Daily Postcard: International Space Station Over Los Alamos
State Farm: Tips To Protect Property From High Winds In New Mexico
SAFETY TIPS:
High winds cause millions – and often billions – of dollars in property damage each year.
With high southwesterly to westerly winds developing across portions of New Mexico this week, State Farm wants to remind New Mexicans how they can protect their home and property.
High winds can result in downed trees or branches, flying debris and broken glass, electric/power outages, blowing dust and limited visibility, and travel delays with road closures.
New Mexico residents and drivers are encouraged to follow these tips to protect family and property from severe weather and wind: Read More
Dr. Richard Sayre Elected To National Academy Of Inventors
New Mexico Consortium Chief Scientist Dr. Richard Sayre has been elected to the prestigious NAI. Courtesy/LANL
New Mexico Consortium News:
Dr. Richard Sayre, a New Mexico Consortium Chief Scientist, has just been elected to the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).
In 2021, the NAI has elected 164 academic innovators from all over the world to NAI Fellow status. The NAI Fellows Program is a distinction that calls attention to academic inventors that have demonstrated a spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a great impact on the quality of Read More
WRA: New Mexico PRC Vote To Deny Avangrid/PNM Merger Means Damaging Consequences For Climate, Communities
WRA News:
SANTA FE — Western Resource Advocates (WRA) and other conservation and community groups voiced frustration and disappointment in response to the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission’s (PRC) vote Wednesday to deny the merger of Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM) with Avangrid, noting the commission’s decision means New Mexico loses hundreds of millions of dollars in jobs and climate change-fighting investments.
“This unfortunate decision by the NMPRC means our state will lose $300 million in benefits for ratepayers, communities, and workers, as well as the important Read More
Daily Postcard: Sunrise Casts Golden Glow Over Clouds
Daily Postcard: The early morning sunrise casts a golden glow over clouds across the sky Wednesday in White Rock. Photo by Dave Lannen Read More
AFRL Celebrates Launch Of Small-Sat Ascent To GEO Space
Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate engineers celebrate the liftoff of the lab’s Ascent spacecraft and four other flight experiments launched Dec. 5 from Cape Canaveral, Florida as part of the U.S. Space Force’s Space Test Program-3 mission, aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket. Courtesy/U.S. Air Force/Allen Winston
AFRL News:
KIRTLAND AFB — The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Space Vehicles Directorate’s small satellite named Ascent was launched Dec. 7 from Cape Canaveral, Fla., as part of the U.S. Space Force’s Space Test Program-3 mission, aboard Read More
Daily Postcard: Moon And Venus Over North Community
Daily Postcard: An orange and blue sunset Monday evening over North Community as the moon and planet Venus begin to peek out for the night. Photo by Marc Bailey Read More
Weekly Fishing Report: Dec. 7, 2021
By GEORGE MORSE
Sports And Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post
Colder weather with high temperatures only reaching the 30’s and 40’s is forecast later this week. This will likely cause some larger lakes in Northern New Mexico like Eagle Nest to start freezing over.
Smaller lakes, especially those at higher elevations will freeze over if they have not already. Significant snowfall will also make these smaller lakes difficult to access.
The Canjilon Lakes, Trout Lakes, Lagunitas Lakes and Hopewell Lake, as well as others, will not be fishable until spring. Fenton Lake also will likely start to freeze Read More
Daily Postcard: House Finch Snacks On Apple
Daily Postcard: A little house finch found the one remaining apple on a tree in the backyard of a residence Sunday in White Rock and spent several minutes nibbling on the fruit. Photo by Nancy Ann Hibbs Read More
PEEC Talks Dec. 7-8 Feature Projects At Bandelier
PEEC presents a talk by Bandelier Intern Kathryn Brooks discussing conservation efforts, including bird banding and beaver and cutthroat trout introductions at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 7 via Zoom. Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC presents a talk by Bandelier Intern Marissa Ardovino on the topic of surveying for threatened and endangered species at Bandelier, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 8 via Zoom. Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
Join the Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) for two talks this week about projects happening at Bandelier National Monument.
