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F riends o Radnor Lake and The Chestnut Group will hostLove the Lake, a all art show to bene t Radnor Lake. Theart show will be held at the Radnor Lake Visitors Center on Fri-day, Nov. 5 through Sunday, Nov. 7 rom 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Chestnut Group artists have been painting through all o the seasons o Radnor, capturing the snow covered hills, theRedbuds in spring, the greens o summer and the amazing allcolors. Just a ew weeks ago, Radnor Lake invited the artists to

a Full Moon Paintout. The weather was per ect as the moon roseover the lake, holding still just long enough or the artists to cap-ture it on canvas, plein air style.

As Jean Gauld-Jeager, President o The Chestnut Groupexplains, Plein air is French or outdoors. The painter indsa well-composed landscape scene and works quickly amidchanges in light and wind to capture the natural moment.Ideally, the work is completed at the scene or, nearly complete,in the studio. The urgent immediacy o the plein air tradition,even as it creates enduring artistic orms, reminds us o howquickly our unspoiled lands can vanish.

The Chestnut Group is a nonpro it alliance o landscape artistswho are dedicated to the conservation o wild and open spaces inMiddle Tennessee. Fi ty percent o the unds earned rom the sale

o artwork will be donated to Friends o RadnorLake or the preservation o the State Natural Area.What a wonder ul opportunity to purchase an origi-nal piece o art depicting Radnor Lake. Love theLake. Support the places you Love!

Protecting, preserving and promoting the natural integrity of Radnor Lakethrough land acquisition, environmental education and park support

Fall 2010

Love the Lake Art Show November 5th-7th

Sherrie Russ Levine painting on a snowy day atRadnor Lake.


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Dear Friends,I youve been to Radnor

Lake since the in amous Maylood, you know weve been

as challenged as our neigh-bors throughoutNashville.

While thesebumps in theroad (literally inRadnors case)come along romtime to time, theFriends o RadnorLake have notwavered romour mission. In

act, working with the LandTrust, Civic Bank and thegenerous partnership with theCity o Oak Hill, the Friendsgroup acquired property total-ing just over 10 acres alongGranny White Pike and placed

a conservation easement overthe property to make sure itwould be protected. Slated tobe a residential development,the land now will be orever

wild. Weve alsoacquired an addi-tional acre romThe Galen Foster

amily which wetruly appreciate.

When thelood hit, ourriends, neighbors

and partners allstepped up withcontributions o

time, talent and money. Weare especially grate ul to oneo our wonder ul partners,The City o Forest Hills, oran extremely generous dona-tion or lood relie that hasenabled all o these willing

volunteers to get the trailsback in shape and reroute theSouth Cove Trail. On the hori-zon is the South Cove Bridgeproject and road repair withstate and ederal unds.

So no excuses. Hike a trail;bike the road and enjoy thewonder ul natural area o Radnor Lake.

Charley Hankla

www.radnorlake.org

Friends of Radnor Lake

Board of Directors

Charley HanklaPresident

Greer TidwellVice President

Don ShriverTreasurer

Diane HayesSecretary

Nan AdamsAndrew Amonette

Kim Barrick Karen BirdLee Boggs

Paul BuchananKent Cochran

Ed ColeRobin ConoverMartha Cooper

Douglass JohnsonJe King

Saul KomisarAmanda LittlePatsy LuckettRob RobinsonPatty St. ClairDan Sur aceAnn Tidwell

Lester Turner, Jr.Elizabeth Wagster

Lauren StoneYoung Leaders Board Intern

Board of AdvisorsMartha Ann Caldwell

Buddy CaldwellVince GillAmy Grant

John HardcastleRep. Beth Halteman Harwell

Sen. Douglas HenryMargaret Henry Joyce

Chris Karbowiak Will Martin

Jeanie NelsonJohn Noel

Mack PrichardDan SmithPhil Vassar

FORL Staff

Emmie Thomas Executive Director

Victoria Jackson Executive Assistant

Progress throughPartnership A letter from the Board

Hike a trail;bike the road and enjoy the

wonderful natural area of Radnor Lake.

Charley HanklaPresident


W e thank each o you orpurchasing and renewingyour license plate in support o Radnor Lake. The monies raised

rom the sale o the Radnorlicense plates play a crucial rolein the preservation o the NaturalArea. O the $35.00 ee, FORLreceives $15.38, raising more than$393,000 since the all o 2003 tobene t Radnor Lake.

