Palmer Creating Environmental Course

Friday, December 22nd 2000, 12:00 am

By: News On 6

NEBRASKA CITY, Neb. (AP) â€” An Arnold Palmer-designed golf course will use environmentally friendly ideas the golf legend hopes will spread like this town's claim to fame â€” Arbor Day.

Palmer Course Design Co. is designing an 18-hole championship golf course on 300 acres northwest of Arbor Day Farm. The National Arbor Day Foundation, a nonprofit education organization dedicated to tree planting and environmental stewardship, is teaming with the builder on the project.

Palmer said Thursday that the project will ``allow us to take a proactive step to contribute sound business and environmental principles to the world of golf course design.''

J. Sterling Morton founded Arbor Day in 1872, and the tree-planting holiday spread nationally. His former home in Nebraska City is a state historical park.