Dead Ponderosa Pine Removed From Mesa Public Library
Workers take down a large, dead Ponderosa pine recently near the children’s playground outside Mesa Public Library. The dead tree was taken down because its branches were falling too close to where children play. Photo by Ed Birnbaum Read More
Daily Postcard: View On Road To Taos
Daily Postcard: View Sunday on the road to Taos. Photo by Teresa Resende Read More
Posts From The Road: Scenes Of Once Thriving Mining Town In Ashcroft, Colo.
Welcome Wagon: A broken down wagon sits near the town of Ashcroft, Colo., succumbed to growth of trees and grasses while sitting idle for decades. The buildings in the background are remains of the once thriving mining town. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Ashcroft: A row of buildings that were homes to miners sit in various stages of decay in Ashcroft, Colo. The silver mining boom beginning in the area in 1880 only lasted about five years before workers moved on and left the town. At its peak, more than 2,000 people resided and worked in Ashcroft. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
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NMED & DOH Offer Free Domestic Water Well Tests In Taos
NMED News:
TAOS — The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) and New Mexico Department of Health (DOH) are hosting a free domestic well water testing event Oct. 16 in Taos.
Surveys show the majority of New Mexico’s private well users haven’t had their water tested, even though most do not have water treatment systems installed.
To save consumers money – tests are valued at around $150 – and to educate the public about safe drinking water, NMED and DOH are hosting a free well water testing event Oct. 16 while adhering to COVID-Safe Practices to protect staff and all community members who participate. Read More
Los Alamos High School Eco Club Holds Climate Strike
Members of the Los Alamos High School Eco Club marching Thursday during their climate strike in which they achieved their goal of getting the attention of community members and spreading awareness about the urgency necessary to solve the climate crisis. Members include Sam Grow, Dana Roelofs, Titus De Jong, Nina Johnson, Addy Witt, Charlotte Butcher, Sophie Bathrick-Price, Heidi Johnson, Kelsey Hannaford, Traeh Amburgey, Alex Moulton, Sadie Evans, Mikalh Adams, Jane and William Hite, Anna Batista and Sebastian Holtkamp. Courtesy photo
By ADALEE WITT
President
2021-22 Eco Club
Los Alamos Read More
Tall Ash Trees Changing Colors Near Fuller Lodge On Central
Tall Ash Trees changing colors Thursday near Fuller Lodge in downtown Los Alamos. Photo by Jen Moss Read More
Leaves On Large Tree Turn Bright Yellow In A Week
In just a week, the color of the leaves on this large tree have completely changed from green to bright yellow at a residence on 11th and Myrtle Street in downtown Los Alamos. Photo by Dixon Wolf Read More
Daily Postcard: Sunset Settles Over Camel Rock
Daily Postcard: A pastel sunset settles over Camel Rock early Saturday evening south of Tesuque. By Nancy Bartlit Read More
Morning Sunshine Illuminates Aspen Leaves On Pajarito
Early morning sunshine illuminates Aspen leaves Tuesday on Pajarito Mountain. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com Read More
LANL’s James Owen Selected NMSU Distinguished Alumni
LANL News:
James C. Owen, associate Laboratory director for Weapons Engineering and chief engineer at Los Alamos National Laboratory, has received the 2021 Distinguished Alumni Award for the College of Engineering from the New Mexico State University (NMSU) Alumni Association.
At Los Alamos, where his career has spanned more than 25 years, Owen’s technical expertise and success in safely leading large, complex projects and programs has made him influential in nuclear weapons security at Los Alamos and across
Celebrate Community At PEECnic! Saturday Oct. 16
A boy enjoys fresh-pressed apple cider at the nature center during a previous PEECnic celebration. Stop by the nature center 1-3 p.m., Oct. 16 for delicious treats, activities, storytelling and more. Photo by Hari Viswanathan
PEEC News:
Join the Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) for its annual member appreciation event, PEECnic!
This event is PEEC’s chance to celebrate the community and say thank you to the wonderful members who support PEEC all year long. The PEECnic is 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 16, at the Los Alamos Nature Center. It is open to the public, with special treats for Read More
Fall Colors Trees Along Central In Downtown Los Alamos
Fall colors the trees along Central Avenue Friday in downtown Los Alamos. Photo by John McHale/ladailypst.com Read More
Update From Resiliency, Energy & Sustainability Task Force
COUNTY News:
The Los Alamos Resiliency, Energy and Sustainability Task Force is now over halfway through its chartered time; it is scheduled to sunset in February.
The Task Force has submitted its Interim Report to the Los Alamos County Council with preliminary ideas for recommendations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions throughout the county (exclusive of LANL). Nothing has been finalized, and these interim recommendations are subject to change, modification, or elimination in the final report.
Council will then consider whether to accept, reject or modify those recommendations. Read More
Daily Postcard: Colorful Sunrise Over Sangre De Cristos
Daily Postcard: The sunrise early Friday morning paints the sky in tones of pink and orange as viewed from Pajarito Cliffs Site looking toward the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Photo by Darby Martinez Read More
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich Applauds President Biden’s Restoration Of National Monuments
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, is commending President Joe Biden for restoring the protections of Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante, and Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Monuments.
The White House announced that the President will sign three proclamations today as part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s effort to better protect, conserve, and restore the lands and waters that sustain the health of communities and power our economy.
“Our public lands are part of the Read More
SFNF Plans Prescribed Burn On Borrego Mesa Oct. 15
SFNF News:
SANTA FE — Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) are tentatively planning a 105-acre prescribed burn on Borrego Mesa on the Española Ranger District a week from today, Friday, Oct. 15.
The treatment area is located approximately two miles east of the community of Cordova. Crews will complete the Borrego Mesa prescribed burn in one day.
A final decision on whether to proceed with a specific prescribed burn on the SFNF will depend on multiple conditions, including resource availability, fuel moisture levels, air quality and forecasted weather. Prescribed burns
Los Alamos National Laboratory Scientists Take Top Prizes In National Competition To Help Improve Electrical Grid
Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists Hassan Hijazi, left, and Carleton Coffrin developed algorithms that took top prizes in a national competition to help improve the resiliency of the electrical grid. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
Two scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) took top prizes in a national competition for developing algorithms to help improve the resiliency and efficiency of the electrical grid.
The algorithm developed by Hassan Hijazi of the Applied Mathematics and Plasma Physics Group took first place in all four divisions, while the one developed by Carleton Read More
Scenes Of Construction Underway On The Hill Apartments
Scenes of construction underway recently on the Hill Apartments just east of Los Alamos Medical Center (LAMC) near 35th Street. Photo by Ed Birnbaum
Scenes from the Hill Apartments construction underway just east of LAMC. Photo by Ed Birnbaum
Scenes of construction underway recently on the Hill Apartments just east of LAMC. Photo by Ed Birnbaum Read More
Amateur Naturalist: The World Of Small Canyons, Part 4
By ROBERT DRYJA
Los Alamos
Small canyons can provide a variety of microenvironments that are close to one another. A small stream along the bottom of a canyon provides a moisture laden environment. But the adjacent canyon sides can be much dryer just 10 feet up.
Sections of the stream may have small ponds with water skippers on their surfaces. But the stream may be without water in between the ponds. The water from the ponds has percolated down into the stream bottom rather flowing from one pond to the next.
Coyote willow and mullein are two plants that use different strategies for survival even though Read More
Fall Colors Come To Ski Hill On Pajarito Mountain
Tuesday’s sunrise illuminates fall colors on the Ski Hill at Pajarito Mountain. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com Read More
