Last October, Shell Oil Company and the U.S. Army finished their massive $2.1 billion cleanup of the Arsenal and handed it over to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Now the refuge "receives more than 25,000 visitors per year," according to the agency. "With the end of the environmental cleanup and residential development now surrounding the site, visitation to the Refuge is expected to increase to 200,000 per year by 2020."
In addition to the new visitors' center, there is also a new entrance to the refuge at Quebec Street and Prairie Parkway.
The center technically opens today to host the 1st Annual Rocky Mountain Wildlife Film Festival, which runs May 20-22 and May 27-29, and will highlight nature documentaries.
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