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Show I n n--iT-,,- i THE PARK RECORD www.park record.com SATURDAY, JULY 15,2000 .Environment A-13 EDUCATION EDITOR: Aaron Krenkel 649-9014 ext. 1 18 E 3 L t Shouldering the responsibility of Uinta trail work Briefs Water ordinance in effect A Pari City ordinance is now in effect regarding residential water usage. Residents should water every other day, with odd-numbered houses watenng on odd days and even-numbered houses watenng on even days. In addition, residents res-idents should avoid watenng their lawns or gardens between 10:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., wfien most of the water would be lost to evaporation. Wolf reclassification proposed Robust wot populations in several parts of the United States have prompted the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to formally formal-ly propose a reclassification of the gray wolf from endangered to threatened. In the West, where gray wotves once roamed freely, a special rule would extend special conservation rules, facilitating facili-tating any future restoration efforts, to Utah, as well as other adjacent states. Similar rules have aided the re-introduc-tton efforts in Yellowstone National Park and central Idaho. Ecology presentation at Alta On Wednesday. August 9 at 8:30 p.m.. Dr. David Suzuki will give a presentation pres-entation entitled. "The Ecological Millenium: Setting the Real Bottom Line." The free event will take place at the pub'ic plenary session of the Ecological Society of America's annual meeting, ro!d et Aita Ski Area. The public is exeuraged to attend. Dr. Suzuki is an award-winning scientist, sci-entist, environmentalist and broadcaster broad-caster v hose work has appeared on PBS, the Discovery Channel and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Trail cleanup and maintenance efforts keep the popular area pristine by Aaron Krenkel OF THE RECORD STAFF The Uinta Mountains, an easy drive from Park City, are a popular retreat for many locals, as well as Salt Lake City residents, during the summer months. By all accounts, trail usage in the Uintas has been increasing sie.idily over the years. And while the beauty of the Uinta Mountains and forests is cry apparent, many la! to see and appreci ate the uork that goes into the trails accessing the Uinta haekeountry. In fact, a cadre of trail workers, rangers and volunteers put in countless hours throughout the summer season to ensure the health and safety of Uinta trails and their adjacent environments. According to Barb Walker, partnership partner-ship ctKrdinator for the kamas Ranger DiMrici. a full-time trail crew and three volunteer wilderness rangers do much of the work on trails in the Kamas district of the Wasatch-Cache National Forest and High Uintas Wilderness Area. The four-person trail crew is currently current-ly working on the Bald Mountain trail, a four-mile, round trip trail that ascends Bald Mountain, immediately adjacent to the Mirror l ake Highwav The crew starts work in June, when, in a normal vear. much of the Uinta highlands are still covered bv snow. The bulk of the work for the trail crews involves erosion repair and prevention. pre-vention. Trails present de facto runotf paths for snow melt and rain water, potentially damaging not just the trails themselves, but also entire slopes Repair workers prevent erosion through the construction of water bars, rock or wood placed transversely on trails to channel runotf into acceptable drainages. The work can be difficult, with shovels shov-els being the tool of choice. Walker said, during the summer months, the trail crew works "40 plus hours per week." Volunteer rangers tvpically stav in the backeounirv for davs on end working full time Surprisingly cleanup work in rot a big responsibility of trail crews, "iVople are very good here," said Walker, "vou might see one or two people rrake a mess now and then, but it's prettx giKd " However, she added, campsites and lakes often accumulate more garbage. Cleaning up campsites is the responsibility responsibil-ity of backeounirv rangers I his vear. thev have been working to belter delineate delin-eate the boundaries of popular campsites, camp-sites, such as Mies near takes, to prevent P'ease see Volunteers, A-14 Putting wood to good use at Park City's recycling center Recycle Utah's wood program grows, takes on all kinds of materials by Aaron Krenkel OF THE RECORD STAFF W'lth piles and piles of boards, boxes, doors and sinks. Recycle Utah' storage space at the recycling center looks more like a lumberyard or hardware store. The center's Good Wood program has accumulated quality construction leftovers and discarded household items, and it now has an impressive collection col-lection of hardware products - not just wiHHi - available to the public for use or reuse. "The mission is to keep things out of the landfill, " said Recycle Utah director Insa Riepen. The program has been aimed largely at contractors, who in the absence of an easy recycling option, have typically sent otherwise good wood into dumpsters. However, any members in the community com-munity who have wcod or other household house-hold fixtures that would be reusable are welcome to bring material to the center. While the stock of material on-hand is constantly in flux, the center typically has a wide range of lumber, boxes of all sues (ideal for moving), doors, window frames, plumbing fixtures and metal stripping, among other things. 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