Los Alamos Farmers Market Serving Up Freshness Today
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Daily Postcard: Skyrocket Flowers Bloom At Camp May
Daily Postcard: Skyrocket flowers spotted blooming among Asters recently at Camp May on Pajarito Mountain. Photo by Gretchen Mills Read More
Megaripple Migration Offers Insights Into Martian Atmosphere
Large, bright-toned ripples in the sand within Proctor Crater on Mars. Courtesy/NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
AGU News:
Scientists show for the first time that large sand ripples known as megaripples are migrating on Mars, according to a new study. The findings suggest Mars’s dusty surface might be much more active than previously suspected, offering clues about the Red Planet’s poorly understood atmosphere.
Sand dunes and ripples are typical features of deserts on both Earth and Mars. Megaripples are distinguished from smaller ripples by the coarser sand grains that gather Read More
Snacking Bird Flock Lifting Spirits Around Los Alamos
Birds flock to snack on seeds at a feeder following a rain storm Wednesday afternoon in Northern Area. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com Read More
14th Annual Day Of The Tread Scheduled For Oct. 25
Scene from a previous Day of the Tread known for its fun Day of the Dead inspired costumes. Courtesy photo
Scene from a previous Day of the Tread known for its fun Day of the Dead inspired costumes. Courtesy photo
SUNNY505 News:
Registration is now open for the 14th Annual Day of the Tread presented by True Health New Mexico and benefiting various non-profit organizations that serve New Mexico’s children.
The event is scheduled for Oct. 25, pending any COVID-19 restrictions. In conjunction, there will be a virtual event, should the live event be canceled or if people are more comfortable riding Read More
Daily Postcard: Foggy Morning Surrounds Black Mesa
Daily Postcard: A foggy morning earlier this year surrounds Black Mesa, a sacred mountain on the San Ildefonso Pueblo reservation. Photo by Janet Apodaca Read More
Take Guided ‘Tour’ Of SuperCam On New Mars Rover
Mars Technica podcast gives listeners a virtual peek inside the most versatile instrument aboard the Perseverance rover. Courtesy/LANL- Mars Technica is a new, limited- series podcast where experts talk about the science behind the Mars Perseverance mission.
DOE/NNSA: Los Alamos Field Office Approves Climate, Atmospheric Data Collection Project
DOE/NNSA News:
The Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration’s Los Alamos Field Office (DOE/NNSA) has issued a categorical exclusion for the Tracking Aerosol Convection Interactions Experiment (TRACER) Project.
The project is a collaboration between the DOE Office of Science, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Southern Great Plains Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Research Facility, and the University of Houston.
Temporary, mobile facilities will be deployed for one-year at three previously disturbed sites in Harris, Brazoria Read More
Multiple Changes Underway To Improve DP Road
The Bluffs senior affordable apartment complex is taking shape on DP Road. Photo by Ed Birnbaum
Workers are busy Wednesday pouring concrete for new apartments on DP Road. Photo by Ed Birnbaum
Another scene of work underway Wednesday at new apartments on DP Road. Photo by Ed Birnbaum
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com
DP Road is undergoing multiple changes. The Canyon Walk Apartments, an affordable housing project, is under development and this month kicked off the start of utility work on DP Road.
Los Alamos County Community Development Department Director Paul Read More
Santa Fe Botanical Garden Reopens To Public Aug. 8
Santa Fe Botanical Garden reopens to the public Saturday at Museum Hill. Courtesy/SFBG
Santa Fe Botanical Garden News:
SANTA FE — Santa Fe Botanical Garden received permission from the State of New Mexico to reopen the Botanical Garden at Museum Hill Saturday, Aug. 8.
This reopening comes after a four-month closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Botanical Garden at Museum Hill has never looked more beautiful, and the plants are ready to be seen.
The collection includes native plants and plants that thrive in Northern New Mexico’s semi-arid steppe climate. Take a stroll through the lavender Read More
Udall, Heinrich Introduce Impact Aid Infrastructure Act To Boost School Infrastructure Projects Amid COVID-19
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.), Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), to introduce the Impact Aid Infrastructure Act (IAIA), which provides $1 billion in supplemental funding for school infrastructure construction grants through the Impact Aid program.
