Daily Postcard: Early Morning View On Pajarito Mountain
Daily Postcard: The view early this morning at Pajarito Mountain Ski Area where because of all the snow, the season is extended to April 14. The community is invited to attend Easter Brunch 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, March 31, followed by a huge Easter Egg hunt on the snow – one side for kids 7 and under; the other for 7+ with hundreds of easter eggs hidden on the slopes. Learn more here. Courtesy/PMSA Read More
Daily Postcard: Red Sky At Morning In Española Valley
Daily Postcard: Red sky colors the sky at morning Sunday in the Española Valley. Photo by Johnnie Martinez Read More
Community Invited To Climate Action Plan Interactive Workshop
COUNTY News:
Los Alamos County Sustainability Manager Angelica Gurule, in collaboration with environmental consulting firm Cascadia, is inviting the community to an interactive workshop at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 2, in Council Chambers, 1000 Central Ave.
Gurule was tasked by the Los Alamos County Council in 2023 with developing a climate action plan to reduce the county’s greenhouse gas emissions and promote sustainability.
The upcoming April 2 workshop will focus on reviewing the findings of the recently completed greenhouse gas inventory report that analyzed the sources and Read More
Fresh Honey & More At Los Alamos Winter Market
LANL: New Technology Improves Space Weather Monitoring
The Compact Space Plasma Analyzer will improve space weather prediction. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
Peaceful though it may seem from Earth, space is beset by “weather” that can prove perilous for the sensitive — and expensive — technology aboard the spacecraft and satellites increasingly populating the realms outside our atmosphere. To meet that challenge, Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers have developed the Compact Space Plasma Analyzer, a small and cost-efficient space sensor capable of measuring space weather, which will help protect technology in orbit.
“Space weather, Read More
Submittal Of Site Treatment Plan Added To LANL Electronic Public Reading Room
LANL News:
Per regulatory requirements, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) announces new documents have been added to the Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Contract Electronic Public Reading Room.
All legacy cleanup documents required to be posted after April 30, 2018, are available on the site linked above.
For legacy cleanup documents that were posted prior to April 30, 2018, please visit the LANL electronic public reading room:
- Submittal of the Site Treatment Plan, Fiscal Year 2023 Annual Update and Proposed Revision 34.0, Federal Facility Compliance Order, October 4, 1995, Los Alamos
New Mexico Outdoor Recreation Division’s FY24 Outdoor Equity Funding Reaches $3.7 Million
Photo by Kiefer Garcia
Courtesy/Santo Domingo Pueblo
EDD News:
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Outdoor Recreation Division (ORD) of the New Mexico Economic Development Department (EDD) has announced funding of $975,142 in new Outdoor Equity Fund (OEF) awards to 33 organizations.
These awards will be distributed to 16 rural, 13 urban, one land grant, and five Tribal communities. Of those awarded, 28 are first-time recipients of OEF funding.
The first-of-its-kind Outdoor Equity Fund (OEF) was created in 2019 to enable all New Mexican youth equitable access to the outdoors. The grant supports programming Read More
Daily Postcard: Cloud Parks Shadow On Black Mesa
Daily Postcard: A cloud parks its shadow exclusively on Black Mesa in an otherwise sun-drenched foreground Friday as viewed from N.M. 502 near Totavi gas station. Photo by Maggie Meier Read More
EPA And NMED To Host Community Meeting On Chevron Questa Mine Superfund Site On Tuesday April 16
NMED News:
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in cooperation with the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) and the New Mexico Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department (EMNRD), invites you to attend the community meeting for the Chevron Questa Superfund site.
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- VFW Post 7688
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- Questa, New Mexico 87556
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During the meeting, an update will be provided on current site activities and future cleanup work at the Questa Mine. Following the updates, a question‐and‐answer session will Read More
Post From The Road: San Diego Zoo Safari Park
Giraffes: Four giraffes gaze in different directions as they check out their surroundings at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park near Escondido, Calif. There were four other giraffes in the herd nearby. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Rhinos: Three rhinos spend a part of their afternoon next to a muddy pond at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. The animals are living in a free range enclosure at the park. This enclosure is the largest enclosure in the park. (one rhino is on the ground behind the rhino on the left). Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
By GARY WARREN
Photographer
Formerly of Los Alamos Read More
Los Alamos National Laboratory Team Is Developing Technology To Provide Fast, In-Field Actinide Measurements
In-field alpha spectroscopy has great potential for nuclear emergency response. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
A research team at Los Alamos National Laboratory is developing a new technology called the Non-destructive Alpha Spectrometer, or NDAlpha, which is the first field-deployable alpha spectrometer that is capable of “point and shoot” measurements of nuclear material or contaminated surfaces.
One of the key signatures of a nuclear accident is the release of alpha-emitting radionuclides such as plutonium.
