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Advocates for the Oak Ridge Reservation - About

Donate

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Currently, this page is for information only.

The Donate menu item could link directly to a donation form similar to this one instead of the present page.

However, it may desirables to use a Donation page to provide additional information about the tax deductibility of the donation, that a donation receipt will be sent automatically to the email address entered on the form, what AFORR will do with the money, etc.

We also could have separate buttons on this page to Donate and to pay Membership Dues, like this example.

AFORR History

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Advocates for the Oak Ridge Reservation (AFORR) was established in 1999 as a locally-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization to protect the integrity and incomparable range of values present at the Oak Ridge Reservation.

Highlights from AFORR's and the Reservation's history need to be added here ...

Manhattan Project National Historical Parc

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The recently enacted federal omnibus spending bill included provision for establishment of the multi-site Manhattan Project National Historic Park, of which Oak Ridge is one of three sites. AFORR is exploring the possibility of adding scenic, recreational, educational, and historical acreage to the newly designated National Historic Park. Key players who could help push this idea to fruition include City of Oak Ridge, those responsible for the Manhattan Project NHP, supporters of the American Museum of Science and Energy, Tennessee Congressmen and Senators, ORNL leadership, and environmental groups across the state.

Who we are

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Advocates for the Oak Ridge Reservation (AFORR) was formed as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation in 1999 to coordinate efforts to protect the natural resources and the public interests in the sustainable management of the Oak Ridge Reservation.

AFORR is a membership organization open to individuals as well as other nonprofit groups that share its concerns.

As an independent watchdog group, AFORR investigates the U.S. Department of Energy's management of the Oak Ridge Reservation as well as proposals that could impact any of of the reservation's abundant values.

The ORR is Federal property, taken by eminent domain from some 1,000 family-owned farmsteads and small rural businesses for the Manhattan Project during World War II. Since the end of the war, several tracts of the ORR have been given away or at a time  sold far below market value. Of the origiinal 58,575 acre Reservation, little more thann 33,000 acres remain today.

In disregard of provisions of the National Environmental Protection Act and even DOE's NEPA guidance, DOE has neglected to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the ORR.

AFORR keeps insisting on a thorough EIS with ample opportunity for public input and comprehensive analysis of cumulative environmental impacts.

Membership in AFORR

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Individual Membership

Organizational Membership

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