BLM To Live Stream Public Hearing On Use Of Motorized Vehicles For Wild Horse And Burro Management May 24
BLM News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Bureau of Land Management will conduct a virtual public hearing regarding the use of motorized vehicles and aircraft in the management of wild horses and burros.
The hearing is scheduled 3-5 p.m. MT, May 24, 2023, and will be held on Zoom and live-streamed at BLM.gov/live.
The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 requires BLM to conduct an annual hearing to consider the use of motorized vehicles in the management of wild horses and burros. The BLM typically uses motorized vehicles to conduct gather operations, complete population surveys, and transport Read More
Save The Date For Valles Caldera National Preserve General Management Plan Open House Meetings
NPS is holding a a virtual presentation May 17 and in-person open house meetings May 22, May 23, May 24 to share preliminary general management plan concepts for Valles Caldera National Preserve. Courtesy/NPS Frank Ruggles
NPS News:
JEMEZ SPRINGS — The National Park Service (NPS) is holding three public open house meetings to share preliminary general management plan concepts for Valles Caldera National Preserve.
The open house meetings are 4-7 p.m. each day, May 22 in Española at the Misión y Convento, May 23 in Bernalillo at El Zócalo Plaza and May 24 in Jemez Pueblo at the Walatowa Visitor Read More
Daily Postcard: Swainson’s Hawk & Kingbird At Bandelier
Daily Postcard: A Swainson’s Hawk, left, and a Kingbird soar across the sky Saturday above Bandelier National Monument. Saturday marked National Junior Ranger Day. The Junior Ranger program is a way to explore national parks. Participants can learn about nature sounds, night skies or even the Transcontinental Railroad. Participants also can discover why national parks matter and how to join the team that helps keep parks healthy. To participate in Bandelier’s on-site program, the prospective Junior Ranger picks up a workbook at the Visitor Center and fills in the questions while visitingOp-Ed: Modern Climate Science Is Junk Science
By Stephen McLinMost of us are keenly aware of numerous climate prophecies appearing in the media. In some ways they are recycled versions of the old doom-and-gloom outlook borrowed from economics. These climatic predictions are based on computer simulations that have enormous shortcomings, including a glaring lack of agreement with long-term climatic observations.
Kevin Trenberth, former head of modeling at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., has implied on numerous occasions that these modeling simulations contain significant uncertainties Read More
Local Democrats Participate In Clean Up Los Alamos 2023
Standing from left, County Assessor George Chandler, Janet Harris, Terry and David Izraelevitz, County Council Vice Chair Teresa Cull and Councilor Randall Ryti and local Democratic Party Ward Chair Michael Dolejsi. Courtesy/DPLA
DPLAC News:
Several local Democrats answered the call to civic service during Clean Up Los Alamos 2023 and spent this morning picking up trash around the Los Alamos Coop Market, N.M. 502, and local trails.
Interesting items picked up included a discarded Manhattan Project National Historical Park large car magnet. Read More
Friends Of Bandelier 2023 Dorothy Hoard Stewardship Award Recipient: Dr. Richard Williams, A.K.A. Mouser
Dr. Richard Williams, a.k.a. Mouser has been selected for the 2023 Dorothy Hoard Stewardship Award. Courtesy/Friends of Bandelier
BANDELIER News:
The Friends of Bandelier have selected Dr. Richard Williams, a.k.a. Mouser, as the recipient of the 2023 Dorothy Hoard Stewardship Award.
Dr. Williams was chosen for his contributions to bird science, conservation, and education.
This award was established by the Friends in March 2014 as a memorial to the group’s founder and long-time president, Dorothy Hoard, and recognizes contributions to the stewardship of natural and cultural resources Read More
Daily Postcard: Rainbow Spans White Rock Canyon
Daily Postcard: A rainbow spans White Rock Canyon during Monday’s rain shower. Photo by Bob Heimbigner Read More
EM-LA To Hold Two Public Meetings May 8-9
EM-LA News:
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Environmental Management Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) is initiating the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process to evaluate the potential environmental impacts of continued operations of the Interim Measures (IM) to control migration of the hexavalent chromium plume beneath Sandia and Mortandad canyons at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).
EM-LA will also evaluate the environmental impacts of alternatives for the final remedy for the hexavalent chromium plume.
The 2016 Compliance Order on Consent (Consent Order) between Read More
Leadership Los Alamos Session #7: Environment
LLA students taking a walk to History Grove recently at the Valles Caldera National Preserve. Photo by Kateri Morris
PEEC Executive Director Jillian Rubio gives the class an overview of the program and current offerings for people of all ages. Photo by Kateri Morris
LLA News:
Friday, April 21, Leadership Los Alamos (LLA) met for an environmental session at the Valles Caldera National Preserve to learn about natural resource management and the improvement efforts being made by local organizations.
Leadership Los Alamos would like to thank the hosts and speakers for this event:
- Jorge Silva-Banuelos,
National Parks Week: Carlsbad Caverns Ranks In Top 20
US national parks News:
DENVER — In celebration of National Parks Week, Travel Lemming released a data-backed ranking of all 63 US national parks. Carlsbad Caverns in southern New Mexico is ranked among the top 20 parks nationwide.