The talks were organized in part by PEEC’s Young Read More
EM Employee Receives 2020 Federal Project Director Of Year Award
EM Senior Advisor William “Ike” White presents the DOE’s Federal Project Director of the Year Award to DOE Savannah River Operations Office Assistant Manager for Nuclear Material Stabilization Pam Marks during his visit to the Savannah River Site today. Photo by Steve Ashe
DOE News:
AIKEN, S.C. — U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) Senior Advisor William “Ike” White presented Pam Marks of the Savannah River Site (SRS) with the DOE’s Federal Project Director of the Year Award for 2020 during his visit to the site today.
Marks received the award for her role Read More
DOE/NNSA Awards $13 Million To Promote U.S. Production Of Critical Medical Isotope
NNSA Administrator Jill Hruby
DOE/NNSA News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) issued a cooperative agreement worth $13 million to a Michigan company to support the commercial production of molybdenum-99 (Mo-99), a critical isotope used in more than 40,000 medical procedures in the United States each day, including the diagnosis of heart disease and cancer.
The agreement with Niowave Inc. of Lansing, Michigan, will help establish a reliable supply of Mo-99 without the need to use highly enriched uranium (HEU), which Read More
Daily Postcard: Sunrise Blankets Landscape In Amber Hue
Daily Postcard: The sunrise blankets the landscape in an amber hue Sunday near Deertrap Trailhead on Barranca Mesa. Photo by Amanda Macdonald Read More
Scenes From 2021 Los Alamos Geological Society Earth Treasures Show
Los Alamos Geological Society President Richard Stead examines a polished rock with Geological Society member Phyllisha Hammrick Saturday afternoon during the 2021 Earth Treasures Show. The show continues 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at the Masonic Temple at 1400 N. Sage Loop. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
Scene from the Los Alamos Geological Society 2021 Earth Treasures Show Saturday afternoon at the Masonic Temple at 1400 N. Sage Loop. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
Elizabeth Watts of the Pajarito Environmental Education Center helps participants create crafts at Read More
New Mexico Congressional Delegation Welcomes Nearly $2M To Support Drought Response Projects For Six Pueblos
Congressional Delegation News:
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) and Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) are welcoming nearly $2 million in funding from the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) to support drought response projects for six Pueblos in New Mexico.
The funding is through the Native American Affairs Technical Assistance to Tribes Program. BOR’s Native American Affairs Technical Assistance Program provides technical assistance to Indian Tribes to develop, manage, and protect Read More
Daily Postcard: Christmas Lights Reflect In Ashley Pond
Daily Postcard: Beautiful Christmas lights reflect in the water of Ashley Pond Saturday night in downtown Los Alamos. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com Read More
Valles Caldera Plans 2021-22 Winter Prescribed Burns
NPS News:
JEMEZ SPRINGS — The National Park Service (NPS) plans to implement prescribed burn projects in Valles Caldera National Preserve between early December and the end of the winter season when conditions allow.
The prescribed burns will occur in previously thinned areas where materials have been piled for burning. The burn operations will be completed in phases over several days depending on weather and fuel conditions.
The purpose of these burns is to reduce hazardous fuels and the chance for future high-intensity wildfires. The planned pile burn projects are located within the preserve Read More
SFNF Postpones Mesa Potrero Prescribed Burn, Plans Cordovas Pile Burn Wednesday
SFNF News:
SANTA FE — Based on current and forecasted conditions, fire managers on the Coyote Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) have decided to postpone the previously announced Mesa Potrero prescribed burn in the high country and are taking a look at conducting the previously announced Cordovas prescribed pile burn Wednesday, Dec. 8 instead.
Crews will use hand ignitions on the 157-acre treatment area off Forest Road (FR) 103 approximately 2 miles southeast of Gallina and 1 mile west of Mesa Poleo. The pile burn should be completed no later than Thursday, Dec. 9.
Roads in Read More
Daily Postcard: Reflection Of Sunrise In White Rock
Daily Postcard: The sunrise reflected in the window of a residence Friday in White Rock. Photo by Nancy Ann Hibbs Read More
History On Tap Online: My Nuclear Life Dec. 13
Join nuclear physicist and podcaster Shelly Lesher, Los Alamos Historical Society and the Los Alamos Creative District for History on Tap online at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 13. Courtesy/Los Alamos Historical Society
History On Tap News:
Join the Los Alamos Historical Society and the Los Alamos Creative District for History on Tap online at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 13.
Explore how nuclear science has impacted and changed the world with Shelly Lesher, nuclear physicist and host of the podcast My Nuclear Life.
History on Tap is free, and the public can register to attend via Zoom here.
July 16, 1945 Read More