On Thursday August 8, we visited the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge (RMANWR), which was only a few miles from our parking site.
From Wikipedia:
The Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge is a 15,988-acre (24.981 sq mi) National Wildlife Refuge located adjacent to Denver and Commerce City, Colorado, in the United States. It is approximately 8 miles northeast of downtown Denver. The refuge is on the grounds of the former Rocky Mountain Arsenal, a United States Army chemical weapons manufacturing facility. The site was designated a national wildlife refuge in 1992 by the United States Congress, and underwent a costly environmental cleanup in order to remove pollutants. The refuge is managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. More than 330 species of wildlife inhabit the refuge, including raptors, deer, raccoons, coyotes, white pelicans, black-footed ferrets, black-tailed prairie dogs, and bison.
We saw every critter in the list above except for a raccoon.
National Parks and other Federal facilities are often environmentally progressive. At this facility there were solar powered EV charging stations.
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| This bison is giving Dorcas the evil eye |
There was an 11 mile loop road around the refuge that was keyed to an audio guide we downloaded.
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| We saw a number of mule deer |
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| And white pelicans |
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| Check out the rack on that mule deer! |
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| Black-tailed prairie dog |
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| The prairie dog is also known as "barking squirrel" |
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| Black-footed ferret |
Check out this video of the black-footed ferret.
Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge was a nice diversion too take our minds off our mechanical woes.
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