Welcome to the FCA
The Fernald Community Alliance will:
- Provide community oversight for Long Term Stewardship and environmental activities at the Fernald Preserve.
- Promote the “lessons learned” during the investigations and cleanup of the Fernald Project to other sites and communities facing similar challenges.
- Preserve the history of the land, people, culture and the Cold War for the benefit of current and future generations and to promote the Fernald Preserve as an asset to the community;
- Work in cooperation with the Department of Energy regarding education and long term stewardship of the site.
- The 2025 Meeting schedule has been updated.
- The Trails Map for the Fernald Preserve is available for download here.
- Fernald Bird Count - As of December 2020, 253 species of birds have been identified so far at the Fernald Preserve - The full list is available here.
- Report Highlights Conservation in Paddys Run Watershed Near LM's Fernald Preserve
- Fernald Preserve highlighted on Green Umbrella's listing of local Greenspace Gems.
Roadmap to Resolution - UPDATE!
Last year many of you were contacted as the Fernald Community Alliance (FCA) was proposing to make a DVD telling the complete story of Fernald cleanup and restoration. That project, Roadmap to Resolution, has evolved considerably and it is now more focused on the Fernald lessons learned,and the video is now available.
News & Upcoming Events
The Fernald Preserve opened to the public on August 20, 2008.
The site is open 7 days a week (7:00 am to dusk) and the Visitors Center is open Wednesday through Saturday (9:00 am to 5:00 pm).
- Fernald Bird Count - We're up to 240 species!
- FCA Commemorative Brick
- Fernald Preserve Update - March 2011, Dept. of Energy
- Photos from the Opening of the Fernald Preserve Visitors Center
- Membership, Donations & Fundraising Information
- Fernald Living History Project Interview Transcripts
- Photo Albums
- DOE Fernald Reports
- OEPA's Paddys Run Conservation Project