Daily Postcard: Full Moon Setting Over Pajarito Mountain
Daily Postcard: The full moon setting Saturday morning over Pajarito Mountain. Photo by Marc Bailey Read More
Fiery Sunrise Colors Sky Over Pajarito Acres
A fiery sunrise colors the sky Wednesday over Pajarito Acres in White Rock. Photo by Richard Henderson Read More
Heinrich: We Need To Act On Climate & Electrify For Peace
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), founder and Co-Chair of the Electrification Caucus, participated in a virtual press conference Wednesday hosted by Rewiring America to discuss addressing Russia’s unjustified war in Ukraine and Vladimir Putin’s global energy price hike by accelerating our transition to clean energy, passing climate investments, and securing true American energy independence.
During his remarks, Heinrich said that “Banning the import of Russian oil and gas, which fuels Putin’s unjustified war atrocities in Ukraine, was the Read More
Daily Postcard: Foggy Friday At Valle Caldera
Daily Postcard: View of the foggy morning Friday at Valle Caldera National Preserve. Photo by Nina Thayer Read More
Earthday.org Releases Slate Of Educational And Entertaining Quizzes For Classroom, At-Home And Community Learning
EARTHDAY News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — EARTHDAY.ORG has released a slate of educational and entertaining quizzes to be incorporated into classroom, at-home, or community learning.
As an overall extension of the Earth Day 2022 theme, Invest In Our Planet, quiz topics include: sustainability terms, clean energy, sustainable fashion, regenerative agriculture, upcycled foods, environmental literacy, plastic pollution, biodiversity and more.
Aimed to inform, inspire, and motivate, EARTHDAY.ORG’s quizzes are the perfect entry-point to greater environmental education and climate action. Read More
Los Alamos Kiwanis Aluminum Can Collection Saturday
Saturday March 19, Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos will be collecting and buying aluminum cans to send for recycling. The collection is 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the parking lot of First United Methodist Church near Sullivan Field on Diamond Drive. The community is encouraged to bring aluminum cans they’ve accumulated and help support the environment and Kiwanis charitable works. Courtesy/Kiwanis Read More
NNSA Issues Floodplain Statement Of Findings For Outdoor Live Fire Range Safety Upgrades Project
NNSA News:
The Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration’s (DOE/NNSA) Los Alamos Field Office has issued a Floodplain Statement of Findings for proposed construction and upgrade activities in lower Sandia Canyon at Technical Area (TA) 72 at the Outdoor Live Fire Range facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).
The proposed upgrades are intended to improve range safety to help fulfill the mission requirements of maintaining a trained and qualified armed Protective Force.
The project activities within the 100-year floodplain include:
- Installation of eight
Daily Postcard: Pastel Sunrise Paints White Rock Sky
Daily Postcard: A pastel sunrise paints the sky Wednesday over White Rock. Photo by Nancy Ann Hibbs Read More
A Sign Of Spring: Eco Station Begins Yard Trimmings Collection This Week
A yard trimming roll cart. Courtesy/LAC
Los Alamos County compost facility. Courtesy/LAC
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailpost.com
Some common signs of spring: chirping robins, flowering bulbs and lingering sunlight. Los Alamos has its own unique symbolic start to the season: the khaki-colored yard trimmings roll cart.
This week kicks off the start of the Los Alamos County Environmental Services Division’s yard trimmings collection program for the year. The collection program alternates weeks with the recycling program.
Environmental Services Division Manager Read More
Snowy Scene At Farmers Market This Morning
Snow is falling this morning as shoppers collect their food at the Los Alamos Farmers Market curbside pickup in the Ashley Pond parking lot at 20th Street and Trinity Drive. The market runs until noon today and is temporarily located here to accommodate deconstruction and clearing out of production equipment and materials following the March 9-16 filming activities conducted at Fuller Lodge. For more information regarding the Los Alamos Farmers Market, email Market Manager Cindy Talamantes at talacook@windstream.net. Read More
PEEC Hosts Talk On Impacts On Recreation Areas
Jennifer Sublett, front, leads a PEEC trail workday in 2018. Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, our National Forests have seen a record number of visitors seeking to escape and unwind in the outdoors.
These surges in visitation brought forth a renewed public appreciation for trails and outdoor spaces but also some challenges for land management organizations.
At 7 p.m. March 31, PEEC welcomes Jennifer Sublett from the US Forest Service for a talk titled, “Pandemic Effects on Recreation in Santa Fe National Forest”.
She will discuss how this crisis has changed recreation Read More
Pajarito Mountain Ski Area: It’s High Time We Skiesta!
Skiesta is back this Saturday! Courtesy/pajarito
PAJARITO News:
Skiesta is back this Saturday!
