scholarly journals Resource management plan for the Oak Ridge Reservation. Volume 30, Oak Ridge National Environmental Research Park natural areas and reference areas--Oak Ridge Reservation environmentally sensitive sites containing special plants, animals, and communities

1993 ◽  
Author(s):  
L.R. Pounds ◽  
P.D. Parr ◽  
M.G. Ryon
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Environmental Research ◽  
Natural Areas ◽  
Oak Ridge ◽  
Environmentally Sensitive ◽  
National Environmental ◽  
Reference Areas

The Cesspool Hypothesis versus Natural Areas for Research in the United States

1979 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Ted Hinds
Keyword(s):  
Human Activities ◽  
Atomic Energy Commission ◽  
The United States ◽  
Department Of Energy ◽  
Environmental Research ◽  
Energy Research ◽  
Natural Areas ◽  
Research Parks ◽  
Hydrological Cycles ◽  
National Environmental

Scientific research funds appear to be distributed according to The Cesspool Hypothesis: ‘All research can be done in environments directly impacted by human activities or managed for human designs’. This is a misleading thesis; several important reasons exist for research in natural areas. Four of these are outlined as (1) natural areas may function as reserves of ‘miners' canaries’, giving advance warning of danger while escape or remedy should still be possible, (2) natural areas will be essential for testing and examining the effects of development and other human activities, (3) natural areas provide dependable data on nutrient and hydrological cycles in ecosystems, and (4) natural areas provide the only mechanism possible for ecosystems to retain a reasonably diverse reservoir of wild genes.The U.S. Atomic Energy Commission and its successor the Energy Research and Development Administration (now the Department of Energy), has acknowledged these reasons. In a slow but steady progression of land-use landuse decisions, four large National Environmental Research Parks, totalling 530,000 ha, have been added to the 2,096,000 ha of areas previously dedicated for research.

scholarly journals Resource management plan for the Oak Ridge Reservation. Volume 29, Rare plants on the Oak Ridge Reservation

1993 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Cunningham ◽  
L. Pounds ◽  
S. Oberholster ◽  
P. Parr ◽  
L. Mann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Rare Plants ◽  
Oak Ridge
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