A free, family-friendly Earth Day Celebration will be held at the Oak Ridge Civic Center on Saturday, April 24th from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The mission of this event is to educate, encourage, and empower citizens to create a sustainable community. The festival will include many interactive exhibits, activities for all ages, presentations, food vendors, artisans, and live music. Details are available at www.orearthday.org.
Oak Ridge is fortunate to have a wonderful resource of hiking trails within the city limits. The Haw Ridge Greenway offers 20 miles of trails through many different plant communities. Join Kris Light and celebrate Earth Day Saturday, April 24, with a hike on the Haw Ridge peninsula to learn about the numerous spring wildflowers, ferns, lichens, fungi, fossils and any interesting critters we might meet along the trails. We will meet at 10:00 a.m. by the Haw Ridge kiosk on Edgemoor Rd. (if that hike is filled, we will have a second one at 1:00 p.m.). Participants should wear sturdy shoes or hiking boots and bring drinking water for the approximately 2-mile hike. If you would like, bring a camera, hand lens and wildflower identification guide if available. The hikes will be limited to 20 people each, please call and register with the Oak Ridge Parks and Recreation Department at 425-3450 . For more information on the wildflowers of Haw Ridge and a coordinating map, see the Haw Ridge link by clicking here.
Turkey hunts:
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Scouting day - April 3rd
Hunt Weekend - April 10th-11th
Hunt Weekend - April 17th-18th
The April 3rd scout day is for both the April 10th-11th and April 17th-18th hunt permit holders. Scouting will be permitted from 7 a.m. to noon. The Bethel Valley Road checking station will be open from 7:30 a.m. until noon on the scouting day to answer any hunter questions.
On hunt days hunters may not enter the area prior to one hour before sunrise. Hunting ends at noon on each day. All successful hunters must be at the check station by 1:00 p.m.
The Northern Boundary Trail, Gallaher Bend, and Dyllis Orchard Road Trails will be closed for scout and hunt dates.
If you have any questions, please contact Neil R. Giffen, Wildlife Management Coordinator Environmental Sciences Division of Oak Ridge National Laboratory at (865) 241-9421 or contact TWRA wildlife managers Jim Evans (719-1027) and Sam Young (310-7829). Assistance can also be received by calling the check station on hunt days at (865) 576-2380.
