Daily Postcard: Young Deer Spotted Beneath Rainbow
Daily Postcard: A young deer is spotted beneath a rainbow Tuesday in White Rock. Photo by Mike Fletcher Read More
Los Alamos County Environmental Services Concrete And Asphalt Recycling Operations Halted For 30 Days
COUNTY News:
Los Alamos Environmental Services is working on issuing a new contractual agreement to continue the concrete and asphalt recycling operation.
Until this contract is in place, Los Alamos County Eco Station will not accept concrete or asphalt for recycling or disposal starting Oct. 1, 2021 for 30 days.
Below you will find a list of potential disposal sites for asphalt and concrete. Contact the business in advance to ensure they are able to accept concrete and asphalt for disposal:
- GM Emulsion, 505.471.9981, near Santa Fe Airport Road, accepts concrete and asphalt, No
Speaker Egolf Announces 2021 New Mexico Climate Summit
New Mexico House Speaker Brian Egolf
STATE News:
SANTA FE — As many parts of New Mexico continue to experience near-record or record-breaking temperatures, New Mexico Speaker of the House Brian Egolf has announced the first-ever New Mexico Climate Summit, to be held Oct. 25-26 at the State Capitol.
The two-day event will gather nationwide experts and leaders from across the state to develop bold new policies that address the climate crisis and include a just energy transition for all of New Mexico’s diverse communities.
The summit is presented by Speaker Egolf, in partnership with organizations Read More
Daily Postcard: Bull Elk In Valles Caldera National Preserve
Daily Postcard: A mature bull elk is seen early Tuesday morning in the Valles Caldera National Preserve. Photo by Marc BaileyConstruction Underway At Smith’s Parking Lot In White Rock
Workers are removing old asphalt this morning from the parking lot at Smith’s in White Rock. A Smith’s employee said the project should end by Sept. 29 and will cover the front and rear lots. Photo by Dave Lannen
Construction underway this morning at Smiths parking lot this morning in White Rock. Photo by Dave Lannen
Scene of construction this morning on the parking lot at Smith’s in White Rock. Photo by Dave Lannen Read More
SFNF Waives Fees For National Public Lands Day
SFNF News:
SANTA FE — The Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) will waive fees at many day-use recreation sites for National Public Lands Day (NPLD) Saturday, Sept. 25.
As the nation’s largest, single-day volunteer effort for public lands, NPLD is a great opportunity for more Americans to get outdoors and connect with their public lands.
The Forest Service participates in fee-free days with other federal agencies to encourage Americans to visit their public lands. The final fee waiver day in 2021 will be Thursday, Nov. 11, in honor of Veterans Day, which commemorates the end of World War I and Read More
Valles Caldera Partners With ABQ BioPark In Zoo-Park Partnership For America’s Keystone Wildlife
View of Valles Caldera National Preserve. Courtesy/NPS
ABQ BioPark Director Stephanie Stowell
NPS News:
ALBUQUERQUE — Valles Caldera National Preserve and the ABQ BioPark recently established a Zoo-Park Partnership for America’s Keystone Wildlife to provide vital support in the recovery of New Mexico’s native wildlife found at the national park site.
They join eight other partnership pairs involving national parks across the country as part of the Zoo-Park Partnerships Project hosted by the Wildlife Restoration Foundation and supported through an agreement between the National Read More
Ash Tree Shows Signs Of Fall In Downtown Los Alamos
Tall Ash tree shows colors of fall Sunday morning in front of the apartments on Iris Street. Photo by Dixon Wolf Read More
Drought Tests Centuries-Old Water Traditions In New Mexico
U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández
From the Office of U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández:
ABIQUIU — At the edge of a sandstone outcropping, U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández looks out on the Rio Chama. The river tracks a diverse landscape from the southern edge of the Rocky Mountains through rugged basalt hillsides, layers of volcanic tuff, and the red and yellow cliffs made famous by painter Georgia O’Keeffe.
Here marks the genesis of New Mexico’s centuries-old tradition of sharing water through irrigation systems known as acequias.
It’s also one of the many spots in the arid West facing more pressure Read More
Rotary Speaker Discusses Maui Sea Turtle Rescue/Rehab
Sea turtle conservation technician Chanel Browne with an injured green sea turtle brought to the Marine Institute in Maui for rehabilitation. Courtesy photo
By LINDA HULL
Vice President
Rotary Club of Los Alamos
“We inspire lifelong environmental stewardship,” began Chanel Browne, sea turtle conservation technician for the Marine Institute of the Maui Ocean Center (MOC). During the Aug. 31 meeting of the Rotary Club of Los Alamos, she described the Institute’s mission, via Zoom from Hawaii.
