Be Aware … Share The Forest With Wild Animals
SFNF News:
SANTA FE – Winter is fast approaching, and hard times may be ahead for some forest animals.
Heavy snows and extended periods of bitter cold can take a toll on many forest creatures. Winter mortality is nothing to be concerned about since it has been occurring for ages.
What has not been occurring for quite as long; however, is the increased amount of human activity on the forest. Forest officials highly encourage visitors to enjoy the great outdoors, but to also be aware of the surroundings. Besides preparing for the weather, forest users need to be aware of what they should do should they Read More
Cuba Ranger District La Jara Burn Planned Nov. 26
SFNF News:
SANTA FE – Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) plan to take advantage of favorable conditions, including fuel moisture levels, air quality, and winds and weather forecasts to initiate a prescribed burn in the La Jara vicinity on the Cuba Ranger District as early as Nov. 26 through March 15, 2019.
A total of 79 acres may be treated in the area just east of the community of La Jara.
Prescribed fires are one of the most effective tools available to resource managers for restoring fire dependent ecosystems. These fires mimic natural fires by reducing forest fuels, recycling Read More
Community Invited To School Safety Improvements Meeting At Chamisa Elementary Dec. 12
Chamisa Elementary School at 301 Meadow Lane in White Rock. Courtesy/LAPS
LAPS News:
The community is invited to a Q&A session regarding school safety improvements at Chamisa Elementary School 6-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 12 at Chamisa in White Rock.
Los Alamos Public Schools is focused on providing a safe environment for its students while at school, and one way of doing that is by upgrading school facilities.
LAPS was awarded more than $64,000 from the state Public School Capital Outlay Council for safety and security upgrades at Chamisa. This money will be used to implement a recommendation Read More
Thieves Break Into Three Businesses Thanksgiving Night
Plywood now covers the windows of three Los Alamos businesses thieves broke into Thanksgiving evening at 2101 Trinity Dr. From left, D’Anna Photography, Windgate Healing Arts and Vista Control Systems. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
LAPS owns the building that houses the three businesses and had Assistant Facilities Coordinator Scott Johnson board up the broken windows. Courtesy photo
Thieves broke the front windows of three adjacent businesses to gain access Thanksgiving night at 2101 Trinity Read More
AGU: Oil Extraction Likely Triggered Mid-Century Earthquakes In Los Angeles
Oil fueled the growth of Los Angeles from 50,000 people in 1890 to 1.5 million in 1940. By the 1940s, the Signal Hill field alone had a forest of 20,000 derricks among its residential homes. Los Angeles County still has 3,000 active wells. Signal Hill postcard c. 1926 Courtesy/Werner Von Boltenstern Postcard Collection, Loyola Marymount University library archive
AGU News:
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New study revisits data, eyewitness accounts from the early instrumentation age
World War II-era oil pumping under Los Angeles likely triggered a rash of mid-sized earthquakes in the 1930s and Read More