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Scenes From Gifted Horse & Lemonade Living Ranch Camp

Lemonade Living and the Gifted Horse held Ranch Camp Thursday at the Lujan Historic Cabin at the North Mesa Stables. Lemonade Living founder Melissa Arias lets students get acquainted with Goldie in preparation for milking the small goat. Learn more here. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Ranch Campers discover that goats are friendly and loveable. Lemonade Living is a non-profit in Los Alamos that helps people with developmental disabilities and special needs to have more fulfilling lives. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Lemonade Living Director Melissa Arias gives a presentation Read More

Report Highlights 7 Latino Heritage Sites Needing Protection

Hispanic Access Foundation News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new report, Place, Story and Culture: An Inclusive Approach to Protecting Latino Heritage Sites, was released Thursday by the Latino Heritage Scholars.

In the report, the Latino Heritage Scholars, an initiative of the Hispanic Access Foundation, emphasizes the need for the protection of seven Latino heritage sites that embody the architectural, cultural and deep historical roots of the Latino community in need of preservation.

The scholars are a group of young Latino professionals focused on historic preservation and ensuring that Read More

Pajarito Astronomers: Dark Night At Spirio Field Tonight

Pajarito Astronomers News:

Los Alamos County Parks, Recreation and Open Space Divisions have partnered up with the Parjarito Astronomers for the Dark Sky/Night program.

Anyone with an interest in star gazing and the chance to look for stars through a telescope is invited to come out tonight to Spirio Soccer Field at Overlook Park in White Rock.

  • If you want to set up a telescope arrive around sunset.
  • For stargazing arrive closer to nightfall
  • If you arrive after dark, please use your parking lights when driving through Overlook Park.
  • Bring a red light flashlight for safety
  • Feel free to bring your
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Amateur Naturalist: The World Of Small Canyons, Part 1

The slopes adjacent to upper Pueblo Canyon remain barren with boulders 21 years after the Cerro Grande Fire. A ponderosa tree has burnt branches lower on its trunk yet continues growing at its top. Photo by Robert Dryja

By ROBERT DRYJA
Los Alamos

Pueblo Canyon is one of the largest canyons in the Los Alamos area. It is five miles long going upstream to where it encounters Diamond Drive. A rock dam exists at this point to provide the base of a roadway across the canyon. 

Upper Pueblo Canyon then continues another three miles toward the mountain slopes of the Valles Caldera. Instead of a broad smooth bottom, Read More

DOE EM And County Issue Joint Statement Regarding Discovery Of Bottle Containing Unknown Liquid During Pothole Excavation At Middle DP Road Site

DOE EM / COUNTY News:

Los Alamos County and the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Service (DOE EM) jointly released late this afternoon the following statement:

From DOE EM:

“On July 8, the DOE contractor, N3B, discovered an intact 500-milliliter amber glass bottle containing liquid during pothole excavation at the Middle DP Road Site. As part of required procedures, N3B contacted the Emergency Operations Support Center (EOSC).

“Out of an abundance of caution, the EOSC instructed N3B to engage the Los Alamos County Fire Department for HazMat support and assistance. The Los Read More

Los Alamos ScienceFest Continues With Electric Vehicle Show Saturday And Other Demos Through Sunday

ScienceFest features an Electric Vehicle Show in the Mesa Public Library Overflow Parking Lot with a combination of electric cars and electric bikes, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Courtesy photo 

Los Alamos MainStreet News:
Los Alamos ScienceFest is featuring a Science On Tap discussion at 5:30 p.m. today at Fuller Lodge with Jessica Kubicek-Sutherland, who will talk about how public health scientists learn from the behavior of the body’s immune system to help develop universal approaches to combat infectious disease.
Then at 7 p.m., at the Los Alamos Nature Center Planetarium, come out for 
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PEEC Celebrating 2021 ScienceFest Today And Saturday!

PEEC is celebrating ScienceFest’s ‘Driven By Science’ theme with its annual Electric Vehicle Show Saturday in the Mesa Public Library overflow lot across from Ashley Pond Park. Courtesy/PEEC

PEEC News:

The Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) is excited to join in the Los Alamos ScienceFest fun this year.

PEEC is partnering with the ScienceFest team, the Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities and Pajarito Astronomers to host a variety of events to celebrate today and Saturday.

Dark Sky Preservation

Friday, July 9 at 7 p.m., join PEEC for the first talk in the nature center’s Read More

New Mexico Museum Of Natural History & Science Exhibit Focuses On Importance Of Honey Bees

What’s the Buzz? Why Honey Bees Matter’ opens July 23 at NM Museum of Natural History & Science. Courtesy/NMDCA

NMDCA News:

ALBUQUERQUE — Throughout human history, honey bees have come to symbolize hard work, community, politics, and faith.

This important eusocial flying insect is presented in the exhibit “What’s the Buzz? Why Honey Bees Matter”, opening July 23 at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, 1801 Mountain Road NW in Albuquerque.

“What’s the Buzz?” takes a closer look at bees in culture and religion, their migration history, the physiology and anatomy of Read More

Game And Fish: Help Be Part Of The Solution To Invasive Species, Not The Cause…

Be cautious about inadvertently transferring invasive species into or around the state. Courtesy/NMGF

NMGF News:

New Mexico Department of Game and Fish (NMGF) explains that it’s that time of year again when the birds are calling, the sun is warming our hemisphere, the trees are turning green, the smell of cut grass is in the air and the thoughts of fishing, lake trips, hikes and BBQs all play in our heads.

It’s as if nature is beckoning us to return to the outdoor activities we enjoy with an almost simultaneous hit to all our senses.

With the unprecedented times we all have endured and continue to work Read More

Heinrich, AFRL, NewSpace NM Announce $11M Agreement To Advance New Mexico Space Industry And Innovation

Sen. Martin Heinrich chats at event today in Albuquerque and announced  $11 million in funding to create a small satellite innovation hub in Albuquerque to support New Mexico space industry. Courtesy photo

From the Office of U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich:

ALBUQUERQUE – U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) announced today that NewSpace New Mexico’s launch of Unite & Ignite Space, a co-innovation hub to bring together resources, programming, and workspaces to support the growth of New Mexico’s space industry.

During his time on the Senate Armed Services Committee, Sen. Heinrich secured authorization Read More

Hungry Buck Enjoys Late Night Snack

A hungry buck stops Wednesday night to munch on plants growing in the Los Alamos Master Gardener’s garden near the Los Alamos Police Department in downtown Los Alamos. Photo by Lee Weinland Read More

BLM Taos Field Office: Ongoing Road Construction Will Limit Public Access At Wild Rivers Recreation Area

Courtesy/BLM

BLM News:

TAOS — To accommodate a Federal Highway Administration construction project in Taos, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces limited public access at Wild Rivers Recreation Area July 11 through Aug. 7, 2021.

Impacts to public access will occur only Tuesdays through Thursdays during this four-week period. Visitors will have access Fridays through Mondays.  

For additional information about the road work and associated impacts, call the BLM Taos Field Office at 575.751.8851.   Read More

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