LIST OF FIGURES ......................................................................................................................................v
LIST OF TABLES........................................................................................................................................v
ACRONYMS..............................................................................................................................................vii
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .........................................................................................................................ix
1. INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................1
2. BACKGROUND ......................................................................................................................................1
2.1 DOE/TWRA AGREEMENTS .....................................................................................................1
2.2 LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS FOR WILDLIFE
MANAGEMENT ON FEDERAL LANDS .................................................................................1
2.2.1 Federal Laws ...................................................................................................................2
2.2.2 Executive Orders and Presidential Memoranda ..............................................................5
2.2.3 DOE Directives................................................................................................................8
2.2.4 Tennessee State Requirements ........................................................................................9
2.2.5 Contracts and Agreements.............................................................................................10
2.3 OAK RIDGE RESERVATION WILDLIFE..............................................................................11
2.3.1 Oak Ridge Reservation Wildlife Habitat.......................................................................11
2.3.2 Oak Ridge Reservation Wildlife....................................................................................13
2.4 INTERIOR-FOREST RESOURCES .........................................................................................13
2.5 DEFINITION OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT......................................................................15
3. WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT PLAN ....................................................................................................15
3.1 GENERAL GOALS AND OBJECTIVES .................................................................................15
3.2 WILDLIFE-HABITAT MANAGEMENT.................................................................................16
3.3 FEATURED-SPECIES MANAGEMENT.................................................................................16
3.4 GAME-SPECIES MANAGEMENT..........................................................................................17
3.4.1 White-tailed Deer Management.....................................................................................17
3.4.2 Wild Turkey Management.............................................................................................19
3.4.3 Canada Goose Management ..........................................................................................19
3.5 MANAGEMENT OF THE THREE BEND SCENIC AND WILDLIFE
MANAGEMENT REFUGE AREA...........................................................................................23
3.6 NUISANCE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT ..............................................................................23
3.6.1 Roles and Responsibilities.............................................................................................24
3.6.2 Protocol for Reducing Nuisance Wildlife Problems......................................................24
3.6.3 Nuisance Wildlife Management Issues around Facilities..............................................25
3.6.4 Nuisance Issues Requiring Special Skills......................................................................25
3.6.5 Birds ..............................................................................................................................26
3.6.6 Snakes............................................................................................................................27
3.6.7 Insects ............................................................................................................................27
3.7 SENSITIVE SPECIES INVENTORY, PROTECTION, AND MANAGEMENT....................27
3.8 WILDLIFE DISEASE MANAGEMENT..................................................................................29
3.8.1 Rabies ............................................................................................................................29
3.8.2 Pandemic Flu (Avian Influenza)....................................................................................30
4. PLANNED MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES: FY 2007 TO FY 2012....................................................30
5. REFERENCES .......................................................................................................................................31
APPENDIX A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES FISH
AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, AND THE
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY REGARDING IMPLEMENTATION OF EXECUTIVE
ORDER 13186, “RESPONSIBILITIES OF FEDERAL AGENCIES TO PROTECT
MIGRATORY BIRDS” AND SELECTED PORTIONS OF EXECUTIVE
ORDER 13186................................................................................................................A-1
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APPENDIX B SELECTED PORTIONS OF DOE ORDER 450.1, ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION PROGRAM, CHANGE 2 (DECEMBER 7, 2005).................................B-1
APPENDIX C OUTLINE OF SELECTED PARTS OF THE TENNESSEE LAWS
RELATED TO WILDLIFE............................................................................................C-1
APPENDIX D WILDLIFE HABITATS ON THE OAK RIDGE RESERVATION..............................D-1
APPENDIX E VERTEBRATE WILDLIFE SPECIES OF THE OAK RIDGE
RESERVATION............................................................................................................. E-1
APPENDIX F DEFINITION OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT.......................................................... F-1
APPENDIX G WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES FISCAL YEAR 1983
THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2006 .................................................................................G-1
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure Page
1 Oak Ridge Reservation forests by forest groupings...........................................................................12
2 Interior-forest habitat on the Oak Ridge Reservation.........................................................................14
3 Deer/vehicle collisions on the Oak Ridge Reservation and vicinity. .................................................18
4 Historical white-tailed deer harvest numbers for the Oak Ridge Reservation. ..................................20
5 Historical deer-hunting-acreage total for the Oak Ridge Reservation. ..............................................21
6 Historical wild turkey harvest numbers for the Oak Ridge Reservation............................................22
LIST OF TABLES
Table Page
1 Wildlife species of concern reported for the Oak Ridge Reservation.................................................28