From Weapons Plant To Wildlife Refuge
29 August 2000 - 7:30am
Arvada City Council may OK a plan for a wildlife refuge on the site of the Colorado Rock Flats weapons plant.
The Arvada City Council is expected to pass a resolution expressing "strong support" for a federal effort to turn Rocky Flats, the former nuclear weapons plant, into a national wildlife refuge. It's an action that surprised some members of the coalition of governments assembled to hash out the future use of Rocky Flats and oversee its cleanup.
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Arvada to back Rocky Flats refuge
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The Denver Post, August 27, 2000
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