AWF: BLM Delivers Death Sentence For Wild Horses
AWF News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A surge in funding — $21 million of additional taxpayer dollars for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Wild Horse and Burro Management Program — will be used for the removal of 20,000-30,000 wild horses and burros from federal lands this year and each year for many years to come, and the painful mass surgical sterilization of thousands of wild mares, according to a report issued to Congress this week by the BLM.
The funding — and the consequent use of the money for roundups and surgical sterilization rather than humane fertility control such as the PZP vaccine — is the Read More
AGU: New Proof Of Watery Plumes On Jupiter’s Moon Europa
The new study is based on data collected by Galileo during a flyby of Europa in 2000. The image comprises data acquired by the Galileo Solid-State Imaging (SSI) experiment on the spacecraft’s first and fourteenth orbits through the Jupiter system, in 1995 and 1998, respectively, and was recently re-processed in 2014. The image scale is 1.6 km/pixel, and the north pole of the moon is to the right. Courtesy/NASA/JPL-Caltech/SETI Institute
AGU News:
Jupiter’s moon Europa is a fascinating world. On its surface, the moon appears to be scratched and scored with reddish-brown scars, which rake across Read More
U.S. Celebrating Endangered Species Day Friday
ESC News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Friday, May 15, thousands of Americans are participating in Endangered Species Day digital events and at-home activities across the country, in recognition of our nation’s commitment to protecting and restoring our disappearing wildlife.
This is the 15th annual international Endangered Species Day, which occurs on the third Friday of May, celebrating our wildlife and wild places.
“Endangered Species Day celebrates our declared national responsibility to our children and their children to save our vanishing wildlife and plants,” stated Leda Huta, executive Read More
NWS: Today’s High Near 75; Tonight’s Low Around 48
The National Weather Service forecasts today’s high in Los Alamos near 75 with sunny skies and tonight’s low around 48. Courtesy/NWS Read More
Daily Postcard: Butterfly Rests On Bed Of Flowers
Daily Postcard: A butterfly rests on a bed of flowers recently on Garver Lane in White Rock. Photo by Annette Maes-Livermore Read More
NMGF Weekly Report: Fishing For Crawdads
NMGF News:
In this time of change, the Department would like to encourage anglers to stay home, mend equipment and prepare for the upcoming fishing season.
In the weekly fishing report, provided by Dustin Berg of Go Unlimited (supporting disabled anglers) and the Department of Game and Fish, we will be sharing tips and tricks to help you be ready to go on future adventures.
Each week we will feature some different flies, lures, activities or cooking recipes that can be done at home.
In this week’s report, Dustin will discuss fishing for crawdads, fishing with crawdads and fishing with a Read More
NMED Posts Los Alamos Community Input Online
NMED News:
Earlier this year, the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) solicited feedback from the public and stakeholders on the Compliance Order on Consent (“Consent Order”) signed by NMED and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in 2016 related to clean-up of legacy contamination at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).
NMED also hosted a meeting in January to receive input from the community on the Consent Order.
The feedback NMED received from the Los Alamos community and other stakeholders is now posted online at NMED’s Hazardous Waste Bureau webpage. NMED is synthesizing the Read More
General Atomics Makes Advancement In Physics Understanding … Key Step Toward Practical Fusion Energy
This graphic shows how density peaking increases with decreasing collisionality (blue squares). The largest increase in peaking is directly linked to changes in electron transport (yellow triangles) and not related to changes in direct core fueling (red circles). This highlights that peaked density profiles can be obtained at low collisionality in fusion reactors without core fueling. Courtesy/General Atomics
GA News:
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Scientists at the DIII-D National Fusion Facility have made a significant advancement in physics understanding that represents a key step toward Read More
NWS: Today’s High Near 73; Tonight’s Low Around 50
The National Weather Service forecasts today’s high in Los Alamos near 73 with sunny skies and tonight’s low around 50. Courtesy.NWS
Daily Postcard: Blue Herons Spotted In Los Alamos
Daily Postcard: A Blue Heron is spotted Tuesday morning at her nest, which a male Blue Heron is still building 70 to 80 feet up in a ponderosa pine in Los Alamos. Photo by Keith Kihara
A Blue Heron at her nest Tuesday morning 70 to 80 feet up in a ponderosa pine in Los Alamos. Photo by Keith Kihara Read More
New Mexico Counties Awards $236K In Wildfire Grant Funds
NMC News:
SANTA FE — New Mexico Counties has awarded more than $236,000 to 12 grant recipients for community wildfire protection plan updates, fuel reduction treatments, and education efforts through the 2020-2021 Wildfire Risk Reduction Grant Program.
