Daily Postcard: Sunset Over Anderson Lookout
Daily Postcard: The sun setting Tuesday over the valley viewed from Anderson lookout. Photo by Ron Roybal Read More
Free Launch Pad Lecture Introduces New Worlds
Using hundreds of hours of observations from the Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes, an international team of astronomers investigated a sample of 25 exoplanets, out of the 5,000+ identified by NASA. The team was able to identify some clear trends and correlations between the exoplanets’ atmospheric constitutions and observed behavior. Courtesy/ESA
NMMSH News:
The monthly Launch Pad Lecture at the Museum of Space History scheduled for 9 a.m. Friday, Oct. 7 will feature Museum Outreach Coordinator Tony Gondola.
His topic will be “Exoplanets: We are Not Alone”, and will highlight the amazing Read More
PEEC: Panel Discussion On Induction Stoves Oct. 6
PEEC News:
An upcoming event at the Los Alamos Nature Center is a two-fer promising a little something for both adults and kids.
Offered jointly by the Department of Public Utilities (DPU) and Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC), this event Thursday, Oct. 6, offers a panel discussion on induction stovetops for adults and the debut of the Monster Detective Collective for the children who may come along with them.
In the classroom, a panel of induction stovetop owners will discuss the pros and cons of the technology from real life perspectives. Induction technology has been a hot topic Read More
Daily Postcard: View Heading East On Main Hill Road
Daily Postcard: View heading east Tuesday down the Main Hill Road. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Heinrich, Risch Build Momentum For Legislation To Remove Hurdles For Good Samaritans To Clean Up Abandon Hardrock Mines
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Thursday, the bipartisan Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act introduced by U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho) received a hearing in the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW).
This legislation makes it easier for “Good Samaritans” such as state agencies, local governments, nonprofits and other groups, to clean up and improve water quality in and around abandoned hardrock mines.
Senators Heinrich and Risch delivered remarks today before the hearing.
Bandelier National Public Lands Day Clean Up Successful
Members of the National Public Lands Day clean up crew hauled old equipment out of two different project sites by backpack in the Bandelier Wilderness. Courtesy/NPS
BANDELIER News:
Volunteers and National Park Service employees helped celebrate National Public Lands Day (NPLD) Monday, Sept. 26 at Bandelier National Monument by removing equipment from Bandelier’s backcountry during the wilderness cleanup.
Combined, the team cleaned up two different project sites and hauled old equipment out by backpack. A group of 12 worked the event: four volunteers, an employee from the US Geological Read More
Fall Fun At 2022 Annual PEECnic Saturday Oct. 8
PEEC News:
The community is invited to join the Los Alamos Nature Center 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8 for PEECnic, the annual membership appreciation event.
Everyone is invited to join PEEC staff, volunteers and fellow members at this open house, public event. There will be snacks and desserts, games, friends and educators sharing their PEEC wisdom.
Bring family, bring friends! This is a great time to introduce new people to our outstanding nature center. It also will be a great reminder of all the outstanding benefits that come with PEEC membership, including discounts in the gift shop, members-only Read More
Studying Vampire Bats To Predict The Next Pandemic
Courtesy/Virginia Tech
VIRGINIA TECH News:
In June, Virginia Tech Assistant Professor Luis Escobar led a team of students into the Andes Mountains and lowlands of Colombia to understand how vampire bats can help predict and prevent the next big epidemic.
Escobar is an expert in assessing how diseases respond to climate and landscape change in the College of Natural Resources and Environment’s Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation. With a $358,000 grant from the National Science Foundation and support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), his latest project Read More
Learn About Earth Below And Skies Above With NMOP
View near Los Luceros Historic Site. Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
Created by Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) and Los Luceros Historic Site, the New Mexico Outdoor Pass (NMOP) is a FREE booklet included with FREE community events for families where everyone gets rewarded for spending time outside.
Participate in this activity and get a stamp for your New Mexico Outdoor Pass booklet. Fill your book with stamps and you’ll be rewarded with prizes!
