Elements Newsletter (December 2021)

U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management sent this bulletin at 12/21/2021 04:30 PM EST

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LM Launches Campaign to Address Abandoned Uranium Mines on Tribal Lands

A powerful partnership among the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Legacy Management (LM), tribal governments, and other agencies is focused on safety at former uranium mining sites, to guide the way to the future protection of human health and the environment across the west.

Using Trail Cameras to Detect Special-Status Wildlife at the Bluewater, NM, Disposal Site

The discovery of burrows that could have been created by a rare prairie dog species at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management's (LM) Bluewater, New Mexico, Disposal Site, culminated in LM's placing motion-activated trail cameras near the burrows to confirm their presence.

EPA Celebrates Weldon Spring Site on Beneficial Reuse in New Case Study

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has recognized the Office of Legacy Management's (LM) Weldon Spring Site for its exemplary ecological success by using it in a recent case study.

Partnership Works to Restore Native Habitat Along Southwest Colorado’s Dolores River

Since 2011, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) has collaborated with the Dolores River Restoration Partnership (DRRP) and the Southwest Conservation Corps (SCC) to treat a 4-mile stretch of the Dolores River for noxious weeds. The river stretch runs through LM-managed uranium-lease tracts along the river in southwest Colorado.

Holiday Toy Shopping During 1950s Looked a Bit Different than During 2020s

The Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab kit was released to the public in 1950 as a fun toy to teach young people about nuclear and chemical reactions using radioactive material.

Video of the Month

Hello hedge apple! Hawé Osage orange! It's the time of year when you may see these softball-sized, bright-green fruits loafing in the leaf litter along forest edges and fence rows, like those at the ecologically restored Fernald Preserve, Ohio, Site. You may hear that they are effective for repelling spiders from your home, but is this true? Watch the Osage orange Aha Nature Moment to find out!

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