| Who is proposing the project: |
A Volunteer Advisory Group from the Fernald community is proposing this project, in partnership with the University of Cincinnati's Center for Environmental Communication Studies (CECS) and Miami University's Institute of Environmental
Sciences (IES). |
| What is the project: |
The Fernald Living History Project (FLHP) is an important historic preservation effort. This project would involve Fernald community members in an effort to record and preserve the environmental and societal impacts of nuclear
weapons production and subsequent remediation activites at the Fernald site on the surrounding communities.
Over the next several years, the Fernald Living History Project would involve educational workshops and opportunities for community members and Fernald workers to share their personal testimony, journals, and photographs. |
| How is the project to be funded: |
Project partners are currently pursuing funding from a variety of sources including private foundations, government grant funders, and corporate sponsors.
Foundations & Groups from whom funds are being solicited:
Ohio EPA Environmental Education Fund
Pew Charitable Trusts
The Ploughshares Fund
W. Alton Jones Foundation
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Richard I. and Arline J. Landers Foundation
Fluor Foundation |
| Where is information available: |
Please look for postings of these activities in the following places:
community and DOE newsletters
local newspapers
this home page |
| How Can I Get Involved? |
You can participate in the FLHP by providing your stories, lending your diaries, journals, photos, and other relevant materials to the project. Announcements will be made to request these materials once the project has received
funding. Please look for these announcements in your local newspapers, in community and DOE newsletters, and on this web page in the coming months. |
| Related Links |
Fernald Living History Project Report
Fernald Living History Project
maintained by Ohio EPA's Office of Federal Facilities Oversight Fernald group
Fernald Environmental Management Project
Ohio EPA's Office of Federal Facilities Oversight |