Join us for an NMOP special event: Plants and Sky!, 10 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 2. During this plants and sky-themed day at Los Luceros Historic Read More
Governor On Passage Of $2.5 Billion In Federal Funding To Support New Mexico Residents, Business Owners Impacted By the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fires
Gov. Michelle Lujan GrishamDaily Postcard: Doe Jaywalks Through Roundabout
Daily Postcard: A doe brazenly jaywalks at the roundabout Wednesday near the Canyon Complex. Photo by Mack Clark Read More
Posts From Abroad: Excursions Around Zermatt
During their excursion last week around the Swiss alpine town of Zermatt, Los Alamos residents Bill Priedhorsky and Melissa Bartlett hike down from the top station of the Gornergratbahn, the highest train in Europe, with the Matterhorn in the background. 2019 LANL summer student Clara Rittman, center, joined Priedhorsky and Bartlett on the way from her home institute in Freiburg, Germany, on the way to a conference in Milan. Courtesy/Bill Priedhorsky
View Sept. 22 from above Zermatt, Switzerland. The Breithorn (13,661 feet) on the right, Castor and Pollux in the middle, and the Grenz Glacier Read More
Laura McClellan Is Best Predictor In Weekly Pace Race
Runners gather Tuesday for the ACRR weekly pace race in Bayo Canyon. Courtesy/ACRR
ACRR News:
Laura McClellan was the top predictor in the Atomic City Road Runners (ACRR) weekly pace race in Bayo Canyon on the road to the pollution control plant with a 4 second differential off her predicted time as well as the first female finisher in the 3 mile distance at 26:07.
Other Predictors:
- Steve Daly recorded 6 seconds off;
- Priscila Rosa had a 12 second difference and also was the top female finisher on the 1 mile course recording a 9:04;
- Mark Bjorklund was 17 seconds off;
- Robbie Ferenbaugh, 11, had a 18 second
Heinrich Statement On Ratification Of Kigali Amendment To Montreal Protocol
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) issued the following statement after the recent Senate vote to ratify the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol, which will help create new American jobs, spur investments in U.S. businesses, and fight against climate change:
“The Senate voted to ratify the historic Kigali Amendment, an international agreement to phase down the use of climate-warming hydroflourocarbons–or HFCs–chemicals primarily used in coolants and refrigerants. HFCs have a harmful global warming effect that is many times Read More
Review, 2019 Triennial Ordnance Survey Guaje/Barrancas/Rendija Canyons Report 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 posted prior to April 30, 2018, visit the LANL electronic public reading room:
- Request for Certificates of Completion for Three Solid Waste Management Units and Two Areas of Concern at Technical Area 49 Inside the Nuclear Environmental Site Boundary (Link
Ripe Tomatoes At Los Alamos Farmers Market Thursday
NNSA And Japan Commit To Convert Japan’s Last Research Reactor That Uses Highly Enriched Uranium
NNSA Administrator Jill Hruby
NNSA News:
WASHINGTON — Building on years of close nonproliferation cooperation, the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) announced a new commitment to convert the Kindai University Teaching and Research Reactor (UTR-KINKI) from highly enriched uranium (HEU) to low-enriched uranium (LEU) fuel and to return all HEU to the United States.
Following the removal of all HEU from the Kyoto University Critical Assembly, announced in August, Read More
Daily Postcard: Colorful Shades Of Fall Line Bryce Avenue
Daily Postcard: Colorful shades of fall emerge in the trees lining Bryce Avenue Tuesday in White Rock. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Budget Proposal Includes Rep. Leger Fernández Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire Assistance Act, $2.5 Billion To Compensate Survivors
U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez
From the Office of U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez announced that the budget proposal to fund the government through December includes the authorization of the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire Assistance Act and $2.5 billion to compensate survivors of the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire.
The provisions were included in the proposed FY 2022 Continuing Resolution (“CR”), which would keep the government funded through Dec. 16. The CR still needs to be voted on and passed in both the Senate and the House Read More
DOD’s Largest Telescope AEOS Receives Mirror Recoat
Workers strip and wash the Advanced Electro-Optical System’s primary mirror at the Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing site, Maui, Hawaii, in preparation for its mirror recoat. AMOS is part of the AFRL, and the AEOS telescope supports the U.S. Space Force with the nation’s space domain mission to operate freely in space. Courtesy/Boeing
The 3.6-meter, 75-ton Advanced Electro-Optical System, or AEOS. telescope, shown with the mirror recoat team, is the largest optical telescope in the Department of Defense. The mirror received its second recoat since the installation of AEOS at the Read More