Please support this program,

and share Radnors beautyeverywhere you go. I you arerenewing in the Green Hills area,Radnor plates are on hand at theCounty Clerks branch at 4009Graces Plaza.

For general in ormation, call(615) 862-6050 ext. 77109.


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Introducing Board Member Amanda Little

By Victoria Jackson


ProgramAnnouncements

While we are rebuildingtrails a ter the lood, pro-grams will be temporarilysuspended. I you wouldlike to volunteer to help

repair and rebuild, please join us.

Volunteer Days4th Saturday o the monthMeet at the Visitor Center.

8 a.m. noon

Check www.radnorlake.org or any updates.

Friends o Radnor LakeBoard o Directorsincludes some very gi ted and

accomplished people whoserve our mission to protect,preserve and promote thenatural integrity o RadnorLake through land acquisition,environmental education andpark support. Amanda Little(ne Griscom) has served onthe board since 2006.

Little has published widelyon the environment, energyand technology or morethan a decade. She wroteMuckraker, a long-runningsyndicated weekly columnon Grist.org and Salon.com ,and Code Green, a monthlycolumn on greeninnovations orOutside magazine,where she wasa contributingeditor. Her work has appeared inthe New York Times Magazine,Vanity Fair,

Rolling Stone,Wired, New York,

InStyle, Mens Journal and theWashington Post . She is therecipient o the Jane BagleyLehman Award or excellencein environmental journalism.

Setting out to investigatethe vulnerability o the elec-tric grid and the political

implications o our oil usage,Littles 2009 book, Power Trip , chronicles a journey thatshe took a ter she had a reve-lation about the role o energyin her li e.

As author and keynotespeaker, Little asks: Howdo we make mainstreamAmericans care about cleantech? How do we excite olksaround these technologies,conveying their extraordinarybene its and encouragingAmericans to adopt them intheir daily lives?

Little explains, Energy iseverything: It growsour crops, ightsour wars, makes ourplastics and medi-cines, warms ourhomes, moves ourproducts and vehi-cles, and animatesour cities.

Energy inAmerica is the mostexciting story o our

time. It has the narrative arco Greek Mythology: Energybuilt the American superpower our cities, our military,our major industries, our

in rastructure. It gave us massproduction, reedom o move-ment, it de ined our politicsand our very identity. Now ourgreatest strength cheap oiland coal has become ourgreatest vulnerability, giventhe extraordinary environmen-tal and political costs o these

uels.Clean-tech gives us the

power to trans orm a tragedy-in-the-making into the greatestcomeback story o all time.Its American ingenuity thatgot us into this mess, and itsAmerican ingenuity that willget us out o it. As much aswe need to change our tech-nologies, we have to changeour mind sets.

Amanda lives in Nashville,Tennessee with her husbandCarter Little, a composer, andtheir daughter. For more in or-mation, check out Amandaswebsite at www.amandalittle.com.

Staying Connected isas Easy as 1-2-3!

1) Join the FORL emaillist powered by Emma.Sign up or our email listat www.radnorlake.org toreceive the newsletter andvolunteer updates.Friends o Randor has part-nered with Emma emailmarketing, so watch or ournew email ormat.And, thank you, Emma, orplanting 5 trees in honor o

Radnor Lake!2) Join Facebook Group.Stay up-to-date with ourFriends o Radnor LakeFacebook group.

3) Sign onto the FORLWebsite. Get the latestupdates and in ormation atwww.randorlake.org.

Its easy to be GreenHelp us save money and

paper by joining the Radnore-mail list at riendso [email protected] or www.radnorlake.org.

Please recycle this newslet-ter, or, better yet, pass it on toa riend!Printed on recycled paper.

REI Awards FORL Grant for Volunteerism

Friends o Radnor Lake is excited to announce that it has received a$14,000 grant rom REI. REI is committed to promoting environmental

stewardship and increasing access to outdoor recreation through education,volunteerism, gear donations and nancial contributions. The grant is theresult o a nomination made by the Brentwood store, with whom we partneron many occasions.

The unds will go directly to Radnors Dig it. Hike it. Love it. programwhich supports volunteerism at Radnor Lake. REI was very generous in their

unding o this program and wanted to make a signi icant impacton Radnor Lake a ter the May loods. As a result, Radnor has been able to utilizethe skills o over 800 volunteers this summer!


