Relief is on the way for visitors at the Upper Lost Man Trailhead on Independence Pass.
A permanent toilet will be installed Tuesday. It was supposed to be completed this week for the busy Fourth of July weekend, but a truck hauling the toilet from Texas broke down, according to Karin Teague, executive director of the Independence Pass Foundation.
The nonprofit foundation teamed with the U.S. Forest Service and Aspen Skiing Co. employees’ Environment Foundation to fund the $36,000 needed to fabricate and install the single-seat toilet.
While typically a new toilet might not be newsworthy, the loo at that location is indicative of the greater pressure that the Independence Pass corridor is facing. That was exacerbated last summer when people flocked to mountain resorts and the outdoors while the COVID-19 pandemic restricted gatherings and indoor activities.
The York Lake Regional Park asked a school in Yorkton to help them decorate their nature trail. Grade 5 students from the Dr. Brass School painted birdhouses that were placed on trees throughout the trail for people to look at. Diane Rusnak, one of the board members of the York Lake Regional Park, talked about how everything came about. “We got a nature trail that we are trying to reopen up, and we did apply for a grant through the TD Friends of the Environment Foundation, and we received the grant to do improvement on the trail,” she said. “One of the things we thought we should do is implement some children in our projects. We purchased (22) birdhouses that Elgin Strocen had made.”
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