Environment

LAFD Wildfire Fuels Reduction Mitigation Gets Underway

Los Alamos Fire Department map of the wildfire fuels reduction project area. Courtesy LAFD

LAFD News:

Los Alamos Fire Department (LAFD) will begin work this week on an important wildfire fuels reduction project that will provide much-needed mitigation in several areas of Los Alamos.

LAFD has received grant funding for the project, which will include the following areas:

  • Ponderosa Estates Range Road;
  • North Horse Stable Bench;
  • Walnut Bench, Villa Bench;
  • Lower Loma Linda;
  • Camino Redondo; and
  • Camino Uva.

Starting Thursday, April 2, LAFD crews along with crews from Santa Fe County will begin Read More

Lisa Roig, Will Schmidt Receive 2020 Dorothy Hoard Stewardship Award For Tireless Work At Bandelier

Will Schmidt and his mother Lisa Roig are recipients of the 2020 Dorothy Hoard Stewardship Award. Courtesy/FOB

By TERRY FOXX
Friends of Bandelier

The Friends of Bandelier has selected Lisa Roig and her son Will Schmidt to receive its 2020 Dorothy Hoard Stewardship Award.

The founder of Friends of Bandelier, Dorothy Hoard, had a passion for teaching, history and conservation. When she died in March 2014, The Friends of Bandelier established the Dorothy Hoard Stewardship Award to be given as her legacy and for her important contributions to Bandelier and the community.

This stewardship award Read More

LANL: High Altitude Water Cherenkov Observatory Tests Speed Of Light

This compound graphic shows a view of the sky in ultra-high energy gamma rays. The arrows indicate the four sources of gamma rays with energies over 100 TeV from within our galaxy (courtesy of the HAWC collaboration) imposed over a photo of the HAWC Observatory’s 300 large water tanks. The tanks contain sensitive light detectors that measure showers of particles produced by the gamma rays striking the atmosphere more than 10 miles overhead. Courtesy/Jordan Goodman

LANL News:

New measurements confirm, to the highest energies yet explored, that the laws of physics hold no matter where you are Read More

Scenes From Activities At Overlook In White Rock

Winnie leads the way out of the canyon with her companion Kevin O’Brien after rock climbing Sunday afternoon with friends at Overlook in White Rock. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Hackers thread their way along the bottom of the canyon near the small falls Sunday afternoon in White Rock Canyon. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

View of the small falls in the canyon near the Overlook platform in White Rock. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com Read More

Petree Garden Taking Orders For Curbside Pickup Today!

Petree Garden Center & Florist is taking orders for curbside pickup 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today, March 29. Call in your order and they will have it ready for pickup. Call with any questions to 505.257.6030. Courtesy/Petree Garden & Florist Read More

Posts From The Road: Splendor Of Desert Blooms

Poppies & Lupines: Poppies and Lupines were making their presence know at Picacho Peak State Park a few miles northwest of Tucson. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Green & Yellow: A blanket of yellow blooms covers the ground as green hillsides rise up and show off their spring green. This colorful scene was at the Pioneer Living History Museum in north Phoenix. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

By GARY WARREN
Photographer
Formerly of Los Alamos

We love to visit and explore Arizona in the spring. While much of the mountain west is still covered in snow, the desert is alive and showing

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Signs Of Spring Spotted In Los Alamos

While crocuses may be the harbingers of spring, these lovely delicate English primroses are not far behind – spotted today in a garden on Barranca Mesa. Photo by Ken Hanson

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LA Garden Club Announces 2020 Scholarship Winner

LAHS senior Kathryn Laintz is the Los Alamos Garden Club 2020 scholarship recipient. Courtesy/LAGC

LAGC News:

The Los Alamos Garden Club (LAGC) announces today that Kathryn Laintz is the recipient of its 2020 scholarship.

Laintz is a Los Alamos High School graduating senior and is planning to focus on environmental science in her university studies. Future possible career plans include being a hydrologist, a freshwater ecologist, an agricultural scientist or a botanist.  

Her high school experience has included track and field, cross country and tennis in addition to the Eco Club and various Read More

NMDOT, NM-MVD: Pollinator Protection License Plate

Pollinator Protection license plates are now available for purchase. Courtesy/NMDOT

NMDOT News:

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s first Pollinator Protection license plate, featuring student artwork is now available for purchase. Sales will fund pollinator-friendly planting projects on state roads.

The New Mexico Department of Transportation has a robust Environmental Department. This pollinator project will increase habitat by seeding roadsides with native plants and creating educational gardens as well as reducing mowing and spraying of herbicides.

“When we build roads, we disturb the Read More

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