Environment

SMNHC: Observe The Moon Night Saturday Oct. 1

Courtesy/SMNHC

SMNHC News:

The community is invited to celebrate International Observe the Moon Night from the Sandia Mountains, 7-9 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 1, at the Sandia Mountain Natural History Center (SMNHC).

SMNHC is hosting this event associated with the international celebration, including a night sky observation.

International Observe the Moon Night brings the world together in studying and appreciating our beautiful natural satellite. For more information about the international celebration, visit moon.nasa.gov/observe-the-moon-night/.

Enjoy a stroll along the Center’s Read More

Coalition Supports Counteracting Misinformation On Wildfire

GSFFC News:

SANTA FE — The Greater Santa Fe Fireshed Coalition (GSFFC) supports the best-available science and is promoting a new paper titled Counteracting wildfire misinformation published by the Ecological Society of America.

This paper addresses misleading claims often made about wildfires, some of which have taken root in Santa Fe. Ensuring access to the best available wildfire science is a key function of the Greater Santa Fe Fireshed Coalition. 

The Coalition was founded seven years ago to proactively address the wildfire crisis in the Santa Fe area by using the best available science Read More

Posts From The Road: Leadville Colorado & Southern Railroad

All Aboard: The train whistle has sounded and the conductor yells ‘All Aboard’ as passengers make their way to the Leadville Colorado & Southern Railroad for a 2.5 hour round trip at Leadville, Colo. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Rounding the Bend: Passengers admire the beautiful mountain scenery as the train rounds a bend while traveling through the San Isabel National Forest on the Leadville Colorado & Southern Railroad. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

By GARY WARREN
Photographer
Formerly of Los Alamos

After traveling much of the first half of this year, we are staying Read More

Heinrich Meets With Labor Leaders, Highlights How Inflation Reduction Act Supports New Mexico Workers And Families

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich

U.S. SENATE News:

ALBUQUERQUE — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) championed a game changing rebate program in the Inflation Reduction Act that will make all of the cost-saving and health benefits of home electrification projects a reality for more New Mexico families.

Friday, Heinrich met with local labor leaders to discuss how the Inflation Reduction Act creates good-paying union jobs that will help reduce emissions across every sector of our economy. The law includes some of the strongest labor protections and incentives ever attached to clean energy tax credit Read More

Los Alamos Junior Girl Scouts Discuss Pollution Solution

By GENEVIEVE MARSHALL and MILLY BONSER
Junior Girl Scouts
Troop 10074

Pollution is getting into our oceans. Pollution can include sewage, chemicals, and fertilizers, but one of the main problems is plastic. Plastic doesn’t decompose. So, if it gets into our ocean, it could stay there forever. Plastic is everywhere, and it can come in different forms. When it gets into the ocean, it does not always float. Sometimes it sinks and while sinking gets jostled around, breaking it into tiny pieces called microplastics. Sea creatures can eat plastics and microplastics, thinking they are food, and Read More

Los Alamos Homecoming Parade Is Friday Sept. 16

This year’s Homecoming Parade is 2:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16 on Central Avenue. Courtesy/LAPS

LAPS News:

It’s time to start planning for this year’s Homecoming Parade, which is Friday, Sept. 16.

This year’s theme is “End the Elks”. The Los Alamos High School Varsity Football Team will host the Pojoaque Elks that evening at Sullivan Field.

Game time is 7 p.m. The parade begins at 2:30 p.m., starting at the Mari Mac Village parking lot, proceeding down Central Avenue to Rose Street. Judges will be seated outside the post office.

Staging begins at 1:30 p.m. at the Mari Mac Village parking lot. Enter Read More

Winter Wings & Wonder Fill New Mexico Skies With Return Of Beloved Festival Of The Cranes Dec. 1-3

Festival of the Cranes returns Dec. 1-3, 2022. Photo by Richard Eltrich

NWR News:

Celebrate the return of sandhill cranes – finally, in-person this year at the Dec. 1-3, Festival of the Cranes returns, offering creative workshops and expert seminars at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) and now for the first time in high-tech classrooms at New Mexico Tech.

