Welcome to Candelas Backyard Blog, providing news, information and contributions representing our community’s support for Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge, which will open to the public in 2018.
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(Note: This site is a production of Candelas Life Wide Open and not officially affiliated with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge or any government organization. We reserve all rights to editorial decisions.)
(Kim Griffiths, in her capacity as a member of the Rocky Flats Stewardship Council, has also filed a brief report with them.) I apologize for the delay in getting survey results out; I was “holding my breath” while the Town of Superior filed its own lawsuit [Civil Action No. 1:18-cv-1746] on July..
You may know that certain anti-development activist groups and their supporters are opposed to the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge. Now, some of them are using fear, misinformation, and publicity-generating lawsuits to stop the Refuge from ever opening to the public.Some of these opponents argue..
The $10-billion environmental clean-up of the Rocky Flats plant site concluded more than 12 years ago. Today, environmental and health agencies, including the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE), continuously monitor the site – including the former buffer zone that now is..
Candelas homeowner Kim Griffiths’ appointment to the Rocky Flats Stewardship Council and her emerging advocacy for Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge began with an interest in noxious weeds. Being a certified master gardener, Kim wondered about the safety of a proposed..
The Executive Director and Chief Medical Officer of the Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment says that more than a decade after Rocky Flats was declared safe and suitable for any use, persistent myths and misinformation about the area cause unwarranted angst and outrage among..
