At Orlando's Baldwin Park, parks, lakes and open spaces have been carefully planned to contribute to a healthy environment that provides a meaningful habitat for flora, fauna and people. The goal is to make Baldwin Park a model of environmental stewardship for Orlando and a source of pride for its residents. The Audubon Society is helping guide environmental conservation and wetlands restoration efforts. To restore lakes to a natural pristine condition, edge plantings have been introduced. Lake Baldwin and Lake Susannah will be connected. Stormwater that was formerly untreated is being filtered before it reaches the lakes. Natural conditions conducive to birds of prey such as ospreys, hawks and the American Bald Eagle are being created. Water fowl are returning to Lake Baldwin.
Demolition And Recycling - From Navy Base To Neighborhood
At Baldwin Park, the story of our gigantic recycling effort - one of the world's largest - and our extensive environmental sensitivity program offer a real source of pride to our residents. When the former Orlando Naval Training Center campus was demolished, we took painstaking care to recycle nearly everything. In total, 256 buildings comprising 4,500,000 square feet, 25 miles of roads, and 200 miles of underground utilities were dismantled, inspected and recycled. Eventually 600,000 tons of clean concrete were crushed for use in road beds and other projects. This on-site recycling saved an estimated 25,000 dump truck trips through local neighborhoods. With 200,000 tons of the crushed concrete we built one of the most massive exfiltration trenches anywhere, about the size of 15 football fields. Now topped with parklands, this system cleans and filters storm water before it reaches Lake Baldwin and Lake Susannah and is part of the City of Orlando's Cornerstone Parks program. The Audubon Society is now helping us create an environment in Baldwin Park that will be beautiful and healthy today, and for future generations.