Resource Management Plan for the US Department of Energy Oak Ridge Reservation. Volume 2, Appendix A: aquatic habitats

Technical Report · Sun Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1984

OSTI ID:5997789

Loar, J M

A diversity of aquatic habitats, ranging from undisturbed small streams to liquid waste disposal ponds, exist on the Department of Energy (DOE) Oak Ridge Reservation. The most important of these habitats may support populations of threatened or endangered aquatic species or provide sites for experimental ecological research. A management plan is proposed that will ensure the long-term preservation of these habitats by controlling various land-use practices in the watershed. The impacts associated with timber harvest and management practices can be minimized by careful planning of access roads to the harvest sites and by providing a narrow buffer strip of uncut trees and shrubs along the stream margins. Reservation streams should be surveyed to determine the presence of any threatened or endangered aquatic vertebrate species. If such species are found, their habitat should be designated a natural area within the Oak Ridge National Environmental Research Park. Resolution of conflicts over competing land-use practices will require careful planning in the early stages of project development, close coordination with forest management plans, and recognition of the long-term benefits that accrue when some watersheds remain in a undisturbed state. 28 references, 1 figure, 1 table.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 5997789
• Report Number(s): ORNL-6026-Vol.2; ON: DE85002110
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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