“We ensure the survival of coral reefs and sea turtles in Hawaii through science-based conservation Read More
Weekly Fishing Report: Sept. 21, 2021
By GEORGE MORSE
Sports And Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post
The State Department of Game and Fish stocked 77,741 fingerling Rio Grande cutthroat trout in the Rio Grande Gorge above Pilar. The stocking was part of the Department’s program of expanding the range of the cutthroat trout
One of two species of trout historically native to New Mexico, the other being the Gila trout, Rio Grande cutthroats inhabited the main stem of the Rio Grande and its major tributaries in New Mexico. Habitat degradation, over-fishing and the introduction of non-native species of trout have resulted in over 90-percent Read More
Daily Postcard: Full Harvest Moon Casts Glow Over Trees
Daily Postcard: The September Full Harvest Moon casts a glow on the leaves of a tree very early Monday morning at a residence in White Rock. This year, September’s full Harvest Moon rose in the southeast just after sunset Monday, two days before the fall equinox. The full moon that happens nearest to the fall equinox (Sept. 22 or 23) always takes on the name ‘Harvest Moon’. Unlike other full moons, this full moon rises at nearly the same time—around sunset—for several evenings in a row, giving farmers several extra evenings of moonlight and allowing them to finish their harvests before the frosts Read More
LANL: How Microbiomes Help Secure The Food Chain
Greenhouse laboratory at TA-51 used by the Earth System Observations group. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
Drought seems to be a persistent reality in New Mexico and across the Southwest. While the monsoon season provided the state with much-needed precipitation — resulting in more rainfall this year than previous years — we’re still in a state of drought.
(According to drought.gov, Santa Fe County received 1.11 inches more rain in July than usual, but is still considered to be in extreme drought.)
With no end in sight, farmers will continue to struggle in drought-affected areas. Scientist Sanna Read More
Los Alamos Farmers Market: Eggs, Apples, Veggies & More!
Daily Postcard: Red-naped Sapsucker Sips Sap From Tree On Barranca Mesa
Daily Postcard: A male Red-naped Sapsucker is spotted clinging to the side of a tree recently at a residence on Barranca Mesa. Red-naped Sapsuckers are industrious woodpeckers with a taste for sugar. They drill neat little rows of holes in aspen, birch and willow to lap up the sugary sap that flows out. The presence of sap wells is a good indication that they are around, but so are their harsh wailing cries and stuttered drumming. Source: allaboutbirds.org. Photo by Selvi Viswanathan
A male Red-naped Sapsucker is lapping up sugary sap that is flowing out from a tree recently at a residence on Barranca Read More
Moon Emerging Brightly Over White Rock This Evening
Moon emerging brightly this evening over White Rock. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
On The Job In The Española Valley: Award Winning Author Liddie Martinez Of Chile Line Foods, LLC Making Ristras
On the job this morning in the front yard of her Española Valley farm is award winning author Liddie Martinez of Chile Line Foods, LLC making chile ristras from chile grown in her garden. Martinez is the author of the popular Chile Line Cookbook: Historic Recipes of Northern New Mexico, available online at www.pajaritopress.com. Courtesy photo
On the job this morning Liddie Martinez is stringing together chile grown in garden of her Española Valley farm to make ristras. Courtesy photo
Liddie Martinez stringing chile together to make ristras from chile grown in her garden. Courtesy photo
The Read More
Light Showers Lifting Spirits This Morning In White Rock
Light showers leaving raindrops on a leaf and cobweb are lifting spirits this morning Around White Rock. Photo by Nancy Ann Hibbs Read More
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland Outlines Next Steps To Rebuild Bureau Of Land Management
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland
Department of the Interior News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland outlined steps that the Department plans to take to rebuild and strengthen the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) following years of transition and upheaval among the workforce.
These changes, which will be done in coordination with Congress, will improve the function of the bureau, help provide clarity for the BLM’s more than 7,000 employees across the country, maintain and increase access for stakeholders, and enable the bureau to better serve the American public and Read More
Daily Postcard: LA Hill Lights Up In The Friday Night Sky
Daily Postcard: LA Hill lights up Friday as viewed from Quemazon. Photo by DW Decker Read More
