This refuge Looks lovely, but it hides an ugly past.
, claiming it didn't conduct adequate testing before opening any trails at Rocky Flats; its case focused on Parcel 16, land added to the southwest corner of the refuge in 2012, as an example of negligence.
According to Giselle Herzfeld, nuclear guardianship campaign coordinator with the Peace and Justice Center, the group will move on from this particular legal challenge while continuing to push its opposition to the refuge being open to the public. The produced plutonium triggers for nuclear bombs for decades before it closed at the end of 1989 and underwent a $7 billion cleanup that was completed in 2006.
Exposure to plutonium can lead to cancer and other health risks. The Peace and Justice Center believes those risks are still present at the refuge, and wants more public education. Because of the lack of signage at the refuge, opponents suggest that people can spend a day at the refuge without ever realizing that they're at a former plutonium-processing facility.
Fish and Wildlife offered no comment on the ruling, but says it plans to move forward with more trail construction. The design is expected to be finalized this fall and construction will start immediately after it's approved, with a targeted completion date of winter 2023.
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