Op-Ed: The Facts About Project Jupiter’s Water Usage
By JULIA ROBIN
Head of Infrastructure Planning and Sourcing
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
In southern New Mexico, water is a precious resource that touches everything. It touches families and businesses. It touches agriculture and the food we eat. It touches public health and safety.
And ultimately, it touches the region’s long-term future. We take our responsibility to preserve water very seriously, so we want to help clarify and correct the record about the Project Jupiter’s water use. We updated the project’s power design last month and want to give residents of Doña Ana County the most Read More
Daily Postcard: Beautiful Clouds Viewed From White Rock
Daily Postcard: The beauty of the clouds viewed Wednesday from White Rock. Photo by VaLynn Purvis Read More
Hear From Seed Library’s Expert Gardening Panel Sunday
A previous expert panel from the Los Alamos Community Seed Library. Courtesy/LAC
COUNTY News:
The Los Alamos Public Library is hosting the Seed Library’s annual expert gardening panel 1:30-3 p.m. Sunday, May 31 at Mesa Public Library.
This year’s focus is Defensive Gardening and the experts chosen as panelists have extensive history with gardening in Los Alamos County and northern New Mexico.
The Los Alamos Community Seed Library is a volunteer-driven project hosted at Los Alamos Public Library’s two branches and at the Pajarito Environmental Education Center. The volunteers, many of Read More
County Offers Cooling Stations To Combat Extreme Heat
COUNTY News:
As New Mexico enters the summer months and periods of extreme heat, Los Alamos County offers cooling stations throughout the community.
These designated spaces are equipped with air conditioning or water and offer residents and visitors a safe place to seek relief and help prevent heat-related illnesses.
Los Alamos and White Rock cooling station locations:
- Los Alamos Municipal Building;
- Mesa Public Library;
- Betty Ehart Senior Center;
- Los Alamos Nature Center (PEEC);
- Fuller Lodge (Los Alamos Art Council);
- White Rock Welcome Center;
- White Rock Branch Library;
- White Rock Senior
Heinrich Presses Army Corps & Reclamation On Water Allocation For Rio Grande, El Vado Dam Restoration, Projects In New Mexico
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, presses Trump administration officials at a subcommittee hearing to discuss President Trump’s FY27 budget request for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation, May 20, 2026. Courtesy photo
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — At a U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing to discuss President Trump’s Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27) budget request for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) pressed Chief of Engineers and Read More
ESB Strives To Achieve Zero Waste Goals And Ridwell Recycling Might Be Able To Help
Bales of recycled material at Friedman Recycling in Albuquerque. Ridwell Recycling presented its recycling program to the Environmental Sustainability Board May 21. Post File Photo
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com
There is an ongoing effort in Los Alamos to produce zero waste and the Seattle-based recycling company, Ridwell Recycling, may be able to help.
During the May 21 Environmental Sustainability Board meeting, Ridwell CEO Ryan Metzger discussed his company and how it plucks items from the trash and gives them a new purpose. The board did not take any Read More
Daily Postcard: Orange Poppies Color Meadow Lane Garden
Daily Postcard: Orange poppies color a garden on Sunday on Meadow Lane in White Rock. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Los Alamos County Enters Stage 2 Fire Restrictions
COUNTY News:
Due to ongoing dry conditions and prevailing high winds, Fire Marshal Colorado Cordova of the Los Alamos Fire Department (LAFD) has elevated fire restrictions to Stage 2, effective today, May 28, within the boundaries of Los Alamos County to safeguard public health and safety, as well as protect lands, structures, and natural and historical artifacts.
Under the Stage 2 Fire Restrictions Order 2026-02, stringent restrictions and conditions are imposed as follows:
- Building, maintaining and use of outdoor fires including campfires and recreational fires of any kind
New Lawsuit Challenges Wildlife Killing By Federal Agents Inside America’s Designated Wilderness Areas
ENVIRONMENT News:
SANTA FE — WildEarth Guardians, Western Watersheds Project (“WWP”), and Wilderness Watch filed a lawsuit today challenging the U.S. government’s policy of allowing federal agents to kill native wildlife, including wolves, bears, mountain lions and coyotes using poisons, traps, and aerial gunning inside the nation’s most protected public lands—congressionally designated Wilderness Areas.
