Public Comment Sought On Tsankawi Management Plan
The Ancestral Pueblo people who lived at Tsankawi Pueblo carved a network of trails into the volcanic tuff mesa. Courtesy/NPS
The present-day trail around Tsankawi includes several ladders to get visitors up and down the mesa where the pueblo was built. Courtesy/NPSBANDELIER News:
Bandelier National Monument Superintendent Jason Lott announced today that the public is invited to review and comment on the park’s Tsankawi Unit Management Plan and Environmental Assessment.
The plan and environmental assessment evaluate a range of alternatives to improve resource Read More
Terry Brunner Addresses Affordable Care Act
Terry BrunnerLiving in a rural community shouldn’t have to come with a hefty price tag for healthcare. Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, it no longer has to.
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is already making a difference in the lives of millions of rural Americans, including families right here in New Mexico Prior to the ACA, many rural families had a hard time finding affordable insurance coverage, paying an average of nearly half of their costs out of their own pockets.
Today, thanks to the ACA, families in New Mexico can choose from a variety Read More
Study Shows Cataclysmic Event That Killed Dinosaurs Also Profoundly Effected Mammals
NMNHS News:
The extinction of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago is thought to have paved the way for mammals to dominate, but a new study shows that many mammals died off alongside the dinosaurs.
Metatherian mammals–the extinct relatives of living marsupials (“mammals with pouches”, such as opossums) thrived in the shadow of the dinosaurs during the Cretaceous period. The new study, by an international team of experts on mammal evolution and mass extinctions, shows that these once-abundant mammals nearly followed the dinosaurs into oblivion.
When a 10-km-wide asteroid Read More
CEMRC Releases Final Summary Report On WIPP
WIPP News:
The Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and Research Center (CEMRC) has posted its final summary report regarding the Feb. 14 radiological event that occurred at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP).
CEMRC is a division of the College of Engineering at New Mexico State University that provides independent monitoring of the WIPP facility.
Following the radiological release that occurred at WIPP, CEMRC increased its monitoring activities – both at the WIPP site and in the surrounding area. This included accelerated analyses of WIPP exhaust and ambient air samples, as well as Read More
Los Alamos County Recount Numbers Issued In New Mexico Commissioner Of Public Lands Race
Presiding Judge Sanchez, center, explains recount procedures to recount election clerks Dec. 11 for the New Mexico Land Commissioner race. From left, District Judge Designee George Chandler, Recount Election Clerk Peggy Pendergast, Sanchez and Recount Election Clerk Stephen Ciddio. Courtesy photo
STAFF REPORT
The original Los Alamos County totals in the Dec. 11 recount for the New Mexico Land Commissioner race were 3,781 for incumbent Ray Bennett Powell, a Democrat, and 3,741 for Republican challenger Aubrey Dunn. The final totals are Powell 3,782 and Dunn 3,743.
Before Read More
USNRC Public Document Room Holiday Closure
USNRC News:
The USNRC Public Document Room will be closed, along with the rest of the Federal government, Friday, Dec. 26.
This closure is in addition to the Christmas Day holiday Thursday, Dec. 25. It will open again Monday, Dec. 29.
The mission of NRC’s Public Document Room is to help the public find and obtain NRC information in the agency’s extensive electronic, paper, and microfiche collections. Located in Rockville, Md., it is staffed by reference and technical librarians. Its holdings are focused on unclassified documents related to the NRC’s licensing and rulemaking Read More
Foxx: From Rags To Riches In Memories?
Sydney Frazier and her family volunteer to help work in a rice paddy while traveling in Asia. Courtesy photo
World travelers from left, Sydney Frazier and her parents Kerri and Jason Frazier being faux farmers in New Zealand. Courtesy photoJust over two years ago, my youngest daughter, husband, and then, 8-year-old child left on a two year travel around the world. Two years seemed like a long time but Jan. 7 they leave New Zealand to return to the United States. The funds they saved for six years have dwindled, the clothes stuffed in three suitcases have become Read More
Santa Fe National Forest Office Holiday Hours
SFNF News:
All Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) offices will be closed for the holidays Thursday Dec. 25, Friday Dec. 26 and Thursday Jan. 1, 2015.
For additional information about the Santa Fe National Forest’s holiday hours, contact a local Ranger District or the Forest Headquarters at 505.438.5300. Read More
Senate Confirms Estevan López As New Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner
Estevan LópezUdall Addresses New Cuba Relations; Prisoner Release
U.S. Sen. Tom Udall
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Tom Udall released a statement today on the president’s announcement that he has taken steps to normalize relations with the country of Cuba and has secured the release of American prisoner Alan Gross, who had been held in a Cuban jail since 2009.
In November, Udall traveled to Cuba with Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., where they met with Cuban officials as well as religious and business leaders to discuss the impacts of the embargo and travel restrictions on American and Cuban families. Udall also visited Alan Gross in prison and Read More
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