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Dangerously hot weatherdid not deter the Friendso Radnor Lake board o direc-tors rom rebuilding the natural

areas Spillway observationdeck, which was damaged dur-ing the May food.

Despite a heat advisoryduring the weekend o July22, more than 23 board mem-bers and volunteers gatheredat Radnor to ocus on bothrebuilding and team-building.

The Spillway overlooks acreek, one that is now threetimes wider in the a termatho the May loods. Erosion

caused trees and other debristo slide into the stream. Tooprecarious to be ully unction-al, the observation deck wasle t teetering on the edge o thebank and had to be closed tothe public.

The board took notice, anddecided to adopt the Spillwayas its own project. Withinone meeting, board membersdonated enough money to

cover the cost o materialsneeded or the repairs.

A whole array o thingsneeded to be done, and this

was something we elt wecould knock out as a group,Emmie Thomas, FORL execu-tive director, said.

But the Friends wantedto do more than contribute

unds to the project they alsowanted to donate time on theground.

During lood cleanup,our volunteers inspired us to

think about what we can doas a group to give back anddo something hands-on, saidCharley Hankla, FORL presi-

dent. There are so many bet-ter uses o our time than boardmeetings.

Thomas agreed, This wassomething that was doableand un. It also allowed newboard members to get to knoweveryone and or us to grow asa team.

Play ul banter abounded asvolunteers and board members

mixed concrete, dug holes orposts and hammered away.People are doing thingstheyve never done be ore,

Thomas said, laughing.One board member, NanAdams, was very excited abouther new knowledge. I knowwhat a level is! she said in asing-song voice, as she handedthe tool to another volunteer.Experts like Park ManagerSteve Ward patiently directednovices as Junior Rangersworked on a trail nearby.

Over the last couple o months, hundreds o volunteers

have donated their time toRadnor Lake. Today, most o the park is completely opera-tional. Only one trail SouthCove remains closed.

Its one thing to write acheck. Its another to planta seed and watch it grow,Hankla said, dripping sweat ashe pushed a wheelbarrow. Wedo this out o a passion or theplace.

Board Members (and Friends) RebuildObservation Deck

By Raffi Friedman


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1000 Oman Drive, Brentwood, TN 37027 - dyer.vanderbilt.edu

The Moograss Jam, originally postponed due tothe rain, was rescheduled for May 29 to celebrateNashvilles giving spirit with great music, goodfood and water slides for the kids.

Special thanks to Dan Smith and DebraBrawner at the Granny White Market for bring-ing this popular bluegrass festival back to theneighborhood and raising funds for Radnor Lake.On that same night, Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory,held a special open house and collected dona-tions for Radnor Lake too.

Thanks to Rocky Alvey for partnering withRadnor Lake on this special event.


Thank you to these wonderful musicians for anamazing day of entertainment!

Moograss Jamand

Dyer ObservatoryTeam Up for Radnor

Emcee Demetria KalodimosPat Flynn

Tyler FlowersIrish Bernadette

The Peasall Sisters

Verlon ThompsonKathy Chiavola

Kurt Storey Rivers Rutherford Muriel Anderson


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Thank you to Kent Blazy and the 4 PeaceBand who played on July 30th at DouglasCorner Cafe for Radnor Flood Relief. Greatfun and great success!

By Rick Smith Photography

VolunteerPartners

After historic flooding devastatedsections of Radnor Lake StateNatural Area in May, volunteers

came out of the woodwork to giveback to the park they love. Morethan 800 volunteers tirelessly gavetheir time, sweat and, sometimes,tears to help repair the damage.

Thank You!

We couldnt have done itwithout you!

First Response Rangers who came right after the flood and cut 42 trees that has fallenacross the road.

Members of Kappa Psi PharmaceuticalFraternity from Lipscomb University Collegeof Pharmacy.

Kent BlazyPerforms Benefit

Concert

4Months

(May-August)

883Volunteers

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They came rom as ar away as Jacksonville; they did aew calisthenics, and then they started digging.By the time the dust had cleared on September 18,

more than 100 volunteers had planted 75 trees at RadnorLake as part of the CSX Trees for Tracks program.

CSX, which is planting a tree for each of its 21,000miles o track, provided unding and volunteers or there orestation project. Trees Nashville was the local plant-ing partner.

Its a great event. Its great or the environment, andits great or getting people out here to be part o this pro-cess, said CSX chief financial officer Oscar Munoz.

