For Immediate Release
September 10, 2012
Contact: Jason Denhart, Eagle Valley Land Trust
jdenhart@evlt.org, 970-748-7654
Vail Resorts Echo Day donates 1,000 volunteer hours to local environmental projects with
Eagle Valley Land Trust and Eagle River Watershed Council
On Saturday, September 8th, 250 Vail Resorts employees and their families converged along the
Eagle River and at the Eagle River Preserve in Edwards for a day to give back to our community.
Before they were through, 1,000 volunteer hours were donated to local environmental projects.
The enthusiastic volunteers planted over 300 trees and built over a half-mile of new public
nature trails. These projects were designed to benefit our local watershed and provide outdoor
recreational opportunities for the people of our community.
Employees of both Vail Mountain and Beaver Creek Resort, through the Vail Resorts Echo
program, partnered with the Eagle River Watershed Council (ERWC) and the Eagle Valley Land
Trust (EVLT) for the third annual Vail Resorts Echo Day held last Saturday. Vail and Beaver Creek
employees, friends and families completed the Eagle River Restoration Project along the river,
and expanded the hiking trails at the Eagle River Preserve, a publicly accessible, 72-acre park in
Edwards.
“The Land Trust and the Watershed Council are proud to have Vail Resorts Echo as our partner
in environmental conservation and stewardship, especially on VR Echo Day,” said Scott Conklin,
Projects Manager for the Eagle Valley Land Trust. “The Echo program strongly supports our
organizational missions by providing financial assistance to our programs, volunteer hours for
our projects and community leadership in environmental protection.”
Launched in August 2010, VR Echo Day is an annual, company-wide volunteer day for Vail
Resorts employees and their families. Focused on projects that are meaningful in the local
resort communities where the company operates, VR Echo Day hosted seven events for
employees and their families and friends last weekend. This year’s VR Echo Days took place on
Tahoe’s North and South Shores, in Colorado’s Summit and Eagle Counties along with Colorado’s
Front Range, where the corporation’s headquarters is located. Smaller projects took place in
Jackson, WY and other VR Caribbean properties.
In Eagle County, it was gloriously sunny and warm on Saturday for the 250 volunteers who
donated their time and energy. Everyone had a fun, productive day of work and camaraderie by
joining forces with the local Watershed Council and Land Trust to complete these needed
environmental projects for our community. At the conclusion of the successful 2012 VR Echo
Day, volunteers were treated to lunch by Moe’s Original Barbeque.
To learn more about Vail Resorts Echo, the company’s corporate sustainability program, visit
www.vailresortsecho.com.
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About Vail Resorts Echo
Through its extensive environmental programs and partnerships with local non-profits, Vail
Resorts Echo focuses on forest and habitat restoration, resource conservation as well as
initiatives that support healthy kids and communities where the Company operates resorts. To
learn more about the Company's environmental stewardship programs, how to apply for a VR
Echo grant or ways to volunteer, visit www.vailresortsecho.com.
About Vail Resorts
Vail Resorts, Inc., through its subsidiaries, is the leading mountain resort operator in the United
States. The Company's subsidiaries operate the mountain resort properties of Vail, Beaver
Creek, Breckenridge and Keystone mountain resorts in Colorado, and the Heavenly Ski Resort,
Northstar-at-Tahoe Resort and Kirkwood Resort in the Lake Tahoe Basin of California and
Nevada, and the Grand Teton Lodge Company in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Vail Resorts
Development Company is the real estate planning, development and construction subsidiary of
Vail Resorts, Inc. Vail Resorts is a publicly held company traded on the New York Stock Exchange
(NYSE: MTN). The Vail Resorts company website is www.vailresorts.com and consumer website
is www.snow.com.
About the Eagle River Watershed Council
The Eagle River Watershed Council (ERWC) preserves our quality of life by protecting the Eagle
and Colorado Rivers in Eagle County. In doing so, ERWC enhances the high quality, natural,
scenic and economic values that our rivers and tributaries provide our citizens, visitors and
wildlife population. Learn more at www.erwc.org.
About the Eagle Valley Land Trust
At the Land Trust, we preserve the character of our community one acre at a time by conserving
the special places that people love in Eagle County. By using conservation easements to protect
and save our land, we preserve scenic views, precious landscapes, historic lands, open spaces,
waterways and wildlife habitats for the benefit of the people of our community. Learn more at
www.evlt.org.