“Alpha spectroscopy is exquisitely sensitive to these signatures, but normally Read More
Los Alamos Mountaineers To Present Talk By Phil Robinson On Summiting New Mexico’s Highest 186 Peaks March 26
Phil Robinson atop rugged 13,108-foot Truchas Peak, the second-highest summit in New Mexico. Courtesy/LAM
By Bill Priedhorsky
Los Alamos Mountaineers
Phil Robinson will speak about New Mexico’s highest peaks at the March 26 meeting of the Los Alamos Mountaineers. The meeting will be in person with a hybrid adjunct.
While hundreds have summited all of the Colorado’s more than 50 “14ers”, which rise above 14,000 feet, Robinson, a retired Albuquerque Public Schools science teacher is the only person who has hiked New Mexico’s highest 186 peaks (with the exception of a pair of peaks in the Taos Read More
Dixson: Thank You, Governor Lujan Grisham For Your Leadership On Clean Fuels
By BRIDGET DIXSON, IOM
President and CEO
Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce
Earlier this month, Governor Lujan Grisham took a bold step toward creating a cleaner energy future for New Mexico by signing House Bill 41, Clean Transportation Fuel Standards, into law. This innovative legislation is essential to reducing our state’s transportation emissions and reinforces New Mexico as a leader in the energy transition.
Thanks to Governor Lujan Grisham’s support, New Mexico is now the fourth state in the nation to enact these fuel standards that promise to create both an environmentally and economically Read More
Artificial Intelligence Helps Explore Chemistry Frontiers
A Los Alamos-led team has developed machine learning interatomic potentials that enable time- and expense-saving simulations, a powerful tool for everything from drug design to materials discovery. Courtesy/LANL
In this workflow, nanoreactor simulations automatically sample reactive chemical space without relying on human intuition. The nanoreactor is a special class of atomistic simulations in which chemical reactions are induced by colliding molecules at high velocities. Active learning utilizes the machine learning potential, ANI-1xnr, to drive the nanoreactor dynamics Read More
Kirtland AFB Bulk Fuels Facility Public Meeting April 18
KAFB News:
The Air Force will be hosting a virtual and in-person public meeting for the Kirtland Air Force Base Bulk Fuels Facility project, 5:30-8 p.m. Thursday, April 18, 2024, at the New Mexico Veterans Memorial with a poster session beginning at 5:30 p.m. and the meeting starting at 6 p.m.
The New Mexico Veterans Memorial is at 1100 Louisiana Blvd SE. To attend virtually, here is the link: https://www.zoomgov.com/j/1608583654#success
The April 18 public meeting is an opportunity to learn about the work being performed to address and remove groundwater contamination as a result of the historical Read More
Town Of Red River Receives $30,000 Outdoor Marketing Grant From New Mexico Outdoor Recreation Division
Mayor Linda Calhoun
RED RIVER News:
RED RIVER — The Town of Red River has announced that it has been selected as the recipient of the Outdoor Marketing Grant in the amount of $30,000, administered by the New Mexico Outdoor Recreation Division of the New Mexico Economic Development Department.
This grant marks an opportunity for the Town to bolster its efforts in promoting outdoor recreation and tourism in the region.
The Outdoor Marketing Grant, a new initiative aimed at enhancing outdoor recreation experiences throughout New Mexico, was awarded to the Town of Red River in recognition of its Read More
LANL 2023 Results For Avian Monitoring At TA-Area 36 Minie Site Added To Electronic Public Reading Room
LANL News:
Per regulatory requirements, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) has announced that new documents have been added to the LANL Electronic Reading Room.
The document(s) have been submitted to fulfill one or more requirements of the Los Alamos National Laboratory:
Members of the public may view these documents and many others at LANL’s Electronic Public Reading Room. Read More
County Reminder To Keep Trash Out Of Recyclables
COUNTY News:
Just a quick but important reminder to help keep Los Alamos clean and green by ensuring trash is placed in the trash bins and recyclables in the recycling bins.
It’s easy to get mixed up sometimes, but every effort counts toward protecting the environment.
The County says thank you for helping make a difference! Read More
Daily Postcard: Male Mexican Wolf Spotted At Sevilleta
Daily Postcard: An adult male Mexican wolf in brushy landscape March 13 at Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge about 20 miles north of Socorro (this one was not spotted at the Valles Caldera National Preserve). A female Mexican wolf was spotted howver, roaming around the Valles Caldera for about a month last November. Once common throughout parts of the Southwestern U.S. and Mexico, the Mexican wolf was all but eliminated from the wild by the 1970s due to conflicts with livestock. In 1976, the Mexican wolf was listed as endangered and a binational captive breeding program was initiated soon afterNo Totality, No Problem – New Mexico Museum Of Natural History & Science Hosts Series Of Events For Eclipse April 8
Courtrsy/NMMNHS
NMMNHS News:
For the second time in less than six months, a solar eclipse will be visible overhead in New Mexico. The Land of Enchantment isn’t in the path of totality for the solar eclipse April 8, so the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science (NMMNHS) is hosting a series of events designed to help visitors better understand and view the partial eclipse across the state.
Starting this evening (Thursday, March 21), the museum’s Space Science educators and scientists will present a series of talks before the moon passes in front of the sun for a solar eclipse April 8. The Read More
