PEEC Receives $5,000 Capacity Building Grant From LACF
From left, PEEC Director of Interpretation Kristen O’Hara, LACF Executive Director Steve Laurent and PEEC’s Executive Director Jillian Rubio, Visitor’s Services Manager Ryan Ramaker, Gift Shop & Programs Coordinator Ashleigh Lusher and Operations Manager Beth Cortright. Courtesy/LACF
LACF News:
Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) Executive Director Jillian Rubio expressed her gratitude at receiving one of six capacity building grants given by the Los Alamos Community Foundation to area non-profit organizations.
Building upon a marketing survey conducted for Read More
Daily Postcard: Tiny Bees And Flies On Barranca Mesa
Daily Postcard: This tiny bee is busy collecting nectar from a portulaca flower blooming on the patio of a residence Monday on Barranca Mesa. This bee measures less than 1/4 inch long. Photo by Ken Hanson
Governor Issues Statement On U.S. Forest Service’s Admission Of Responsibility For 2022 Cerro Pelado Fire
From the Office of the Governor:
SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham issued a statement following the conclusion of the U.S. Forest Service investigation that found the 2022 Cerro Pelado Fire was caused by a mismanaged federal prescribed burn:
“I am – again – outraged over the U.S. Forest Service’s negligence that caused this destruction. While climate change and extreme drought continue to plague the Southwest, the Forest Service must abandon their business-as-usual approach to prescribed burns and forest management in our state. I am relieved to hear that the Forest Service will now Read More
New Fire Restriction Order For Santa Fe National Forest
SFNF News:
- West side will go into Stage 2 while east side remains at Stage 1
SANTA FE — The Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) will implement Stage 2 fire restrictions for SFNF lands west of the Rio Grande beginning 8 a.m. Thursday, July 27.
All SFNF lands east of the Rio Grande will remain in Stage 1 fire restrictions allowing for campfires and charcoal grilling ONLY in designated forest campgrounds and picnic areas.
Unusually hot and dry weather for July across New Mexico has prompted the decision to have different restriction levels for the forest. The soil and fuel moisture on the east side is not as Read More
County Environmental Sustainability Board Meets July 27
Beef & Yak Back At Los Alamos Farmer’s Market Thursday
Notice Of Completion Of Off-Site Waste Shipment For Final Disposal 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:
- Notice of Completion of Off-Site Waste Shipment for Final Disposal, Activity 4.0, Compliance Plan, Site Treatment Plan, Federal Facility Compliance Order,
Daily Postcard: Buck Drinks From Fountain In Quemazon
Daily Postcard: A young buck jumped down onto a patio to drink from a fountain early Saturday evening at a residence in Quemazon. Photo by Gary LautenRobinson: Research, Technology Ride To The Rescue Of Water Supplies
By SHERRY ROBINSON
All She Wrote
© 2023 New Mexico News Services
The conversation about cleaning up municipal wastewater, brackish water and produced water from oil and gas extraction is starting to change. For years, the oil and gas industry and some tech companies have said, we have water we can reuse. Environmentalists argue it can’t be done, and even if it can, who wants to drink that stuff?
And now, apparently, it can be done, and more people are willing to drink this water. It’s a function of evolving technology and sheer need.
Doubters should have heard the upbeat presentation made recently Read More
Request For Public Input On Community Relations Plan For LANL Hazardous Waste Facility Permit
LANL News:
The Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) generates some hazardous and mixed waste. In November 2010, the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) issued the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Hazardous Waste Facility Permit (EPA ID Number NM0890010515-1).
The Permit establishes standards for how LANL manages, stores and treats hazardous wastes on-site and for the closure and post-closure care of permitted waste management units.
In compliance with the permit, LANL updates a Community Relations Plan annually, pending input from the public.