Everyone is invited and encouraged to wear a costume and come out for a day of community fun on the mountain.
Bathtub Row Brewing will be serving beer and wine at noon on the Lodge deck (no outside beer allowed on either deck) and beginning at 2 p.m., Eddy & the Nomads will play.
Fun competitions this Skiesta include GS and Slalom course on Daisy Mae, plus the Sloppy Slalom on the Beginners Hill.
Today’s Farmers Market Curbside Pickup Moved To Ashley Pond Parking Lot At 20th And Trinity Drive
COUNTY News:
Today the Los Alamos Farmers Market curbside pickup will again be relocated to the Ashley Pond Parking Lot at 20th Street and Trinity Drive.
Pickup will be offered at its usual time, 10 a.m. to noon.
This is a temporary relocation to accommodate deconstruction and clearing out of production equipment and materials following the March 9-16 filming activities conducted at Fuller Lodge.
For more information regarding the Los Alamos Farmers Market, email Market Manager Cindy Talamantes at talacook@windstream.net.
The regular Outdoor Market season begins 7. a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Read More
NOAA’s GOES-T Blasts Into Orbit
NOAA’s GOES-T launched into orbit Tuesday, March 1 from Cape Canaveral, Fla. Courtesy/NOAA
NOAA News:
NOAA’s GOES-T, the third in a series of four advanced geostationary weather satellites, blasted into orbit aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 541 rocket at 4:38 p.m. EST Tuesday, March 1 from Cape Canaveral, Fla. GOES-T’s mission managers confirmed that its solar arrays successfully deployed at 8:28 p.m. EST and the satellite was operating on its own power.
GOES-T will track destructive wildfires, lightning, Pacific Ocean-based storms, dense fog and other hazards that threaten
Daily Postcard: Mourning Cloak Basks In Sun
Daily Postcard: Spring is in the air as a mourning cloak butterfly basks in the warm sunshine Tuesday in the Jemez. Mourning cloaks are a bit unique in the butterfly world in that they prefer tree sap to flower nectar. Source: butterfliesandmoths.com. Photo by Marc Bailey Read More
DOE Issues Final RFP For Technical Assistance Contract For EM Field Sites For EM-Los Alamos Field Office
DOE News:
CINCINNATI — Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) issued a Final Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Technical Assistance Contract for EM Field Sites (Site TACs) multiple-award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract and for the EM- Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) TAC Support Task Order.
The purpose of this acquisition is to provide technical assistance for the Department of Energy’s Field Sites supported by the EM Consolidated Business Center. These sites include the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP), Read More
Weekly Fishing Report: March 16, 2022
By GEORGE MORSE
Sports And Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post
The 2021-2022 fishing season ends March 31 and anglers will need to purchase a new fishing license for the 2022-2023 season.
Ice fishing has all but ended for the season. The deteriorating ice has created unsafe conditions on most lakes with the exception of small, high-elevation lakes.
Temperatures are warming up even more in Southern New Mexico, climbing into the 70s and even the 80s. The stocking of rainbow trout will soon end here. That will be just in time for the fishing for warm water gamefish like largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, Read More
Daily Postcard: View Of Sunrise Over Barranca Canyon
Daily Postcard: View of the sunrise Saturday over Barranca Canyon. Photo by Amanda Macdonald Read More
Los Alamos Mountaineers March Talk: ‘Predicting Powder And The Science Of Snow In New Mexico’ By Julien Ross
Pajarito Mountain after a fine late winter storm. Photo by Mike Engelhardt
By BILL PRIEDHORSKY
Los Alamos Mountaineers
The March 22 Mountaineers meeting will feature a talk by Julien Ross, New Mexico Forecaster, OpenSnow.com. Join us for a fun and entertaining program full of snow and winter weather forecasting science!
Julien will provide a live forecast of any upcoming storms, walk through the techniques we can use to forecast snow and find the best powder in New Mexico, and how certain weather patterns and wind directions bring more (or less) snow to the Jemez, Sangre de Cristos, and other Read More
All The Things You Can Do … INSTEAD Of Buying Something New! … Your Complete Guide To Getting Stuff In Los Alamos
Beanie’s Bike Shop co-owner Rhiannon Laakso-McIntyre poses with her boss, Beanie, and the drill press gifted to them through the Buy Nothing Los Alamos Facebook group. Laakso-McIntyre and her partner Ryan McIntyre are fulfilling a 10-year dream to begin making custom bike frames with the help of several pieces of equipment donated by the community. Remember, Los Alamos has many excellent repair shops to keep your good old ‘stuff’ running! Courtesy/ZWLA
From Los Alamos County’s *Zero Waste Team:
Buying new stuff these days is fraught with difficulties and potential for disappointment such Read More
