Dave Harmon, PW editor
- Sep 25, 2018
- 1 min read

Nuke site, repurposed as Rocky Flats NWR, opens to public—for now

ROCKY FLATS, Colo. (Reuters) - Less than two miles (3 km) from where triggers for thermonuclear weapons were once manufactured and against the backdrop of Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, a bull elk bugles as he defends his harem of cows from rival males.

“It’s rutting season and this is mating behavior,” said David Lucas of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and manager of Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge, 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Denver.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-nuclear-refuge/colorado-wildlife-refuge-at-old-nuclear-plant-is-open-for-now-idUSKCN1M5195?

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