The plan provides for six Read More
On The Job In Los Alamos: PEEC Volunteer Bonnie Klamm
On the Job in Los Alamos is volunteer Bonnie Klamm with Rosa the milk snake Friday afternoon at the Los Alamos Nature Center. Klamm said Rosa is 15 years old. Brightly colored and strikingly patterned, milk snakes are nonvenomous, according to Live Science. They are often confused with dangerous copperheads or coral snakes; however, milk snakes are a species of kingsnake and pose no threat to humans. Source: livescience.com. The nature center, operated by the Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC), is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday and closed Read More
Daily Postcard: Two-tailed Swallowtail Flits Among Monardas
Daily Postcard: A two-tailed swallowtail flits among Monarda blooms as a large bee hovers nearby in a garden Saturday on Barranca Mesa. Photo by Selvi Viswanathan
Two-tailed swallowtail flits among Monarda blooms Saturday in a garden on Barranca Mesa. Photo by Selvi Viswanathan Read More
Fawn Spotted Running Down Andanada On Barranca Mesa
Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Claims Office Town Hall Meeting Set For July 26 In Mora
FEMA News:
SANTA FE — The Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Claims Office will be hosting a town hall meeting 6-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 26 in the Mora High School Lecture Hall.
Claims Office representatives will be on hand to inform claimants of recent Claims Office developments, particularly updates to flood insurance coverage. The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), managed by FEMA, provides flood insurance to property owners, renters, and businesses.
In response to the fire damages, subsequent flooding and increased flooding risks caused by the Hermit’s Peak/ Calf Canyon fire, the Read More
More Scenes From ScienceFest’s ‘Toast To Technology’
Los Alamos National Laboratory Deputy Director for Science, Technology and Engineering John Sarrao presents closing remarks at ‘Toast to Technology’ Demo Day Monday at Fuller Lodge. This was part of Los Alamos ScienceFest events held around downtown Los Alamos. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
Kevin Holsapple looks over posters on display Monday on the patio at Fuller Lodge. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
Scene from the reception on the patio at ‘Toast to Technology’ Demo Day Monday at Fuller Lodge. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
projectY cowork Los Alamos Read More
Bandelier National Monument Visitor Center Reopens Today
NPS News:
Bandelier National Monument will reopen its visitor center to the public at noon today, July 22, 2023, and resume guided ranger tours.
Out of an abundance of caution, the park immediately closed the visitor center July 7 after a type of lead oxide (PbO) was discovered in the varnish on some historic furnishings undergoing conservation work outside of the park.
A National Park Service (NPS) industrial hygienist conducted a variety of environmental tests and NPS staff underwent blood sampling to determine whether there was any threat to employee and visitor health.
All tests demonstrated Read More
Mountaineers July 25 Meeting: Traversing Wind River Range
An alpine lake high in the Wind River range. Courtesy photo
By WILLIAM PRIEDHORSKY
Los Alamos Mountaineers
The Los Alamos Mountaineers meeting, Tuesday July 25, will be held in-person with a hybrid adjunct. Tanja Pietraß will speak about “Traversing the Wind River Range.”.
With her friend David, Pietraß crossed the Wind Rivers on foot in August of 2022, starting at the Green Lakes and exiting at Big Sandy, covering about 86 miles. Despite the long drive (14 hours), climbing a wrong pass, a moose in camp, a run-in with a “bear” and daily rain showers, she enjoyed the Wind Rivers climb to the top of Read More
Daily Postcard: Doe Utilizes Planter To Reach Crab Apples
Daily Postcard: A graceful doe utilizes a wood planter to reach crab apples dangling from the branches of a tree growing in the yard of a Pajarito Acres residence Friday in White Rock. Photo by Richard Henderson Read More
Daily Postcard: Lupine Blue Butterfly On Barranca Mesa
Daily Postcard: A Lupine Blue butterfly is sipping nectar from a yellow flower Tuesday in a garden on Barranca Mesa. Photo by Selvi Viswanathan Read More
Op-Ed: The Future Of Hydrogen In New Mexico
DR. VAN ROMERO
New Mexico Tech
Vice President of Special Research Programs
Professor of Physics
The time is now for New Mexico to move toward a new energy future. The Department of Energy is investing $7 billion in regional clean energy Hydrogen Hubs. These Hubs will produce, store, and burn hydrogen – a fuel that will help us meet the critical energy needs of our communities without emitting carbon, depending on how it is produced and managed.
A focus on hydrogen will benefit New Mexico energy landscape. First, hydrogen presents New Mexico with the opportunity to diversify our energy economy Read More
