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Article: FLATS DEER HUNT RAISES CONCERNS TWO ANIMALS TEST POSITIVE FOR TRACES OF RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS.(News)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
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- October 18, 2004
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Byline: Gary Gerhardt, Rocky Mountain News
To eat or not to eat - that is the question hunters may face one day if they are allowed to hunt deer at the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering a controlled hunt for youth hunters and disabled adults a few weekends a year to help manage the number of deer on the 6,500-acre former nuclear weapons plant, south of Boulder.
Mark Sattelberg, a senior contaminants biologist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at Rocky Flats, said last week that there are about 140 mule deer and 12 white-tails that permanently stay on the site.
To ensure that ...