Environmental Management

Wildlife tracking for golf courses.

Record the species, sightings, habitats, and stewardship projects on your property, on the same map your crew already uses.

A hand holding a phone on the course at sunset, showing a plant sighting on the Turfile map
What it does

Track the wildlife on your property.

Turfile lets you record the species on your property, log sightings where they happen, map habitats, and document stewardship projects. Everything is stored on the same map you use for irrigation, drainage, and trees, and anyone on the crew can contribute from their phone.

Most courses keep this record in a spreadsheet or a binder and rebuild it whenever an audit or a certification renewal comes up. In Turfile the record builds as your team logs what they see, so it is always current and always in one place.

A plant sighting with photos and species details on the Turfile environmental map
AI species analysis

Identify species from a photo.

Take a photo of a plant or animal you can’t name and Turfile identifies it for you, telling you how confident the match is and showing close alternatives in case it looks off.

Once confirmed, the species is added to your property’s catalogue and ready to use for future sightings.

Species tracking

Log sightings where they happen.

Pick the species, tap the map, and add a count, photos, and notes. Logging a sighting takes a few seconds from a phone, and anyone on the crew can do it.

Every sighting appears on the map where it happened. Open any species to see its photos and everywhere it has been seen on the property.

A plant sighting with species, count, and photos in the Turfile mobile app
Side by side

How it compares.

The old way

  • Sightings in a notebook or a group chat
  • Species names guessed from memory
  • Certification evidence assembled by hand at audit time
  • Wildlife records separate from course operations

With Turfile

  • Every sighting pinned to the map with photos and counts
  • AI identification into your property’s own catalogue
  • A dated, photographed trail produced by normal work
  • Wildlife on the same map as irrigation, drainage, and trees
Tracked wildlife

Follow individual animals over time.

Name a specific animal or group, like a nesting pair or a resident fox, and link sightings to it as they come in.

Over time you build that animal’s history: where it has been seen, when, and photos along the way.

Habitat management

Map the habitats on your property.

Mark the ponds, naturalized roughs, nest boxes, and other places wildlife depends on, with photos and notes.

Each habitat shows which species use it and what has been seen there, so you know what you are protecting and where.

Environmental initiatives

Document your stewardship projects.

Run work like naturalization areas and nest box programs as projects. Add updates with dates, photos, and the area covered as the work moves along.

Certification programs ask for dated, photographed records of this work. Turfile builds that record for you as the work gets logged.

FAQ

Common questions, clear answers.

Who can log sightings?

Everyone. Every role can log sightings, including seasonal staff, so the whole crew contributes to the record. Editing the catalogue, habitats, and projects stays with your senior roles.

How does the AI identification work?

Add a photo and Turfile suggests the species with a confidence level and close alternatives. You confirm the match, and the species joins your property’s catalogue under its scientific name. Identification needs an internet connection and takes a few seconds per photo.

Does this help with certification programs?

It produces the record they ask for. Stewardship projects keep a dated, photographed progress trail, habitats and species carry their own histories, and every sighting is on the map, so the evidence is already assembled when an audit comes.

Where should we start?

Log your first sighting. The catalogue builds from there, and the environmental guide covers everything from identification through projects.

What else can Turfile map?

The whole property. Irrigation, drainage, trees, and bunkers live on the same map, with the same records and inspections.

Map today for a clear future.

Pick a plan, invite your team, and start mapping right away.