-to-Date Review of Golf's Management and Use of Its Most Critical Input - Water
• NEW: Planning for the Inevitable: Drought and Water Management
• NEW: Ben Geren Tallgrass Prairie Case Study 
• NEW: Help Your Community Using Water Management BMPs 
• NEW: Best Management Practices for Turfgrass Soil Testing and Application
• Must Have BMPs for the Golf Course Landscapes 
• Getting Started on Your BMP Manual: Section 1 – Planning, Design, and Construction
• BMPs to Use Now with Non-Potable or Reclaimed Water at Your Golf Course
• An Inside Look at GCSAA’s Best Management Practices Resource for Facility BMP Plans
• A Must Have: Written Best Management Practices Plans for Golf Facilities
• Creating Habitat for Monarch Butterflies and Pollinators on Golf Courses
• Keeping it Clean. BMPs for Sediment & Nutrient Management on your Golf Course
• Cultural Best Management Practices for the Golf Course
• Pesticide Selection Best Management Practices
• Manage Insects More Effectively and Develop IPM Resources within Your Course's BMP Manual with Adam Dale, Ph.D.
• Water Management Best Management Practices by J. Bryan Unruh, Ph.D.
• Best Management Practices for The Turf Care Center by Gary Bogdanski, equipment manager at The Sharon (Ohio) Golf Club
• Managing Native and Out-of -Play Areas with BMPs to Ensure Success by J. Bryan Unruh, Matt Ceplo, CGCS, Jay Randolph, CGCS, and Kyle Sweet, CGCS
• Stormwater Management and GCSAA's BMP Manual – Where does it fit? by Gary Hawkins, Ph.D., University of Georgia
• Bring in the Bees: Why and How
• Protect, Connect, Maintain, Sustain: How BMPs improve your Game
• Golf Course BMP Success Stories - Key Water Use BMPs (GIS 2021)
• Key Water Use Best Management Practices For Your Facility BMPs (GIS 2021) 

State BMP Workshops

• Utah BMP Workshop (November 2021)
• GCSAA Ambassadors' Workshop (October 2021)
• Oregon/Washington BMP Workshop (April 2021)
• California BMP Workshop (Fall 2020)
• Florida BMP Workshop (March 2021)
• Nevada/California BMP Workshop (March 2021)
• Virginia BMP Workshop (February 2021)

• Bandon Dunes Golf Resort (video)
• Silvies Valley Ranch Retreat and Links (video)
• Golf course BMPs success story: Woodbridge Golf and Country Club
• How was your experience with GCSAA's Online tool? (video)
• What would you tell your peers about the importance of filling out a facility BMP? (video)

• North Shore Country Club, Illinois Stormwater Capture and Reuse BMPs
• Royal Oaks Country Club, Oregon BMP Program
• On Top of the World Communities, Florida BMP Program
• Bayville Golf Club, Virginia BMP Program
• Broken Sound Club, Florida BMP Program

Take a look at how other courses are planning their sustainability efforts to help you get started on your own.

Do you need help establishing environmental objectives for your facility? Curious about how other courses set policies and principles? Download the sample documents below to see how other courses manage their objectives, policies and principles.

Sample environmental objectives

• Heritage Hills Golf Course sample environmental objectives
• Stowe Mountain Golf Club sample environmental charter
• Stone Creek Golf Club sample environmental objectives
• Vermont business environmental partner policy statement

Sample policies and principles

• Alpine Country Club sample policy statement
• Heritage Hills Golf Course sample policy statement
• Mirimichi Golf Course sample environmental policy statement
• Rockland Country Club sample policy statement

Interested in sharing what works at your facility? Contact Emily Fuger, senior manager, environmental programs, at 800-472-7878, ext. 5163.