The naturals: how two New Jersey superintendents convinced members that their environmental plans for golf course maintenance made sense

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Paul Dotti cranes his neck and gazes up at the hideous-looking tree on the side of a fairway at Edgewood Country Club. The tree, struck by lightning a few years ago, has a stub for a canopy. It also has unsightly gnarls in its rotting upper trunk. The creepy-looking lumber would make a great prop in some Halloween haunted house. But this dying and distorted tree has a special purpose -- and that's why it still stands proudly on the golf course. Its partially empty trunk provides a haven for wildlife