December 5, 2016
On November 4th, the Sierra Club wrote a letter to University of Maryland, College Park president Wallace D. Loh, expressing concern over the University's shift towards synthetic artificial turf athletic fields. Earlier this year Doron Tadmor introduced a resolution to the University of Maryland, College Park Student Governemnt Association which calls for a two phase shift back to natural grass turf. The resolution passed 22-4-3.
This is our first public engagement with the University on this topic. We've requested a meeting with the University discuss further, and look forward to a productive discussion. As of December 5th we have not heard back from the University, and have decided to make our letter, and our concerns, available to to the public.
Please contact Kathy Michels to engage with us further on this important issue and see http://www.safehealthyplayingfields.org/ for more information.
