Environment

Explore Signs Of Spring With PEEC’s May Naturalist Kit

Order a May Nature Playtime Naturalist Kit from PEEC by 9 p.m. Sunday, May 2. In this kit, participants will explore signs of spring and pollinators. This is PEEC’s final Naturalist Kit. Courtesy/PEEC

PEEC News:

Help your child learn about the natural world while playing outside! Sign up to receive PEEC’s Nature Playtime Naturalist Kit for the month of May. May’s theme is signs of spring and pollinators. This will be PEEC’s final Naturalist Kit, so this is your last chance to check them out!

Naturalist Kits are filled with hands-on nature activities connected to natural processes happening outdoors. Read More

Barranca Pre-K Students Learn About Life Cycle Of Chickens

Barranca Mesa Elementary School Pre K Teacher Abigail Lopez teaches her students all about the life cycle of chickens. Photo by Principal Gina Terrazas

Barranca pre-K Teacher Abigail Lopez creates this poster here with an egg incubator to help her students learn about the process of incubating chicken eggs. Photo by Principal Gina Terrazas

The first two chicks hatched April 27 with the possibility of 12 more hatching over the rest of the week in the pre-K classroom of Teacher Abigail Lopez at Barranca School. Photo by Principal Gina Terrazas

Proud pre-K Teacher Abigail Lopez poses with the first Read More

NMDOT Seeks Public Input On Pedestrian Safety Action Plan

NMDOT News:

SANTA FE — The New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) has developed a statewide Pedestrian Safety Action Plan and welcomes public feedback.

In 2019, 6,205 pedestrians were killed, including 83 in New Mexico. It was the most pedestrian deaths in 30 years, according to the Governors Highway Safety Association and represents 17 percent of all traffic fatalities.  

In addition, across the country 193,866 individuals were treated in emergency departments for injuries resulting from being struck by a vehicle, according to the Centers for Disease Control. That is the equivalent Read More

Robinson: Please Don’t Feed Wildlife In Los Alamos

By JAMES ROBINSON
Vice Chair

Los Alamos County Council

We here in Los Alamos love our wildlife. I, myself, love seeing birds come to my fountain to get a drink and bathe, and the deer walking through my yard munching on my grass.

However, I have been hearing that citizens are feeding the local deer and other wildlife. This is something we shouldn’t do. Not only is feeding wildlife dangerous for you and the animal, but it is also against the law.

Feeding wildlife habituates that animal and makes them have less fear for humans. When wildlife lose fear of humans, they can become dangerous. The animal may Read More

International Space Hall Of Fame Mourns Michael Collins

July 24, 1969, aboard the USS a happy President Richard M. Nixon laughs with astronauts, from left, Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin as they exchange greetings through the window of the Mobile Quarantine Facility. Courtesy/Bettmann/CORBIS

NASA Astronaut Michael Collins. Courtesy/ NASA

NMMSH News:

ALAMOGORDO — Apollo 11 Command Module Pilot Michael Collins passed away today, April 28, 2021, at the age of 90.

Collins was inducted into the International Space Hall of Fame at the New Mexico Museum of Space History in 1977.

The New Mexico Museum of Space History, International Read More

Eurasian Collared-Doves Lifting Spirits In White Rock

Eurasian Collared-Doves visit a residence in White Rock Wednesday afternoon and lift spirits all over the county. During the 20th century, this pale dove expanded its range spectacularly from the Middle East all the way across Europe. Introduced accidentally into the Bahamas in 1974, it soon spread to the Florida mainland. Its expansion westward and northward from there since the 1980s has been remarkable, and the species is now common to abundant across much of North America, as far northwest as Oregon and Washington. Source: audubon.org. Photo by Nancy Ann Hibbs Read More

First Sightings Of Virginia’s Warbler On Barranca Mesa

The first sighting of the season of a Virginia’s Warbler spotted Tuesday in the yard of a residence on Barranca Mesa. Virginia’s Warblers hop from branch to branch, frequently wagging their tails up and down. They tend to be unobtrusive, foraging at middle levels in pinyon-juniper and oak woodlands. Source: www.allaboutbirds.org. Photo by Selvi Viswanathan

A Virginia’s Warbler peeks from behind a branch Tuesday on Barranca Mesa. Photo by Selvi Viswanathan

A Virginia’s Warbler rests on a branch Tuesday on Barranca Mesa. Photo by Selvi Viswanathan Read More

Bear Spotted On Barranca This Morning

A bear spotted at 9 a.m. today on Barranca. It appears to be a different bear than the one that entered the Betty Ehart Senior Center. around noon today Photo by Lauren Misurek Read More

Bear Walks Inside Betty Ehart Senior Center At Lunchtime

Photo by Carlos Baldonado

By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post

caclark@ladailypost.com

A bear spotted roaming around the parking lot of the Ponderosa Pine Apartments today at 3000 Trinity Dr., is thought to be the same bear that entered the Betty Ehart Senior Center around noon today at 1101 Bathtub Row.

Readers began alerting the Los Alamos Daily Post that a bear had entered the senior center.

“I can confirm that there was a bear in our senior center building,” Executive Director Bernadette Lauritzen told the Post over the phone, adding that the bear had the same appearance as the one spotted Read More

Odd-Even Watering And Tiered Water Rates Begin May 1

COUNTY News:

Officials with the Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities remind water customers that water rule W-8 and peak season water rates both begin Saturday, May 1 and continue through Sept. 30. 

Water rule W-8 specifies that customers water outdoor landscapes before 10 a.m. or after 5 p.m. and adhere to an odd-even watering schedule. Customers with odd numbered addresses water Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays, while customers with even numbered addresses water Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

Water waste also is prohibited under the water rule. Customers should apply water Read More

NMPJP: Whistleblower Ousted For Raising Concerns About Rodent Infestation At New Mexico Women’s Prison In Grants

In February 2019, NMPJP filed a civil rights lawsuit on behalf of two women incarcerated in what is described as a rodent infested prison in Grants. Now NMPJP has filed a civil rights lawsuit on behalf of former prison employee Nicole Ramirez, who shares her story about being harassed and threatened by leadership at the prison after filing a written complaint about the infestation. Courtesy photo

NMPJP News:

In February 2021, the New Mexico Prison & Jail Project (NMPJP) filed a lawsuit on behalf of Susie Zapata and Monica Garcia, two inmates whose civil rights were violated because of their Read More

Weekly Fishing Report: April 28, 2021

By GEORGE MORSE
Sports And Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post

The spring fishing season is in full swing. This is one of the best times to go fishing. The lakes remain cool enough for trout to be active and cruising the shallows looking for food. Insect activity increases and there are hatches of caddis flies and blue-winged olive mayflies happening, triggering surface feeding.

Streamflows are rising thanks to the melting snow, but they are still well-below normal. It’s going to be another challenging year for farmers as reservoir levels are already very low, The recreational rafting and kayaking Read More

Ashley Pond Water Levels On The Rise Sunday Afternoon

The float valve that controls the level of water in Ashley Pond got stuck Sunday. By Sunday afternoon the water level had risen high enough to cover nearly all the rocks and vegetation in the pond. Monday the water level dropped 3-4 inches but is still higher than most of the rocks in the pond. Photo by Ed Birnbaum

High water levels nearly reach the wood walkways Sunday throughout Ashley Pond. Photo by Ed Birnbaum  Read More

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