Military Control of U.S. Nuclear Security if Bill Passes
Anti-nuclear arms protesters display a banner during the April 2011 Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance (OREPA) rally at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. Photo Credit: Brian Stansberry under CCA 3.0 Unported license.
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Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio), Chairman of the House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee, has submitted legislation that would station American troops at the Defense Department’s atomic weapons facilities and at nuclear installations controlled by the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Read More
First New Mexican Tapped to Lead EPA Regional Office
Photo: Ron CurryLocal Woman Witnesses Endeavour’s Final Flight
Yvonne M. Deshayes of Los Alamos was in California’s Bay Area Friday where she captured history on camera. Strapped to the back of a 747 jumbo jet, the Space Shuttle Endeavour flew over the Berkeley Lab during its final flight. After a nearly five-hour aerial tour around California landmarks, the Endeavour touched down at 1 p.m. at the Los Angeles International Airport. In a few weeks, the Endeavour will move to its final home – the California Science Center, which is paying the estimated $28 million cost for shipping and handling the Endeavour’s final flight. PhotoValles Caldera Prescribed Burn Planned for Monday
VALLES CALDERA News:
The Valles Caldera Trust will implement a prescribed burn project that will begin Monday, Sept. 24 and possibly run through Wednesday, Sept. 26 if weather and associated conditions permit.
The prescribed burn will be on the Valles Caldera National Preserve, south of N.M. 4 near mile marker 30.
Because of the location and elevation, smoke from the burn will be visible from all directions coming into the Jemez Mountains area.
The burn is the final stage of a project to reduce fire hazard and improve forest health.
The area has been thinned and most of the Read More
Visitors Suffer Heat Related Illness at Bandelier
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BANDELIER News:
Today at approximately 2:45 p.m., Bandelier National Monument rangers responded to a report of two visitors from England suffering from what appeared to be heat exhaustion at the top of Alcove House located on the Main Loop Trail in Frijoles Canyon.
Bandelier staff called the Los Alamos Fire Department Technical Rescue Team from Station 5 to assist in evacuating the couple from the top of the steep trail.
The severity of the couple’s heat related illness was lessened by two visitors, one a physician from Taos and the other a nurse, who provided medical assistance Read More
Manhattan Project National Historical Park Fails to Pass House
Staff report
Earlier this afternoon, the U.S. House of Representatives failed to pass the Manhattan Project National Historical Park Resolution 5987.
A 2/3 vote was require to pass the “Yeas and Nays” vote. The Park received 257 Yeas and 158 Nays, however, 276 Yea votes were needed to pass the park through the House and on to the Senate for consideration.
H.R. 5987 is titled, “To establish the Manhattan Project National Historical Park in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Los Alamos, New Mexico, and Hanford, Washington, and for other purposes.”
Los Alamos Historical Read More
Stolen Renoir Makes FBI’s Top Ten Art Crimes List
A private insurer is offering up to $50,000 for information leading to the recovery of Renior’s painting, “Madeleine Leaning on Her Elbow with Flowers in Her Hair” stolen during an armed robbery Sept. 8, 2011. Courtesy/FBI
FBI News:
An oil painting by French Impressionist Pierre Auguste Renoir stolen from a Houston home last year—and estimated to be worth $1 million—is the newest addition to the FBI’s Top Ten Art Crimes list.
The painting, Madeleine Leaning on Her Elbow with Flowers in Her Hair, was stolen during an armed robbery Sept. 8, 2011.
The homeowner was watching Read More
Valles Caldera Expands Rabbit Mountain Access
Valles Caldera Trust News:
The Valles Caldera Trust has expanded public access and use to the Rabbit Mountain area of the Valles Caldera National Preserve.
Free hiking, cross country skiing, and snowshoeing will now be available on all existing logging roads and trails including Coyote Call trail.
Rabbit Mountain is bordered by New Mexico Highway 4, Bandelier National Monument, and the Santa Fe National Forest.
Access to the expanded area is possible from Forest Roads 289, 268 and 36. Overnight camping, the use of motorized vehicles, or any other outdoor recreation Read More
Public Invited to Comment on Future of Transportation to Bandelier
Bandelier Superintendent Jason Lott with sign on N.M. 4. Photo by Rod TorrezColorado’s Chimney Rock to Become National Monument
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U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, R-Colo., Wednesday praised the decision by President Obama to designate Chimney Rock as a national monument. The president will use his authority under the Antiquities Act of 1906 to make the designation.
“Chimney Rock contains the rare combination of a spectacular geologic formation with extraordinary cultural, historical and archeological significance. Coloradans have made it clear that those attributes should be matched with national monument status,” Bennet said. “It will be an extraordinary boost for Read More