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Community Picnic & Fiber Arts At Los Luceros Sunday
PEEC News:
Pajarito Environmental Education Center, New Mexico Historic Sites and the Amigos de Los Luceros are partnering to host a community picnic and fiber arts activities at the Los Luceros Historic Site.
This event, which is the first in a series called Culture and Nature, is noon to 3 p.m. Sunday, April 15 and free and open to the public.
Community members are invited to meet at Los Luceros Historic Site, off State Route 68. Bring a lunch for the picnic, which begins at noon, followed at 1 p.m. with activities including weaving with natural materials and a sheep-shearing event.
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Daily Postcard: Trees Blossom On Rover
Daily Postcard: Small trees blossom Monday at a home on Rover Boulevard in White Rock. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
PEEC: Spend Day Improving Cabra Loop Trail April 14
Join a team of volunteers for a work day Saturday, April 14 on Cabra Loop Trail to clear over-hanging brush and improve drainage along the trail. Courtesy photoDaily Postcard: Sunrise Shines On Sangre De Cristos
Daily Postcard: Saturday’s sunrise looking east from Los Alamos shines on the Sangre de Cristo mountains and the Santa Fe ski slopes at right. Photo by James GourdouxChandler: Small Modular Nuclear Reactor Project
By GEORGE CHANDLERWhen I first heard our utilities department was considering buying into a Small Modular (Nuclear) Reactor (SMR) project I was pleased.
I think most physicists, of my generation at least, secretly harbor the hope that nuclear power will be redeemed and fulfill the promise of virtually unlimited clean power that we grew up with.
I believe the SMR movement (there are several brands of SMR under development) has legs, and will go a long way toward the bright future my boyhood heroes promised. But I don’t believe this is the time, or the project, for municipalities like Read More
Astronomy Show: Night Sky And Dark Night Preview
Steve Becker presents a tour of the heavens Friday in the Planetarium at the Los Alamos Nature Center This event is a preview for the Pajarito Astronomers’ Dark Night program the following night. Photo by Minesh Bacrania
PEEC News:
Take an interactive tour of the heavens with Steve Becker and a preview of what can be seen at the Pajarito Astronomers’ Dark Night program the following evening, including Venus and Jupiter.
The show begins at 7 p.m. Friday, April 13 in the Planetarium at the Los Alamos Nature Center at 2600 Read More
More Scenes From Petree Garden Center Opening
Scene from the grand opening of Petree Garden Center Saturday at 2470 East Road. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com
Scene from the grand opening of Petree Garden Center Saturday at 2470 East Road. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com
Scene from the grand opening of Petree Garden Center Saturday at 2470 East Road. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com
Scene from the grand opening of Petree Garden Center Saturday at 2470 East Road. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com
Scene from the grand opening of Petree Garden Read More
Daily Postcard: Tyson Arrowsmith Spots Lizard
Daily Postcard: Tyson Arrowsmith, 4, spots a lizard clinging to the wall of a home on Rio Bravo in Pajarito Acres in White Rock. Photo by Mary Arrowsmith Read More
Petree Garden Center Officially Opens For Business!
From left, Los Alamos Commerce and Development Corporation Executive Director Patrick Sullivan, Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce Director Ryn Herrmann, Petree Garden Center General Manager Laural Hardin, County Council Chair David Izraelevitz, Hardin’s husband Jeremy Smith and others snip the ceremonial red ribbon this morning to officially open Petree Garden Center at 2470 East Road. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com 
Petree Garden Center General Manager Laural Hardin speaks with Metzger’s Do It Best General Manager David Jolly this morning beforeOn The Job In Los Alamos: Master Gardeners
On the job in Los Alamos this morning are members of the Los Alamos Master Gardeners conducting their annual spring gardening at the Demonstration Garden on the corner of Central Avenue and Oppenheimer Drive. Master Gardeners from left, Melissa Theesfeld, Susie Duncan and Judy Magelssen who each graduated from the Master Gardener Program last year. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
On the job this morning at the Demo Garden is Masrter Gardener Pallis Papin. She has been a member of the Los Alamos Master Gardeners for seven years. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
On the job this Read More
Environment Department Air Quality Bureau Develops Dust Mitigation Plan And Fugitive Dust Control Rule
NMED News:- Steps to identify and study sources of dust;
- Mandatory or voluntary control measures
New Mexico To Receive National Recognition For Wind Energy Leadership
AWEA News:- New national and state data on the growth of wind power, jobs, economic and environmental benefits;
- New Mexico’s standing
April Activities And Alcove House Closure At Bandelier National Monument
NPS News:Daily Postcard: Claret Cup Cactus Blooms At Bandelier
The Piñon-Juniper Woodland has a wide range of plant life including this claret cup cactus. Photo by Sally King/NPS Read More
Purgatory Extends Season Through April
Pond Skim event Saturday March 31 at Purgatory Resort in Durango, Colo. Photo by Scott DW Smith 
Photo by Scott DW Smith
NNSA Administrator Cuts Ribbon At Pantex Plant
NNSA Administrator Lisa E. Gordon-Hagerty cuts the ribbon Thursday on the new John C. Drummond Center at the Pantex Plant in Amarillo, Texas. Courtesy/KFDA
Pantex Plant has several national security missions that protect the country and its allies around the world. Providing the nuclear deterrent for the nation and allies, ensuring the stockpile is strong and viable, reducing the total nuclear weapons in the stockpile, and supporting the stockpile as the High Explosives Center of Excellence are key activities at this historic site. Courtesy/PantexCouncil Proclaims April 28 ‘Clean Up Los Alamos Day’
From left, Environmental Sustainability Board Chair James Robinson, County Councilor Pete Sheehey and Environmental Services Division Manager Angelica Gurule hold up a proclamation declaring April 28 ‘Clean Up Los Alamos Day’. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
COUNTY News:
Los Alamos County Councilor Peter Sheehey presented a proclamation on behalf of the County Council declaring April 28 “Clean Up Los Alamos Day” Tuesday evening during the regular County Council meeting in Council Chambers.
Proclamation:
WHEREAS: Communities nationwide Read More
USDA Designates 12 Counties In New Mexico As Primary Natural Disaster Areas
USDA News:- Catron
- Lea
- Rio Arriba
- San Miguel
- Guadalupe
- McKinley
- Sandoval
- Santa Fe
- Harding
- Mora
- San Juan
- Taos
- Bernalillo
- Eddy
- Roosevelt
- Chaves
- Grant
- Sierra
- Cibola
- Lincoln
- Socorro
- Colfax
- Los Alamos
- Torrance
- De Baca
- Quay
- Union
Daily Postcard: Spring Blossoms At Saint Job
Daily Postcard: Springtime blooms Sunday at Saint Job of Pochaiv Orthodox Church on Trinity Drive. Photo by Else-Maria Tennessen Read More
