MOTORSPORTS PARK – City of Oak Ridge Officials need to hear your oppositions
The Industrial Development Board, Oak Ridge Municipal Planning Commission, and Oak Ridge City Council will all be meeting this month and chances are they will be discussing the proposed motorsports park proposed for the Horizon Center in West Oak Ridge. We...
GivingTuesday
At a time when we are all experiencing the pandemic, generosity is what brings people of all races, faiths, and political views together across the globe. Generosity gives everyone the power to make a positive change in the lives of others and is a fundamental value...
Voice your opposition to DOE’s Environmental Assessment Addendum & proposed Motorsports Park today!
Deadline for comments is Wednesday, October 21. Submit comments to Katatra Vasquez at Katatra.Vasquez@science.doe.gov Last week TCWP published talking points that could be used to help you respond to DOE's Environmental Assessment addendum for the Horizon Center and...
Plea to TCWP Members Regarding the Motorsports Park Proposal
The Department of Energy has released an Addendum to the Environmental Assessment (EA) at the Horizon Center (HC). The addendum details a proposal favored by the Oak Ridge Industrial Development Board (IDB) that would remove or modify protection for natural area...
Oak Ridge Blueway Position Statement
Two Oak Ridge-based organizations, Advocates for the Oak Ridge Reservation (AFORR) and Tennessee Citizens for Wilderness Planning (TCWP), with a combined history of over 70 years of attention to the natural resources of Oak Ridge, would like to share a vision for our...
WE NEED TO ACT NOW: DOE seeks public input on Environmental Assessment Addendum at Horizon Center
The Department of Energy has released a notice of document availability for an addendum to the Environmental assessment at the Horizon Center. The addendum removes natural area spaces between the three tracts of land that the Industrial Development Board has voted in...
TDEC Issues Precautionary Fish Consumption Advisory on Daddy’s Creek, Extends Advisory on Emory River
Re-blogged from TDEC press release issued on July 1, 2020 https://www.tn.gov/environment/news/2020/7/1/tdec-issues-precautionary-fish-consumption-advisory-on-daddy-s-creek--extends-advisory-on-emory-river.html The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation...
A Guide to the Haw Ridge Canoe Trail
RECREATED FROM A GUIDE TO THE HAW RIDGE CANOE TRAIL FOR THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF OAK RIDGE (1992-93) A family flatwater canoeing area without hazards of competition with power boats (mostly in a large, shallow backchannel area); -Abundant wildlife--herons, ospreys,...
Stay-at-Home Weed Wrangle
While most of us are home under a safer-at-home order, there's no better time to tackle the yard and control those invasive plants. Plants like Honeysuckle Vine, Bush Honeysuckle, Privet, Mimosa, and Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus) may be creeping up along the borders of...
Take the iNaturalist City Challenge April 24-27
Here is something fun to do during April 24-27. Participate in the iNaturalist City Challenge 2020. The City Nature Challenge is an international competition between cities to see who can observe the most wildlife in a four-day period. It’s a bioblitz that happens all...
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