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In this episode I speak with Karina from Salto Coffee Works in Nederland, CO.
Colorado.FM - The Colorado Podcast
In this episode of Colorado.FM, I sat down with Eric Hegreness of Iris Skis. Iris Skis is a craft ski company based in Boulder Colorado.
Colorado.FM - The Colorado Podcast
In this episode we sit down with Tim Nickles of Roofnest.
Colorado.FM, The Colorado Podcast
In this episode, we speak with Ted Eynon of Meier Skis.
Vice has sponsored an article by freelance writer Lauren Steele titled “Reclaimed Land: Inside Colorado’s Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge a former Superfund site that embodies the painful past an uncertain future of nuclear cleanup in America.”
Now most people here in the Denver Boulder area know all about Rocky Flats, but in case you’re not familiar, Rocky Flats is a superfund site located pretty much within eyesight of these two major metropolitan areas where during the Cold War plutonium triggers among other things were made for the U.S. Department of Defense.
Unfortunately, and I think you can see where this is going, let’s just say the waste was handled inappropriately. I’ll leave the details for Lauren and her really amazing article. But be warned you’re going to get angry it’s just really maddening.
Now despite this history and a half life of plutonium of 25000 years or so the area around Rocky Flats is already being redeveloped. Those of us who drive down Colorado 93 are on our way to Denver or shoot out to 70 are familiar with the Candelas housing development that’s right there. Additionally over 5000 acres of Rocky Flats is about to be reopened to recreation under the supervision of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
So is a former Superfund site ever really clean and is the government data trustworthy? As far as the safety of living conditions in the area there are two sides to this story and I think Lauren does a really great job of making sure that they’re both represented. I also really want to give kudos to Vice Media for sponsoring this type of long form investigative journalism in our world of 140 character tweets and 30 second videos. This article really stood out.