Workshops focus on photography, birding, and environmental education, as well as offering hikes and a bit about the history of the area! Several of the most popular presenters from years past will return to offer education and Read More

Daily Postcard: Large Steller’s Jay At Bandelier

Daily Postcard: A Steller’s jay at the bird banding event underway at Bandelier National Monument. The public is invited to join a ranger 7:30-9:30 a.m. Fridays at the Alamo Boundary Trail to learn more about the birds of Bandelier and the importance of bird banding. For more information, call the visitor center at 505.672.3861 x0. Courtesy/NPS
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Frontiers In Science: Developments In Detecting Disease

Harshini Mukundan reveals how the human immune system inspired a better approach for identifying and diagnosing new diseases during her upcoming Frontiers in Science talks in Los Alamos and Santa Fe. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

Frontiers in Science presents Harshini Mukundan and a look at how the human immune system inspired a new, universal approach to diagnosing emerging infectious diseases. Join the Los Alamos National Laboratory Fellows and the Bradbury Science Museum for this free public talk Thursday, Sept. 15, in Los Alamos or Friday, Sept. 16, in Santa Fe.

Emerging infectious diseases Read More

Report On Regional Aquifer Monitoring Well R-72 Added To LANL Electronic Public Reading Room

Los Alamos National Laboratory. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

Per regulatory requirements, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) announces new documents have been added to the Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Contract Electronic Public Reading Room.

All legacy cleanup documents required to be posted after April 30, 2018, are available on the site linked above.

For legacy cleanup documents that were posted prior to April 30, 2018, visit the LANL electronic public reading room:

  • Submittal of Completion Report for Regional Aquifer Monitoring Well R-72 (Link)

Members of the pubic with any questions, Read More

AGU Study: Glaciers Flowed On Ancient Mars, But Slowly

Motion is part of the definition of a glacier. Courtesy photo

AGU News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The weight and grinding movement of glaciers has carved distinctive valleys and fjords into Earth’s surface. Because Mars lacks similar landscapes, researchers believed ancient ice masses on the Red Planet must have been frozen firmly to the ground. New research suggests they were not stuck in place, but just moved very slowly.

Motion is part of the definition of a glacier. On Earth, meltwater gathers below glaciers and ice sheets, lubricating the downhill slide of these rivers of ice. The new study Read More

Fawns Help Themselves To Breakfast On Arizona Avenue

Doe and fawns have been seen routinely lately on Arizona Avenue. Here the fawns help themselves to some morning milk. Photo by Stan Bodenstein

Doe and fawns on Arizona Avenue. Photo by Stan Bodenstein

Doe and fawns on Arizona Avenue. Photo by Stan Bodenstein

Fawns on Arizona Avenue. Photo by Stan Bodenstein Read More

USDA Rural Development Increases Grant Fund Limits For Those Homes Damaged By Forest Fires In New Mexico

Director Patricia Dominguez

USDA News:

ALBUQUERQUE — U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) State Director Patricia Dominguez announced today the department will be increasing grant funding to those areas in New Mexico receiving a presidential disaster declaration because of this summer’s forest fires.

“This funding will help offset the cost to repair homes that were damaged by wildfires that we saw ravage our state this summer,” Dominguez said. “The once in a lifetime grant will increase from $10,000 to $36,520 for those elderly low-income residents living in rural Colfax, Lincoln, Read More

Communities Across New Mexico Including Los Alamos Set To Tackle Litter, Enhance Public Space

NMTD News:

SANTA FE — The New Mexico Tourism Department (NMTD) has awarded $790,801 to 45 communities through the New Mexico Clean and Beautiful Grant Program for fiscal year 2023. 

The Clean and Beautiful Grant Program funds projects and initiatives that contribute to the following goals and objectives:

  • End littering;
  • Reduce waste;
  • Beautify communities;
  • Empower youth; and
  • Increase program capacity.

“It’s incredibly important for us at the Tourism Department to support local communities with the resources they need to protect and enhance our shared spaces and public lands,” Tourism Secretary

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Environment Department To Offer 100 Free Bacteria Sample Kits In Flooding Response Due To Hermits Peak And Calf Canyon Fire

NMED News:

LAS VEGAS, NM — Heavy monsoons over the burn scar of the recent Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon fires have resulted in flooding that can result in bacteria developing in private wells that supply drinking water for many residents in Northern New Mexico.

In response, the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) is providing free bacteria tests kits to private well water owners at the Las Vegas field office Sept. 13.

The free kits will be available for pick-up and drop-off at the following dates and times:

  • Pick up sample kits at the Las Vegas field office 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13;
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