About
The Fernald Preserve is a Department of Energy, Office of Legacy Management, site at the location of the former cold-war era Fernald Feed Materials Production Center located mostly in NW Hamilton County, Ohio. The 1050-acre nature preserve is found at 7400 Willey Road, Hamilton, OH 45013.
The Fernald Preserve Visitors Center is a 10,000-square-foot LEED Platinum Certified building that celebrates the rich and varied history of the Fernald site. Information on the site’s natural, Native American, settlement and farming, uranium production, and environmental cleanup eras, as well as the recent ecological restoration and legacy management mission, is presented through a series of exhibits. Admission to the Visitors Center is free, and meeting spaces at the facility are also available for no charge to local organizations. Restrooms and drinking water are available.
The Fernald Preserve features 140 acres of wetland habitat including three lakes, 400 acres of forests and 360 acres of grasslands including tall grass prairies. In the short amount of time this site has been open to the public (since 2008) it has hosted a fair number of rarities and the total species list is at 240.
The Visitors Center is open Wed.-Sun. from 9-5pm. The trails are open daily 7am-dusk.
The Visitors Center is open Wed.-Sun. from 9-5pm. The trails are open daily 7am-dusk.