The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico, targets a nationwide program run by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services that Read More
Forest Service, Boone And Crockett Club Sign Memorandum Advancing Wildlife-Based Access
USDA News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Forest Service and the Boone and Crockett Club signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) underscoring the importance of sustaining outdoor recreation opportunities with a particular emphasis on public access for hunting, angling, wildlife conservation, habitat stewardship, and conservation education.
Fourteen other organizations participated in the signing and are recognized as collaborating partners to support the implementation of the MOU. Under the framework the Boone and Crockett Club will convene with these partners Read More
Documents Added To LANL Electronic Public Reading Room
LANL News:
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.
- Response to the New Mexico Environment Department’s Notice of Disapproval, Phase III Investigation Report for Chaquehui Canyon Aggregate Area, Los Alamos National Laboratory, EPA ID #NM0890010515, HWB-LANL-25-051, dated January 22, 2026,
Daily Postcard: Hummingbird Pauses At Feeder During Rain
Daily Postcard: A hummingbird pauses at a feeder during rain on Tuesday in the Jemez. Photo by Marcela Walker Read More
Heads Up! Pajarito Mountain Closed To Public May 29-31
Pajarito Mountain News:
There’s a cool archery tournament this weekend at Pajarito!
But that means the mountain will be closed to the public May 29-31 for everyone’s safety.
Please stay off the mountain. Read More
Daily Postcard: Western Tiger Swallowtails At Reservoir
Daily Postcard: Western Tiger Swallowtails ‘puddling’ in mud on Monday at the reservoir. Butterflies do this instead of just drinking to obtain minerals as well as water. On Monday, there were about 50 of these butterflies gathered at the west end of the reservoir. Photo by Michael Smith
Another view of Western Tiger Swallowtails ‘puddling’ in mud on Monday at the reservoir. Photo by Michael Smith Read More
Dept. Of Wildlife Urges Public To Leave Young Wildlife Alone
Young fawn laying in grass. Courtesy/NMDW
Courtesy/NMDW
NMDW News:
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Department of Wildlife is reminding the public to leave young wildlife undisturbed as spring transitions into summer.
New Mexico offers a unique opportunity to observe a wide variety of wildlife and this time of year marks the birth of many species across the state. As temperatures rise, fawns, elk calves, bear cubs and other young animals are born daily. While these encounters can be exciting, the Department urges residents and visitors to respect wildlife by keeping their distance.
Many young animals Read More
Igniting The Future: Technology On Prescribed Fire
Fire managers filling the plastic sphere dispenser in the Alta X on Blackberry Prescribed fire on the Helena Ranger District, Montana. Forest Service photo by Mariah Leuschen-Lonergan
USFS News:
Along the foothills of the Big Belt Mountains near York, Montana, it’s unusual to see bare ground above 5,000 feet in February. But this winter’s low snowpack in the Northern Rockies created a rare chance to conduct prescribed burns.
Prescribed burning is a planned fire used to make forests and grasslands healthier. Fire managers wait for the right conditions like weather and fuel conditions before Read More
Notice Of Quorum Of The State Game Commission
NMDW News:
SANTA FE — A quorum of the State Game Commission will be in attendance at the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (WAFWA) 2026 Summer Meeting being held May 31-June 5 in Boise, Idaho.
Although agency business may be discussed, no final action will be taken by the State Game Commission. The purpose of this event is not to formulate public policy or take any action within the authority of the State Game Commission.
Meeting information, including the schedule and agenda, is available here. Read More
Daily Postcard: Enhanced View Of Waxing Gibbous Moon Over Los Alamos Daily Post
Daily Postcard: An enhanced view of the waxing gibbous moon on Sunday night over the Los Alamos Daily Post newspaper office at 1247 Central Ave. Photo by Steve Bublitz Read More
Greens, Scones At Los Alamos Farmers Market Thursday
JROMC’s 53rd Oppenheimer Memorial Lecture To Feature Internationally Known Space Scientist Dr. Dante S. Lauretta
OSIRIS-REx launches from Cape Canaveral. Courtesy/United Launch Alliance
JROMC News:
The J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Committee (JROMC) announces its 53rd Annual Public Lecture is 7 p.m. Monday, June 22, at Duane Smith Auditorium in Los Alamos.
In this free lecture, “Origins of Our Solar System: The NASA OSIRIS-REx Mission,” Dr. Dante S. Lauretta will discuss his work as the Principal Investigator of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission.
OSIRIS-REx, a robotic spacecraft, traveled to near-Earth asteroid Bennu to collect and study carbon-based compounds that date from the very earliest times Read More