Travel Lemming is an online travel guide with more than 10 million annual readers. It is known for highlighting emerging and lesser-known destinations, and for the authentic guides produced by its team of dozens of local and expert travel creators.
Travel Lemming’s national parks ranking is based on an analysis of data scoring each park across six factors:
- affordability;
Daily Postcard: Rainbow Fills Cloudy Sky Over White Rock
Daily Postcard: A rainbow fills the sky following a brief rainfall recently in White Rock. Photo by Dave Lannen Read More
NNSA To Award $100 Million For Stewardship Science Academic Alliances Centers Of Excellence
NNSA News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration selected eight universities to receive cooperative agreements totaling $100 million to establish nine Stewardship Science Academic Alliances (SSAA) Centers of Excellence to support research activities in areas of physical sciences and engineering.
The SSAA program funds research grants and cooperative agreements to provide opportunities for scientific collaboration between the academic community and scientists at the DOE and NNSA national laboratories. A main objective Read More
Broken Arrow Glass Recycling Saving Environment While Making Beautiful Art
Broken Arrow Glass Recycling Owner Shelby Kaye shows off one of her totes, which is a bin that is used to collect glass recycling. Kaye now offers curbside glass recycling pickup in Los Alamos. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com
POJOAQUE – Broken Arrow Glass Recycling, located at the Art Station at 17715 U.S. 84/285 near Buffalo Thunder Casino Resort, is doing something that isn’t done anywhere else in Northern New Mexico. It is reusing, recycling glass, and selling the products created from this endeavor.
“Essentially, Read More
Supercomputing Challenge Announces State Winners Including Daniel Kim Of Los Alamos High School
Supercomputing Challenge News:
The Supercomputing Challenge is a program where students across the state work on computational projects over the school year covering self-chosen topics such as Computer Science, Behavioral Health Issues, Wildfire Detection, and Environmental Issues.
The Challenge likes to refer to itself as an academic marathon, and this year’s group of students are recognized as critical thinkers, communicators,
The 2023 top three finalist projects:
First place: La Cueva High School, Machine Learning based Accessible Mobile App for Activity Recognition and Freezing Read More
Talk On County-wide Sustainability Efforts Tonight At SALA
COUNTY News:
The community is invited to attend a talk this evening by the Department of Public Utilities Conservation Coordinator Abbey Hayward and County Environmental Sustainability Manager Angelica Gurule at 6 p.m. today at SALA.
Hayward and Gurule will discuss county-wide sustainability efforts as part of SALA’s Parallel Cinema programming.
No ticket required. Read More
Los Alamos County Water Taste Test Results: ‘Not To Be Shallow … But Our Water Is Well Liked’
COUNTY News:
A-quart-ing to research from the Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities (DPU), the community has a thirst for the water here.
DPU conducted blind taste tests at the recent Earth Day Festival in which local tap water was pitted against bottled Evian and bottled Smartwater. Are you curious wet DPU found out in this battle of the bottles?
When taste testers were asked if they preferred to drink tap water or bottled water at home, only 7 percent went against the tide to say they drank bottled water. Admittedly, there were several testers who were spilt between the two, but most of them Read More
Bandelier’s Mandatory Summer Shuttle Svc. Begins May 17
Bandelier National Monument’s mandatory shuttle service begins May 17. Courtesy/NPS
BANDELIER News:
Bandelier National Monument (BNM) is beginning its free summer shuttle service to Frijoles Canyon May 17.
The shuttle, which visitors board at the White Rock Visitor Center in White Rock, is mandatory 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily except for those who meet one of the following:
- Has a disability placard displayed on their vehicle;
- Are traveling with pets;
- Conducting park-related business;
- Organized commercial tour groups traveling in their own bus or van.
The shuttles first stop at the Frey Trailhead Read More
Trail Running Film Festival Showing At SALA May 2
The Trail Running Film Festival is coming to Los Alamos May 2 for the first time ever thanks to sponsorship by Physical Therapy Plus. The film festival will be shown at SALA Los Alamos (formerly Reel Deal Theater). Bathtub Row Brewing will be there serving up adult beverages. Soda, popcorn and pizza will also be available to help fuel attendees for 90 minutes of trail running short films. Get tickets now online. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the films kickoff at 7 p.m. Courtesy/Jemez Mountain Trail Run Race Committee Read More
Daily Postcard: Rosy Cloud Formation Over Quemazon
Daily Postcard: A rosy cloud formation fills the sky at sunset Tuesday over Quemazon. Photo by DWDecker Read More
Op-Ed: Mountain Lions 101
By Terry DuBois
Los Alamos
I would like to offer a little education on coexisting with mountain lions. Though I am no wildlife biologist, I have learned a lot about these powerful creatures from observation, conversation, reading, and attending webinars discussing their behaviors and habits. Living on the edge of Walnut Canyon, our wildlife cameras have captured many images of lions, bears, foxes, coyotes, raccoons, bobcats, skunks and one ring tail cat.
I have heard about recent cases where dogs have been taken from backyards during the night time hours. It is my hope to educate residents Read More
