Environment

Los Alamos County Residents Select Tagline ‘Give A Shift’ For Climate Action Outreach Campaign

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COUNTY News:

Los Alamos County residents have selected the official tagline “Give a Shift” for the County’s upcoming climate action outreach campaign. With this tagline, the campaign will explore how shifting the choices you make can protect the environment, improve your family’s health, reduce costs, and continue a strong sense of community.

There were 208 survey submissions from residents across the county, with “Give a Shift” receiving 39 percent of the votes across the three options. The campaign, led by behavior-change-communications firm Firebrand Creative, will feature
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Daily Postcard: Rock Cairns Spotted In White Rock

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Daily Postcard: Rock Cairns spotted on Wednesday on Piedra Loop in White Rock. These rock piles are often used to mark hiking routes in parks. The rock cairns at certain national parks are carefully maintained by park staff to keep hikers on the correct path. Visitors should leave them as they find them. Source: National Park Service. Photo by Shari Mills Read More

Public Meeting: Citizen Advisory Committee To Meet April 28

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NMW News:

LAS VEGAS — The New Mexico Department of Wildlife will hold a public meeting with the Public Land User (Habitat) Stamp Program Citizen Advisory Committee April 28 at New Mexico Highlands University.

Habitat restoration project opportunities that have been jointly developed by the Bureau of Land Management, United States Forest Service and the Department will be presented. Members of the public are invited to attend this hybrid public meeting. An agenda will be posted on the Public Land User (Habitat) Stamp Program website prior to the meeting.

  • 9 a.m., Tuesday, April 28, 2026 — Las
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PEEC’s May Climate Café Series: Forest Bathing May 5

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PEEC News:

The Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) invites the community to Climate Café: Forest Bathing from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. MT, Tuesday, May 5, 2026, at the Los Alamos Nature Center. This free, facilitator‐guided gathering is part of PEEC’s bi‐monthly Climate Café series, which will continue again in July.

Climate Café is a welcoming space designed to help people reflect on their emotional responses to a changing climate. May’s gathering will feature a gentle forest bathing experience led by Beth Sanchez, certified guide and PEEC staff member. Participants will be invited Read More

Forest Service Announces $248M In Rural Schools Payments To Support Counties, Schools, & Wildfire Preparedness

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SFNF News:

WASHINGTON D.C. — The U.S. Forest Service Tuesday announced it will be issuing $248 million in Secure Rural Schools payments for 2025, delivering critical funding to eligible states and counties with National Forest System lands. These payments help sustain public schools, maintain local roads, strengthen wildfire preparedness, and support other essential services in rural communities.

“Secure Rural Schools payments reflect our strong partnership with the counties and communities that surround national forests,” Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz said. “These funds Read More

Experience New Mexico’s Landscapes Like Never Before At Los Alamos Nature Center Planetarium

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The community is invited to watch a special film program that reveals the state’s dramatic landscapes from a pilot’s-eye view, April 25, in the Los Alamos Nature Center Planetarium. Courtesy/PEEC

PEEC News:

The Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) invites the community to take to the skies without ever leaving their seat! From 11 a.m. to noon, Saturday, April 25, the Los Alamos Nature Center Planetarium will host New Mexico from the Air, a special film program that reveals the state’s dramatic landscapes from a pilot’s-eye view.

This unique planetarium experience showcases sweeping Read More

Commissioner Garcia Richard, Department Of Defense, N.M. Land Conservancy Partner On 2nd Largest Land Conservation Agreement In State History

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STATE News:

SANTA FE — New Mexico Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard has announced that she has partnered with the United States Department of Defense and the New Mexico Land Conservancy for the second time to protect an additional 60,000 acres of state trust land covering portions of Socorro and Torrance Counties in the White Sands region known as Turkey Ridge from future large developments.

The State Land Office received $3.2 million to benefit public education and other institutions under the agreement.

In January 2025, Commissioner Garcia Richard, the Department of Defense, Read More

Wildlife Department Announces Fish Art Contest Winners

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NMDW News:

SANTA FE — Some of New Mexico’s most talented youth artists took part in the first-ever Art of Conservation New Mexico Fish Art Contest, with winners announced last week by the New Mexico Department of Wildlife.

The contest included divisions for grades K-3, 4-6, 7-9 and 10-12. The top-three finishers in each division will proceed to the National Fish Art Contest, sponsored by Wildlife Forever. Other categories included the Invader Crusader Award, for artwork featuring a native and invasive aquatic species found in the student’s local area; the Mighty Minnow Award, Read More

New Mexico Approves First Air Quality Fee Increase In Decades

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Environment Secretary James Kenney

NMED News:

“New Mexico has not raised any air quality permit fees since 2009, despite seeing an over 2,000 percent increase in oil and gas-related general construction permits and a 126 percent increase in total permitting actions since 2012.” –Environment Secretary James Kenney 

SANTA FE — New Mexico’s Environmental Improvement Board — the state’s independent board that reviews and approves environmental rules — on Monday approved a proposal brought by the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) to increase air quality permitting fees for the first Read More