Elements Newsletter (September 2023)

U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management sent this bulletin at 09/25/2023 01:40 PM EDT

Patty Berry, vice president of Wild Ones releases a male monarch butterfly in the garden, after tagging it.

Reign of the Monarch Returns to Weldon Spring Site Interpretive Center in St. Charles, Missouri

Temperatures in the 70s signaled fall’s arrival at the Weldon Spring Site Interpretive Center in Missouri and set the stage for the return of one of the most celebrated insects in the world — the monarch butterfly. Visitors flocked to see the great migration of these majestic pollinators at the Monarch Madness festival Sept. 16, 2023.

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LM and USACE tour North Atlantic Division FUSRAP Sites

DOE Office of Legacy Management and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers staff toured a national laboratory and six Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program sites in New York, New Jersey, and Maryland.

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Park Service Employee Goes Above and Beyond to Help LM

Director Carmelo Melendez awarded a plaque to Interior Department worker Angel Barker for her interagency support of
LM. LM Office Manager Paul Kerl, pictured above, presented her the award during her visit to the LMFSC in Grand Junction.

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LM’s wildlife cameras captured photos of the elk herd at the Bluewater, New Mexico, Disposal Site in summer 2022.

LM Maintenance Supports Beneficial Reuse at Several Western Sites

The LM Ecosystem Management Team supports DOE conservation, land reuse, and land management initiatives. Specifically, EMT evaluates, recommends, and implements practices and projects to restore, maintain, and enhance LM sites’ ecological health... Read Full Story

With One Year Under Her Belt, LM
Site Manager is Living Her Dream

Joni Tallbull expanded her love of environmental science from the classroom into the community and started her career at the Navajo Abandoned Mine Lands Reclamation Program with the Navajo Nation Tribal government...
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Photo of the Month

LM and LM support staff took a recent trip to review the Hamburg Trail signs near the Weldon Spring Site Interpretive Center in Missouri as part of a project to update the current historic markers along the trail. For more information on hiking trails and other LM interpretive services visit the LM website.

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