Grant recipients include Ciudad Soil & Water Conservation District, Curry County, Grant County, San Cristobal Neighborhood Association, San Juan County, Socorro County, South Central Mountain RC&D Council, Taos County and Wildfire Network.
New Mexico Counties Executive Director Steve Kopelman stated that “wildfire awareness Read More
Quemazon Nature Trail 20 Years After Cerro Grande Fire
Fallen Trees on Quemazon Nature Trail. Photo by Nina Thayer
By NINA THAYER
Pajarito Rambler
This old rambler hiked up the Quemazon Nature Trail last week and decided to come out of retirement to tell its story 20 years after the Cerro Grande wildfire. Many of us remember the day 20 years ago when the sky turned black with a sickening red-orange glow and we packed children and pets and fled our homes on the hill.
When we returned, we were confronted with burned homes, charred forests and an unnerving sense of insecurity. My first ramble through the Quemazon Trail area one year later was heart rending, Read More
NWS: Today’s High Near 73; Tonight’s Low Around 51
Daily Postcard: Mother’s Day Rainbow Lifts Spirits
Daily Postcard: Crystal Banks of Los Alamos was heading down the hill feeling bummed about going to work a night shift on Mother’s Day. Her spirits were lifted by the sight of this rainbow, which she wants to share with the rest of the community. Photo by Crystal Banks Read More
Birds Lifting Spirits Around Los Alamos: Meet Mango
In the past week a lot of Western Tanagers have been eating from a suet feeder at a residence on Andanada. These colorful birds including this one affectionately known as Mango certainly brighten spirits all over Los Alamos. Photo by Ken Hanson Read More
Kiwanis Aluminum Collection At Sullivan Field May 16!
Kiwanians ‘demonstrating social distances’ during an aluminum collection in March at Sullivan Field, from left, Pat Soran, John Arrowsmith, Rick Reiss, Bob Carlos and Don Casperson. Photo by Morrie Pongratz
KIWANIS News:
The Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos will hold its regular bi-monthly aluminum collection 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. this Saturday, May 16 at Sullivan Field.
Participants can remain in their car; Kiwanians will remove the aluminum.
The Kiwanis Club does pay for aluminum but also happily accepts donations for its youth activities and scholarships.
“If you make your aluminum a donation,
News Alert: Bear Sighted Roaming Around Quemazon
News Alert:
A reader just alerted the Los Alamos Daily Post that she just spotted a “fair sized” black bear amble across her neighbor’s yard and up the hill between their houses.
She wants to warn residents that it is ‘garbage night’ in Quemazon and that is buffet time for the bears.
“There are so many people going up Pipeline and other trails, I thought it would be good to remind readers to be careful.” Read More
On The Cerro Grande Fire 20 Years Later: A Reflection
Vanessa and her grandfather Pascual Chavez of Los Alamos during the Cerro Grande Fire evacuation in 2000 at Cities of Gold Casino. Courtesy photo
By VANESSA (CHAVEZ) FEAGIN
Los Alamos
In 2001, when I was a sixth grader at Mountain Elementary, my classmates and I spent a semester hiking our way up the Quemazon Trail to plant Ponderosa Pines or do trail maintenance.
We were doing this to try and help rebuild the forest that had been burned by the Cerro Grande Fire the year before. At the time, I didn’t understand what a large impact those trips would have on me personally or for the community in which I Read More
LANL: El Niño–Linked Decreases In Soil Moisture Could Trigger Massive Tropical-Plant Die Offs
LANL News:
- New insights could help farmers, water managers