BOULDER COUNTY

Ag secretary allows emergency grazing

Boulder County can allow grazing on Conservation Reserve Program land to provide drought relief to ranchers hit hard by drought conditions.

The action, approved by Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman, allows Reserve Program participants and livestock producers whose pastures have been negatively affected by drought to graze livestock on Conservation Reserve Program acres elsewhere.

The program is a voluntary program that aids farmers.

Only livestock operations located within approved counties are eligible for emergency grazing on Reserve Program acres. Participants can rent or lease grazing privileges to an eligible livestock producer located in an approved county.

For more information, call the Boulder County Farm Service Agency at (303) 776-1242.

ROCKY FLATS

Plant reaches milestone in cleanup, closure

Workers at Rocky Flats reached a cleanup milestone in May, packing up 106 metric tons of residues contaminated with radioactive plutonium.

The task was one of several identified by the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board as critical in the cleanup of the former nuclear weapons plant.

The job was completed one month ahead of schedule, said Barbara Mazurowski, Energy Department manager at Rocky Flats. The waste will be shipped to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, N.M.

LONGMONT

Airport master plan open house is Thursday

Residents are invited to an open house from 4:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Izaak Walton Clubhouse at 18 S. Sunset St. in Longmont to learn about the Vance Brand Municipal Airport master plan update.

Residents are invited to learn more about a possible runway extension and discuss issues such as increased traffic and noise.

Camera Staff Writers Justin George, Katy Human, Kate Larsen and Matt Branaugh contributed to this report. Send information about news and events for the Daily Digest to: Daily Digest, Local News Editor, Daily Camera, P.O. Box 591, Boulder, CO 80306. Or fax to (303) 449-9358 or send e-mail to hubbardc@thedailycamera.com.

June 1, 2002

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