This effort gives us a great planning tool to provide for recreation while preserving habitat for the Lynx . Winter Park installed new double trap floor drains to trap any pollutants in our maintenance shops. Winter Park will offer environmental classes through the Winter Park Outdoor Education Center. We plan to start this program in summer of 2001. Classes will range from plant and animal life to mountain weather .
Winter Park composts organic material when appropriate.
Winter Park employees volunteer many hours of their own time to assist public and private agencies with trail work and other environmental projects. Drainage and erosion control are in place prior to, during and after any construction project to include hay bales, sedimentation fence, detention ponds and immediate revegetation. Summer rainstorms in the mountains can dump large amounts of rain in a short period of time. These preventive measures control silt at the construction site . Permanently installed trail maps reduce the need for guests to carry their own maps.