Visitor Spending At National Wildlife Refuges Boosts Local Economies By $3.2 Billion
Pair Of Bucks Linger Near Ravine On Rose Street
A pair of young bucks spotted late this morning near the ravine adjacent to Rose Street. Photo by Victoria Rygh
Bucks spotted late this morning near the ravine adjacent to Rose Street. Photo by Victoria Rygh Read More
Scenes Of 2019 Los Alamos ScienceFest Discovery Day
Middle school and high school students demonstrate robotics Saturday during the 2019 Los Alamos ScienceFest Discover Day. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Scene from the 2019 Los Alamos ScienceFest. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
BSA Troop 22 helped a young rocketeer assemble a rocket model. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Drone pilot Mario Rodriguez flies his drone as he looks through the viewer at the images the drone is sending back from its camera. The booth included small drones for trial flights, with supervision. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
The Manhattan Read More
Comment Period For Santa Fe Mountains Project Scoping Extended To Wednesday July 17
Wildflower Walk To Water Canyon Monday July 15
Join Chick Keller or Craig Martin at 5:30 p.m. Monday, July 15 for a wildflower walk to Water Canyon. Participants should meet at the nature center to check in and carpool to the trailhead. Photo by Thomas Graves
PEEC News:
Join the Pajarito Environmental Education Center for its monthly wildflower walk at 5:30 p.m. Monday, July 15.
Craig Martin or Chick Keller will be leading this outing to Water Canyon to identify some of the blooming wildflowers.
Participants should meet at the Los Alamos Nature Center to check in and carpool to the trailhead. The outing is free to attend, and no pre-registration Read More
AFRL & Catalyst Space Accelerator Announce Applications Open For New Space-Based ISR Cohort
Posts From The Road: Tent Rocks Near Cochiti Pueblo
Cone-shaped rock formations at Kasha-Katuwe National Monument near Cochiti Pueblo south of Santa Fe. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
A view from the trail in the slot canyon looking directly up through the rock formations as the sun hides behind the canyon walls. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Having lived in Los Alamos for 30 years, I had heard about the tent rocks near Cochiti Pueblo but had never been to see the rock formations. During a recent visit to Los Alamos, we took a day and discovered what this park was all about. Read More
Senators Request Feedback From American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian Community Leaders On Effects Of Climate Change On Native Communities
NWS: Today’s High Near 83; Tonight’s Low Around 57
The National Weather Service forecasts today’s high in Los Alamos near 83 with a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms and tonight’s low around 57. Courtesy/NWS Read More
Daily Postcard: View Looking East From Truck Route
Daily Postcard: View early Saturday evening looking east from the truck route. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Scenes From ScienceFest Electric Car Show Today
From left, Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) Director of Interpretation Jonathan Creel, PEEC Director of Education Sandra West, PEEC Volunteer Christine Cloyd and Los Alamos County Department Public Utilities intern Tyler Mobraten man the booth for the electric car show today during Los Alamos ScienceFest. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
A special decoration was put on the road in honor of the electric car show. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
Mary and Tom Chrobocinski check out the electric cars. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
Galen Gisler, Read More
Letter To The Editor: Fate Of Our Recyclables?
What happens to the stuff that we put in our recycle bins? How much is actually recycled?
Even if recycling is something of a sham (“It’s OK to be wasteful—Just recycle!”), it is broken in many parts of the US (Sierra Magazine July/August 2019).
What is the state of our local recycling? Does all of our correctly sorted recyclable stuff really get recycled? What happens to the plastic shopping bags that Smith’s collects?
Thank you. Read More
Comment Period For Santa Fe Mountains Project Scoping Extended To July 17
SFNF News:
SANTA FE – The Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) has extended the scoping period for the Santa Fe Mountains Landscape Resiliency (SFMLR) project until Wednesday, July 17, 2019, because of a technical issue with the comment submission inbox that may have made some comments undeliverable.
The 30-day comment period was scheduled to end July 10.
“Comments received during the scoping period literally help us determine the scope of the entire project,” SFNF Supervisor James Melonas said. “On a project of this importance, we want to make sure that every comment is received and becomes part Read More
Udall Calls For Action On PFAS In Senate Floor Speech Opposing Nomination Of Peter Wright To EPA
Assistant Speaker Luján Secures Major Environmental And Scientific Investments For New Mexicans
NWS: Today’s High Near 85; Tonight’s Low Around 58
The National Weather Service forecasts today’s high in Los Alamos near 85 with a 30 percent chance of showers and thnuderstorms and tonight’s low around 58. Courtesy/NWS Read More
Final Update Naranjo Fire Unless Major Activity Occurs
SFNF News:
Start date: July 1
Cause: Lightning
Size: 1,010 acres
Location: Cuba Ranger District on the Santa Fe National Forest approximately 2 miles southeast of Regina, NM, off of NM State Highway 96
Containment: 50 percent
Fuel: Ponderosa pine
Weather: Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Temperatures will be between 86-90 degrees, with light and variable winds 5-8 mph shifting to the southwest in the afternoon. Humidity is 17-21 percent.
Resources on scene: Type 4 organization, 50 personnel, one Type 1 crew, two Type 3 engines, one Type 6 engine and two UTVs. Read More
County Tree Trimming Underway In White Rock
COUNTY News:
Allied Tree Services, under contract with the Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities, began this week trimming trees from around power lines on Meadow Lane and intersecting streets between Rover Boulevard to Overlook Park in White Rock.
Crews will work through this neighborhood until mid-August and then move to the Grand Canyon Drive area.
According to DPU officials, the tree trimming effort is to reduce power outages by removing branches and trees that are either too close to power lines or pose a risk of falling on power lines.
Trimming trees coupled with an aggressive Read More
U.S. Climate Alliance Governors Issue ‘Nation’s Clean Car Promise’
IG Report Clears RCLC And DOE Employees Of Accepting Inappropriate Gifts
Staff Report
A U.S. Department of Energy Inspector General’s report released July 2 has found “no evidence” that DOE employees inappropriately accepted meals or tickets to a Major League Baseball game purchased by the Regional Coalition of LANL Communities (RCLC). The report also states that a separate inspection is underway over RCLC’s use of grant funds.
The RCLC is a consortium of nine northern New Mexico communities that advocates for jobs and federal environmental cleanup funding at Los Alamos National Laboratory. The coalition is comprised of Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Santa Fe and Taos Read More