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Memorial Day in Colorado mountains to look different due to fire, reservations and COVID-19 Miles Blumhardt, Fort Collins Coloradoan
Cameron Peak Fire scars Poudre Canyon lives, landscape
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The pandemic and the Cameron Peak Fire have put a significant crimp on recreating on the Roosevelt National Forest and in Rocky Mountain National Park over the past year, with lingering impacts continuing this year.
While COVID-19 restrictions have largely been lifted, visitors to the Canyon Lakes Ranger District of the national forest and the national park will be impacted visually and physically as the busy Memorial Day weekend approaches.
Despite concerns from the community and calls from an Ohio congressman, open-air demolition began last week at the U.S. Department of Energy s former uranium enrichment plant in a southern Ohio village.
The demolition in Piketon comes after the federal agency promised the community, which has experienced high cancer rates, independent testing for radiological contaminants. The results are expected to come later this year.
The demolition is moving forward without that information. With it comes the potential for releasing more contaminants into the surrounding area, residents say. We do not believe that to be a safe or responsible plan, wrote Tony Montgomery, president of the Pike County Board of Commissioners, in a letter to Gov. Mike DeWine late last year.
The pandemic and the Cameron Peak Fire have put a significant crimp on recreating on the Roosevelt National Forest and in Rocky Mountain National Park over the past year, with lingering impacts continuing this year.
While COVID-19 restrictions have largely been lifted, visitors to the Canyon Lakes Ranger District of the national forest and the national park will be impacted visually and physically as the busy Memorial Day weekend approaches.
The nearly 209,000-acre fire, the largest in state history, has closed large sections of the national forest and park. The burn scar is visible in large swaths of mountainsides along the Poudre River from Rustic west to Chambers Lake and in the park.