Daily Postcard: Grey Fox Spotted On Barranca Mesa
Daily Postcard: This grey fox is spotted eating spelt bird seed Thursday afternoon in the yard of a Barranca Mesa home. The grey fox, is a carnivorous mammal of the family Canidae ranging throughout most of the southern half of North America from southern Canada to the northern part of South America. No other canid’s natural range spans both North and South America and it is the only American canid that can climb trees. Source wikipedia.com. Photo by Ken Hanson Read More
Environmental Sustainability Board Updates Council
Los Alamos County Environmental Services Division Manager Angelica Gurule and Environmental Sustainability Board Chair John Bliss update the Los Alamos County Council about the Sustainability Board during the Council’s special session Tuesday night at the White Rock Fire Station. In the presentation, it is reported the Environmental Sustainability Board is recommending a rate increase. The Fiscal Year 2018 budget assumed a $3 household rate increase and a 3 percent commerical rate increase. It is also stated in the presentation that working capital is being Read More
Chamisa Green Team Organizes Waste Free Lunches
EDUCATION News:
Chamisa Elementary students finished their week long challenge of bringing a waste free lunch to school Friday, April 28.
Led by teacher Megan Lee, the Green Team an environmentally-minded club comprised of fourth grade students at Chamisa, successfully deployed a one day event in February. More than 175 students participated by bringing a waste free lunch. Students who brought Read More
Daily Postcard: Morning Glow Spotted From Quemazon
Daily Postcard: The glow of the sun spotted lighting the sky Sunday morning from Quemazon. Photo by Trisha Ancell
Daily Postcard: Sunrise Sunday from Quemazon. Photo by Trisha Ancell Read More
U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry Praises National Laboratories During Los Alamos Visit
Energy Secretary Rick Perry met with media representatives Wednesday afternoon after he had toured Los Alamos National Laboratory and addressed lab employees. He praised the national labs as a whole and said every country should have at least one lab like
Bandelier Shuttles Begin Operating Season Sunday
Eat And Celebrate Nature Like A Bear And Experience The Great Outdoors At Bandelier National Monument
Udall: Senate Rejects Repeal Of Commonsense Natural Gas Waste Prevention Rule
Nature Center Talk: Unusual Wildlife Of Madagascar
This leaping lemur, diademed sifaka, is endemic to specific regions of eastern Madagascar. Photo by Martin Cooper
PEEC News:
Local photographer Martin Cooper will share photos from his three-week visit to Madagascar, which covered four ecosystems and gave him the chance to capture images of wildlife including lemurs, chameleons, and endemic birds that are unique to the island. This free talk, organized by Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC), is 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 16 at the Los Alamos Nature Center, 2600 Canyon Road.
Madagascar has been biologically isolated from Africa Read More
Southwest Nordic Ski Club And Santa Fe National Forest Celebrate 30 Years Of Partnership
Interior Department Releases List Of Monuments Under Review, Announces Formal Public Comment Period
Daily Postcard: Light Show Fills Sky Over Ashley Pond
Daily Postcard: A light show fills the sky Saturday night over Ashley Pond. Photo by Paul Jaramillo Sr. Read More
LANL: Data Analysis Could Trigger New Shale Gas Revolution
Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
- Manipulating ‘tail production’ could yield huge long-term gains while minimizing environmental impacts
Extensive data mining and analysis of 20,000 shale gas wells has revealed how “refracturing” existing wells with new technology could transform them from diminished producers into high-performers long after their initial peak production period has ended.
“Our analysis could potentially aid in reducing the number of new wells to be drilled,” said Richard Middleton, lead author of the study by a team of Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists. “In addition, Read More
County Council Proclaims May Bear Month
Los Alamos County Councilor James Chrobocinski presents James Robinson, chair of the Land of Enchantment Wildlife Foundation, with a proclamation on behalf of Council declaring the Month of May as Bear Month in Los Alamos County. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Staff Report
During Tuesday’s Council meeting, Los Alamos County Councilor James Chrobocinski presented James Robinson, chair of the Land of Enchantment Wildlife Foundation, with a proclamation on behalf of Council declaring the Month of May as Bear Month in Los Alamos County.
Proclamation
WHEREAS: Los Alamos
Mysteries In Los Alamos Nature Center Planetarium
Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
To prepare for the upcoming Bear Festival, this Friday there will not be an evening planetarium show. However, there will be fun for the whole family at the Los Alamos Nature Center Saturday, May 13, including New Mexico’s first Bear Festival, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and a full-dome planetarium show at 2 p.m. of Mysteries of the Unseen World. This full-dome film, which allows viewers to discover what is normally too fast, too slow, too small, or outside the visible spectrum, also will play at 2 p.m. Sunday.
The Los Alamos Nature Center is open regular hours this month: Read More
Letter To The Editor: Response To Nebel
I was a signatory to the letter published in the May 4 edition of the Los Alamos Daily Post (link), in which 18 retired LANL scientists expressed concern regarding federal plans to suppress scientific research and monitoring related to environmental protection and public health.
In the May 6 edition of the Daily Post, Richard Nebel responded thoughtfully, pointing to the productivity of private industry, the bureaucratic ineptness of government, and the feelings of laborers (link). However, he missed the
Daily Postcard: Snake Slithers Into Local Birdhouse
Daily Postcard: A snake is spotted Saturday morning slithering into a birdhouse in the garden of a home on Sioux Street in Los Alamos. Photo by Marion Good Read More
Step Into Spring With Santa Fe National Forest
Daily Postcard: Deer Nibbles Seeds In Western Area
Daily Postcard: A deer is spotted nibbling seeds Saturday morning in Western Area. Photo by Julie Smith Read More