The West Atlanta Watershed Alliance Outdoor Activity Center (OAC) is a public environmental education, nature preserve, and outdoor activity facility in Atlanta, Georgia. The center is and focuses on educational outreach and outdoor activities in an urban setting.West Atlanta Watershed Alliance, Inc. (WAWA)
/ref> As of 2014, the OAC contains approximately of trails, a ropes course, a nature-themed playground, a tree house classroom, a freshwater aquarium, and a multi-purpose building. When the center opened in 1975 as the Bush Mountain Outdoor Activity Center, it was Atlanta's "first and only environmental education and outdoor recreation facility."

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leased to the OAC for $1 a year, and the Natural Science for Youth Foundation helped fund, organize and staff the original center. The Atlanta Bureau of Parks and Recreation later purchased the property from the school system and assumed maintenance of the parkland. In 2007, the

National Wildlife Federation The National Wildlife Federation (NWF) is the United States' largest private, nonprofit conservation education and advocacy organization, with over six million members and supporters, and 51 state and territorial affiliated organizations (includin ...

referred to the OAC as "an ecological jewel." The center is located beside the former practice lot for the

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Nature centers in Georgia (U.S. state) Geography of Atlanta Education in Atlanta Tourist attractions in Atlanta {{FultonCountyGA-geo-stub

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