Two Ponds National Wildlife Refuge

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Two Ponds National Wildlife Refuge
Two Ponds Preservation Foundation

Connected Colorado - 2013-04 Open Spaces and Trails

It's time to spring forward and get outside and enjoy some great open spaces and trails! We'll show you Two Ponds in Arvada, which is the smallest National Wildlife Refuge in the country, plus the brand new Metzger Farm Open Space, and some great bike trails in Lakewood. It's also time for planting, so we'll learn about an urban agriculture program in Wheat Ridge. We'll also visit the fascinating Butterfly Pavilion, on Connected Colorado.

Colorado Experience: Colorado's Cold War (Rocky Flats)

In 1951, in the early days of the Cold War, the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission announced
the construction of a new facility in Arvada, Colorado, 16 miles from Metro Denver. Although the general public was largely unaware of what went on at the site, the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant manufactured the plutonium “trigger” used in every nuclear weapon created in the United States. For the next several decades, Rocky Flats was a major stimulus to the local economy, providing thousands of jobs to area residents. But it was also a source of increasing controversy, as reports of radioactive contamination
affecting the local environment and the truth about what was really going on at Rocky Flats
became public. Colorado’s Cold War explores the legacy of Rocky Flats and the local impact of a global conflict.

For additional resources related to Rocky Flats, visit rmpbs.org/coloradoexperience.

Quick Hits: Hunters Glen

February 2015

The $12 Billion Clean Up and Rocky Flats

The generous donation by United Steel Workers (USW) Local 8031 and leadership of Ms. Terrie Barrie, ANWAG, make this video available to the public for educational purposes.

60 Minutes and CBS News segment on October 17, 1993 regarding U.S. nuclear weapons complex clean up.

Honorable mention to the Rocky Flats Solar Evaporation Ponds and Pondcrete.