Our Tool Shed is a resource library designed for professionals working within all aspects of park maintenance. We continually research best maintenance practices from all industries to gather videos, articles, templates, and websites and store them in one place for our subscribers. We spend the time to sift through the noise and provide you with valuable information when you need it, so you can focus on developing solutions. If there is something you need but cannot find, reach out and share your specific needs.
SAMPLE - Risk Assessment Tool
National Center for Spectator Sport Safety and Security, 2021
This tool (word document) is intended for use during the risk assessment and event planning process.
SAMPLE - Risk Assessment Planning Tool
National Center for Spectator Sport Safety and Security, 2021
This tool (spreadsheet) is intended for use during the risk assessment and event planning process.
Habitat Installation Guide - Pennsylvania
The Xerces Society for Invertegrate Conservation, 2019
These instructions provide in-depth guidance on how to establish and maintain pollen-and nectar rich wildflower habitat for pollinators and beneficial insects. The requirements and considerations in this guide are in addition to NRCS criteria applicable all purposes for the planned conservation practice.
Reducing Chemical Use on Golf Course Turf:Redefining IPM
Cornell University Extension, 2011
The strategies outlined in this manual are primarily based on knowledge gained during a nine-year study at the Bethpage State Park in Farmingdale, NY, designed to reduce the use of chemical pesticides and fertilizers.
Sustainable Landscaping Basics
Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia, 2021
This video will discuss how the principles of sustainability, together with an understanding of conservation techniques and ecological gardening methods, can inform your landscape design decisions and provide achievable structure to the management of your landscape.
Dog Parks 101
Trust for Public Lands, 2019
People have many questions about “the right way” to build a dog park and want to bring together the right combination of people and resources to make it possible. Based on those discussions, as well as some interviews and even some personal experience, we have put together thisguide.
Facilities Operations & Maintenance - An Overview
Don Sapp, 2017
Facilities operations and maintenance encompasses a broad spectrum of services, competencies, processes, and tools required to assure the built environment will perform the functions for which a facility was designed and constructed.
Landscapes, Parks, and Golf Course Resources
Cornell University, 2021
Learn lower-risk ways of dealing with pests—be they insects, weeds, or plant diseases.
De-escalation Series
Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, 2021
The De-Escalation Series for Critical Infrastructure Owners and Operators follows the Employee Vigilance Through the Power of Hello to help critical infrastructure owners, operators, and staff identify and navigate suspicious activity or potentially escalating situations to safely dis-engage and report to local law enforcement or their organization’s multi-disciplinary threat management team.
Wildland Weed Management
Penn State University, 2021
We work with public lands, private landowners, practitioners, and researchers to manage natural landscapes for their best ecological value. Invasive weeds impact nearly all compromised natural landscapes - whether they are the cause or a result of other disturbances. We work to replace invasive species with native species and rebuild higher-functioning ecosystems.
How to Make Preventative Maintenance Easy
Enertiv, 2018
This video clip offers a brief overview and justification for preventive maintenance planning as a strategic approach to efficiency.
Increase Your Maintenance Workforce by 35% Without Hiring Anyone
Road to Reliability, 2021
This presentation covers how you can increase the productivity of your existing workforce by 35% by implementing maintenance planning and scheduling. Your maintenance team will go from being overworked and under-resourced to finally being in control and having time to make more practical improvements. You will get more work done, you are going to reduce the cost of maintenance, you are going to have fewer equipment failures and you are going to experience the whole lot less.
4 Steps to Sustainable Maintenance Cost Reduction
Road to Reliability, 2021
This video will share a simple, but highly effective 4-step approach to reducing your maintenance costs in a sustainable manner.
Keys of Turfgrass Insect Management
NC State University, 2021
This tool has been designed to help identify insect pests based on turfgrass damage. Insect damage in turfgrass can be difficult to diagnose as many insects cause similar types of nondescript damage.
PA Certified Pesticide Applicators & Registered Technicians
PA Department of Agriculture, 2021
Current requirements for public / commercial pesticide applicators and registered technicians outlined by the state of Pennsylvania
