Rule change to steer golfers away from Palo Alto wetlands - San José Spotlight

Rule change to steer golfers away from Palo Alto wetlands - San José Spotlight

After fielding complaints about golfers damaging sensitive wetland habitat in the Palo Alto Baylands, the city has installed fences, added signage and instituted a new “local rule” in an effort to keep the area pristine. The issue of golfers trampling on Baylands plants surfaced in 2023, when a complaint from a local environmentalist prompted intervention from the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board. The course’s Water Quality…