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Author: Christy Nelson

Kris Kiser with Alisa Gray, president and CEO of the Kentucky Humane Society, and Mulligan the TurfMutt at TurfMutt Park, a dog park and exercise facility built by the Foundation for the KHS. (Photo: TurfMutt Foundation)

How the Turfmutt Foundation works to be the green industry’s ambassador

The TurfMutt Foundation is the environmental education program founded by the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI) in 2009 to teach students, teachers and the public how to “save the planet, one yard at a time.”

The TurfMutt Foundation and spokesdog Mulligan help promote the benefit of outdoor spaces. “No one knows your yard like your dog. And so as an informed source, your dog knows it as well as anyone,” says Kris Kiser. (Photo: OPEI)

“Backyarding” in the U.S. and Canada: Our landscapes take center stage

The TurfMutt Foundation, the environmental education program founded by the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI), has been on a mission to remind people to get outside into nature, just beyond their back door.

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