IAIA provides competitive and formula grants for school infrastructure projects, including school construction and facilities Read More
Daily Postcard: Sturgeon Moon Over White Rock
Daily Postcard: The August Full Moon is at 96 percent past full Monday over White Rock and still very bright with surrounding clouds. August’s Full Moon was traditionally called the Sturgeon Moon because the giant sturgeon of the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain were most readily caught during this part of summer. Other names for include ‘Full Green Corn Moon’ signaling that the corn was nearly ready for harvest, ‘Wheat Cut Moon’, ‘Moon When All Things Ripen’ and ‘Blueberry Moon’. Source: Farmer’s Almanac. Photo by Nancy Ann Hibbs
Homer Spotted Taking Yoga Tree Pose At Ashley Pond
Homer the goose is spotted taking a yoga tree pose this morning at Ashley Pond. Photo by Ed Birnbaum
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BLM Fee-Free Day Celebrates Great American Outdoors Act
BLM News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — To commemorate President Donald J. Trump’s signing of the Great American Outdoors Act of 2020 into law this week, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) join other Department of the Interior agencies in providing free access today, Aug. 5 to public lands nationwide.
The signing of this historic conservation law will provide full funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) and billions of additional dollars to fund infrastructure projects on public lands nationwide.
“President Trump has just enacted the most consequential dedicated funding for national Read More
Heinrich Lauds Signing Of Great American Outdoors Act
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement upon the Great American Outdoors Act being signed into law.
“I was so proud to lead the successful effort to pass the Great American Outdoors Act into law. This historic new law represents the greatest investment in outdoor opportunities in generations,” Sen. Heinrich said. It fully and permanently funds the Land and Water Conservation Fund and finally puts real resources behind fixing long-running maintenance challenges Read More
SFNF Issues Closure Order For Spence Hot Springs Trail
Spence Hot Springs Trail #130 is closed until noon Aug. 16 on the Jemez Ranger District. Courtesy/alltrails.com
SFNF News:
SANTA FE — The Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) Tuesday issued a closure order for the Spence Hot Springs Trail #130 on the Jemez Ranger District to protect public health and safety while a crew works on significant trail improvements.
The closure order will be in effect 6 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 6, until noon Sunday, Aug. 16, unless it is rescinded earlier.
The restricted area includes the Spence Hot Springs Trailhead parking area and a 300-foot buffer on both sides of the half-mile Read More
Crews Finish Takedown Of Centrifuge Complex At Oak Ridge
View of the Centrifuge Complex area as initial stages of demolition begin in fall 2019. Courtesy/ORNL
View of the Centrifuge Complex area after demolition at the end of July. Courtesy/ORNL
EM News:
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — EM’s cleanup at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) took a major step forward with removal of the Centrifuge Complex in late July.
EM is working to complete significant cleanup at ETTP this year — an EM 2020 priority — and tearing down the sprawling 235,000-foot complex marks one of the final demolition projects at the site.
“Completing this project brings us significantly Read More
Weekly Fishing Report: Aug. 5, 2020
By GEORGE MORSE
Sports & Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post
The monsoon weather pattern continues across New Mexico with thunderstorms developing in the afternoon.
These thunderstorms can be very beneficial raising streamflows and lowering water temperatures in rivers where the flow had been low and the water too warm for trout to be active.
Summer thunderstorms are particularly beneficial for the wild trout, mostly brown trout, that inhabit our rivers and streams. It helps them survive through the summer.
Thunderstorms do not, however, do much to improve the level of water in our reservoirs. Read More
Daily Postcard: Moon Rises Over Water Feature In East LA
Daily Postcard: Moon rises above a water feature Monday at a home in Eastern Area. Photo by Ron Roybal
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Trump Administration Invests $202,660 In Preservation Technology, Cultural Heritage And Training Grants
Dwelling of Enslaved Africans at Cibula, Prince George County VA, c. 1820. With funding from this grant program, the Database of Vernacular Architecture will create the first interdisciplinary database that archives, curates, and disseminates vernacular building information in the Western Hemisphere. Photo by Willie Graham
NPS News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Trump Administration announced Monday $202,660 in grants for projects to develop or adapt techniques to preserve historical sites and cultural heritage in nine states.
“Historic preservation depends on advancements in Read More
