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More soil sampling planned at Rocky Flats as opponents gear up in court to keep refuge from opening

At the same time government officials will be trying to show that Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge is clean and safe for visitors, a judge will be hearing testimony about why the former nuclear weapons manufacturing site should forever remain closed to the public. That juxtaposition over the future of the 6,200-acre property 16 miles northwest of Denver, which comes to a head this week, aptly illustrates the complicated legacy of what was one of the nation’s most contaminated Cold War sites that is currently trying to reinvent itself as a rare urban oasis for those wanting to experience the prairie’s unique ecology and wildlife. On Tuesday, a federal judge will hear evidence from a lawsuit filed by Rocky Flats opponents, who are asking him to block construction of trails and a visitor center at the refuge.

 

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