A Poisoned Nuclear Site Now a Wildlife Refuge in Colorado

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Elk Now Graze Where Bombs Were Made

Fifteen miles northwest of Denver, hikers walk trails through rolling tallgrass prairie with views of the Rocky Mountain Front Range.

Elk herds cross the path. Prairie dogs pop up from burrows. It looks like untouched wilderness, and in a way it is.

But beneath the surface lies a darker history…

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