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may be kind of choppy and IÓm x-ing out parts of it that IÓm not going to address, so just bear with me. As I said before, Ted Robinson says, ÐI strive to seek the highest level of environmental planning and integration that modern theory will allow. That is the goal.Ñ Yet, he says Silver is sufficient. He gives two reasons: one, that there is no difference between Silver and Gold regarding the golf course; and (b) that he takes issue with the plant palate of the Gold, which is the right vegetation for the location. Plant palate means the selection of plants that is going to go to the golf course. And then, basically, in the Gold, the plant palate consists of those types of vegetation that grow naturally in that particular kind of environment. I will address, first, no difference. There is a difference. There are three phases to Gold; and thereÓs only one phase to Silver. And thereÓs a beginning, middle and end; and the Silver just does the bit, middle, and the Gold does the beginning and the end as well. The beginning part, it has to do with planning the whole golf course design construction based on ecological attributes of the property; and thatÓs based on principles of sustainable resource management. Now thereÓs a comprehensive environmental developed in the Gold in which the citing, design, management decisions are made. How you build a golf course results in the kind of environmental protection it ends up affording. The second part, which is in the Gold, and is also the basis of the Silver, is what they call the Natural Resources Management Plan, which has the integrated best management program, the best managing practices, monitoring and so forth. As Ted Robinson says in his letter, ÐThe usage and control of pesticides and fertilizer, drainage, buffers, chemical storage, washing, recycling and other factors are the same.Ñ So thereÓs that both, the middle is the same in both. When you go back to the Gold, the third practice, which is the end of it, is what they call an environmental management and education, which includes what they call a Community Education and Informational Plan. That extends the criteria that they applied to the golf course to the rest of the development. ÒCause you have a good golf course and then you have 500 homes who are polluting through the termicide or have practices that are going to be contrary to good environmental practices, youÓre defeating your purpose. The Silver costs $35,000 and it entails nine visits from the Audubon people, whereas, the Gold is $100,000 and entails 20 visits; and there you have built enforcement and oversight. Because theyÓre there to monitor everything thatÓs being done and participating in what it is thatÓs being done. The Silver is engaged before you start infrastructure, whereas the Gold starts from the planning stage, from the very beginning. And the Silver has just a minor educational program, whereas the Gold has a major educational program. The sustainability, and the Silver doesnÓt. The benefits of the Gold are you get the comprehensive environmental master plan for sustainability, more monitoring. The golf 24