Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR - Commerce City, CO
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ronjean
N 39° 47.931 W 104° 51.969
13S E 511458 N 4405440
On the edge of urban Denver, the Refuge is a successful reclamation of a former military site.
Waymark Code: WM93Q0
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 06/23/2010
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Excerpts from their web-page: "Located just northeast of Denver, the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, a 12,500-acre expanse of shorgrass prairie, has survived the test of time and transitioned from farmland, to war-time manufacturing site, to wildlife sanctuary. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. Army transformed the area into a chemical weapons manufacturing facility called the Rocky Mountain Arsenal to support the war effort. The Arsenal was later used for Cold-War weapons production and demilitarization. The Arsenal’s cleanup program will be completed in 2010. At that time, the Refuge will reach its final size of 15,000 acres, making it one of the largest urban refuges in the country.
The Refuge provides environmental education and interpretive programs, catch-and-release recreational fee fishing, nearly nine miles of trails, wildlife viewing opportunities and site tours for the public, and is a sanctuary for more than 330 species of animals, including wild bison, deer, coyotes, bald eagles and burrowing owls."
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