He and other volunteers rom the corporate o ice inJacksonville, local CSX employees, and Trees Nashvillesupporters planted dogwoods, sweetgums and tulip pop-lars on 6.5 acres o park property in the Radnor Glensubdivision. This land was saved rom development byFriends o Radnor Lake in 2004.

We literally stopped the bulldozers rom clearing thisland, said park manager Steve Ward. Because the landwas partially cleared, we needed to help nature out byplanting new trees to help restore the natural area.

The planting will help protect Radnors viewshed, saidTrees Nashville president Chris Armour. When youre inthe woods, you dont want to see structures. This plantingwill help protect the natural experience.

The trees also o er real economic value to Nashville.When mature, theyll provide over $12,000 o directbene its every year, Armour said. That includes energysavings, carbon storage, cleaner air, reduced stormwater

runo and a cooler neighborhood.It speaks volumes when a large corporate entity comesto a state park to invest time, money and energy to helpus preserve the natural integrity o this great park, saidCharley Hankla, president o the Friends o Radnor Lakeboard. It is a wonder ul partnership we hope to continuelong into the uture. The trans ormation is amazing.

Alliance or Community Trees is the national partneror the Trees or Tracks

program, and the servicegroup City Year provideslogistics and volunteersupport.

Trees to Tracks by Chris Armour


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Junior Ranger Program 2010Instilling environmental values in the minds of future leaders

Session 1 Chris Goodrich

Anessa Scalf Collin ScalfLuke Barrick

Mark IrieAlli CrewBrian Key

Joey SantoroKathryn Pedulla Hunter TidwellFrancisco Nunez

Simon Sweetman Charles Okoreeh-Baah

Session 2Truman Zumwalt

Charles Okoreeh-BaahRyan BarrickLuke Barrick

Si Deane Cameron Travis

Richard HawkinsLaura Wigger Henry AlexanderKeller Alexander

Charlie LongBrian Key

Shaun RainoneAnessa Scalf

Carson Scalf Collin Scalf

Top 10 things the 2010 Junior Rangers accomplished!

1. Learned how to e iciently use a one wheeled, two handled,air cooled, apendage powered dumping machine. (aka Wheelbarrow)

2. Added multiple O icial Junior Ranger T-shirts to their ward-robes.

3. Carried enough buckets o gravel to cover 1/4 mile o trail.4. Pushed enough mulch to cover almost a mile o trail.5. Paddled two o Tennessees most beauti ul rivers.6. Cleaned two o Tennessees most beauti ul rivers to help keep

them two o Tennessees most beauti ul rivers.

7. Worked in cooperation with numerous volunteers coming outto help Radnor rebuild rom the devastating lood o 2010.

8. Ate enough pizza to e ectively cover the 85 acre Radnor Lakein pepperoni.

9. Created enough sweat to initiate the National Weather Serviceto prompt a local lash lood warning or the Otter Creek watershed.

10. Cooperated in total, as a large group, or more than twoweeks, to meet ormidable rebuilding and conservation goals.This, in essence, was the basis o the Jr. Ranger Program lastsummer.

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Friends of Radnor LakeP.O. Box 40324Nashville, TN 37204

Monthly

meetingsRadnor Lake State Natural Area hosts envi-ronmental organizations monthly meetingsat the Walter L. Criley Visitor Center.These educational meetings are open to thepublic. Please call the contacts listed oragendas and otherin ormation.

Cumberland-Harpeth Audubon Society First Thursday, 7 p.m.Contact: Sheila Shay, [email protected]

Middle Tennessee Group of the SierraClub Second Thursday, 7 p.m. ContactAdelle Wood, 615-665-1010 [email protected]

Nashville Chapter of the TennesseeOrnithological Society ThirdThursday, 7 p.m. Contact: Jan Shaw, 615-331-2231 [email protected]

TSRA Board MeetingFourth Thursday, 6 p.m.Contact: Trent [email protected]

* New Invasive Plantsbrochure available at the

Radnor Lake Visitor Center.


Friends o Radnor Lake was born in1973 when the lake and surroundinghills were threatened with residentialdevelopment.As the Tennessee State Park systemsoldest and most success ul nonpro tsupport group, FORL has purchasedcritical properties and supported pro-tection e orts in many other ways.

Friends of Radnor LakeP.O. Box 40324

Nashville, TN 37204615- 251-1471

e-mail: [email protected]

www.radnorlake.org

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