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.
Do you have a story to tell, interesting facts to share or have a great Refuge photo you’ve taken? Send those to us at backyardblog@candelsaslife.com. We’ll let you know before we use them.
(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.)
Candelas homeowner and School of Mines physics professor Dr. David Wood was spotlighted in a recent KCNC-TV (Ch. 4) profile about how he conducted his own scientific research to confirm that there is no additional risk from living near the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge -- which surrounds what ..
A new ranking of Colorado zip codes finds that 80007, which includes the Candelas master planned community, is Colorado’s most affluent postal zone. American City Business Journals ranked 22,568 zip code territories nationwide. The Candelas 80007 zip code, with a population of 7,537, stands is the ..
Candelas resident Sandra Bornstein is an accomplished writer, educator and traveler. In an exceptionally comprehensive post for her personal blog, Sandra details how she researched living near Rocky Flats – an effort that resulted she and her husband deciding to purchase a home in our community...
Long-time Denver newspaper columnist Vincent Carroll responds to the “fear-mongering obstructionism” of activists who are now suing the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to stop development of a new visitor center and trails at Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge. Caroll writes that we "can only marvel..
