SDC is HUGE about the environment and other outreach programs through their Foundation and Giving From the Heart Outreach Programs. Here it is straight from their website:
"Environment
Silver Dollar City Attractions and Herschend Family Entertainment champion environmental issues with a proven track record of preserving and enhancing the natural beauty of an area while protecting wildlife habitats and natural resources. The company is dedicated to protecting the environment of Ozark Mountain Country through projects that include recycling, a five-decade-long tree conservation and planting program, conservation efforts, and protection of the natural habitat for birds, fish and wildlife. Additionally, the company supports work to protect the water quality in the White River Basin.
Recycling
Silver Dollar City has generated more than one hundred thousand "charitable-giving" dollars from waste reduction and reuse programs. This money is returned to the community to needy families, area children, area medical needs such as Lifeline medical helicopter landing pads, and equipment donation to hospitals and schools. Recycled materials total over 1900 tons of cardboard and mixed paper, 6 tons of aluminum cans, 60 tons of glass, 2 tons of motor oil, and over 500 tons of metal, stainless steel, copper and iron. Additionally, used cooking oil is recycled into biodiesel by an area farmer.
Gift of Green
Silver Dollar City co-founder Mary Herschend insisted on saving the natural beauty of her properties, and her fierce defense of the forest is legendary in Missouri. Because she didn't want trees destroyed in the building process, Silver Dollar City was built - and continues to be constructed today - around and among trees, resulting in odd-shaped buildings and notched porches. During construction in the 1950s and '60s, Mary Herschend immediately fired anyone caught unnecessarily cutting down a tree. It is a long time company policy to plant two trees for every single tree cut on HFE properties. Continuing that legacy, Herschend Family Entertainment co-owner Jack Herschend created the non-profit tree planting organization Gift of Green and has already planted more than 195,000 trees. His personal goal is to plant one million trees during his lifetime. In recognition of his efforts, Herschend was awarded the Lawrence Enersen Award by the National Arbor Day Foundation in 1999. This national award was given to recognize his "leadership in the cause of tree planting, conservation, and environmental stewardship."
Audubon Properties
In 1999, Audubon International awarded three Silver Dollar City Attractions properties in Branson with "Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary" certification. Silver Dollar City theme park, the Showboat Branson Belle, and White Water were the first three businesses in the State of Missouri to receive these certifications and only the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth businesses in the United States to receive this high honor. The certification recognizes the company's demonstrated contributions in five area of environmental quality: Environmental Planning, Wildlife Habitat Management, Resource Conservation, Waste Management, and Outreach and Education. HFE registered its properties with the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary System (ACSS) in 1998.
The Silver Dollar City Attractions support additional environmental projects and programs such as the Upper White River Basin Foundation, a 501(c)(3) foundation which has a goal of improving water quality on the upper White River in Missouri and Arkansas."
You can read more about their Foundation and Outreach at their website:
http://bransonsilverdollarcity.com/giving/