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Advocates for the Oak Ridge Reservation - ORR

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Wolf's short board member demo article

NERP sign Frank Munger
This faded sign of the Oak Ridge National Environmental Research Park was removed after Frank Munger posted the picture in his Atootographmic City Underground Blog in 2010, noting it was a sad sign of NERP's inadequate budget.
 

The Oak Ridge National Environmental Research Park (NERP) contains seven registered State Natural Areas and has been recognized as an International Biosphere Reserve by Unesco's Man and the Biosphere (MAB) program. The size of the Oak Ridge Reservation's land resource has shrunken considerably since it's establishment in 1942. Only about 20,000 acres of the original 58,575 acres of the ORR remain in a relatively undisturbed state. Any further reduction in the size of the Reservation, even from the edges, could have serious consequences for the viability of many of these species that require large unfragmented tracts of forest land.

Manhattan Project National Historic Park Designation

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.

State Natural Areas

Map, listing, and description of the ORR's State Natural Areas

Black Oak Ridge Conservation Easement

Black Oak Ridge Conservation Easement description to be added her

Biosphere Reserve

Maps and brief description of the Southern Appalachian Biosphere Reserve, coordinated by the Southern Appalachian Man and the Biosphere (SAMAB) organization.

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