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Radnor Lake State Park

Middle Tennessee’s largest forest is part of Nashville. Citizens want protection.

By Caroline Eggers

June 14, 2023

Before Nashville finalizes its annual budget this month, citizens are demanding one new line item: funding for Middle Tennessee’s largest contiguous forest, which is in the Highland Rim.

Filed Under: Environment, Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: beaman park, geology, highland rim, Radnor Lake State Park, trees, Warner Parks, Whites Creek

Colorblind people can get their first-ever glimpse of fall foliage at Radnor Lake State Park

By Blake Farmer

October 29, 2021

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For many people with colorblindness, fall foliage doesn’t do much for them. But at one spot, on the edge of Nashville’s Radnor Lake, there’s now a way for them to get a glimpse of the season’s splendor.

Filed Under: Environment, Health Care Tagged With: colorblind, Radnor Lake State Park

Curious Nashville: Are Tennessee’s Sassafras Trees Disappearing?

By Joseph Choi

April 27, 2020

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Sassafras trees often go unnoticed in forests, so we were surprised by the seemingly keen eye of one Curious Nashville listener, Stacy Widelitz.

Filed Under: Curious Nashville Tagged With: environment, Radnor Lake State Park

Pipeline Public Hearing

By Nina Cardona

January 7, 2013

The public gets its chance tonight to comment on a proposed gas pipeline. It would run through Southeastern Davidson County, including a portion of Radnor Lake State Park.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Piedmont Natural Gas, pipeline, Radnor Lake State Park

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