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COVID-19 Pandemic Closes Bureau Of Land Management Mustang Long-Term Holding Facilities To Visitors

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The BLM manages 88,000 wild horses residing on 26.9 million acres of public lands across 10 western states. Courtesy/AWA

Animal Wellness Action News:

State stay-at-home orders and social distancing related to COVID-19 have closed Bureau of Land Management (BLM) long-term mustang holding facilities to the public.

The agency said operators of Public Off-Range Pastures (PORPs) continue to care for the animals there. Still, some wild horse advocates argue that the lack of public scrutiny is not in the horses’ interests.

The BLM manages 88,000 wild horses residing on 26.9 million acres of public Read More

New Mexico Distinguished Service Medal Recipient Recalls 10-Day Experience In Los Alamos During Cerro Grande Fire

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For his efforts during the Cerro Grande Fire, Sgt. First Class Jason Riley of Los Alamos receives New Mexico Distinguished Service Medal from Brig. Gen. Alex Garcia in 2000 while Col. Mark Dow, center, looks on. Courtesy photo

By JASON RILEY
Formerly of Los Alamos

In 2000, I was serving as an active-duty soldier with the New Mexico Army National Guard in Albuquerque. As a 1988 (barely) graduate of Los Alamos High School and general lover of Los Alamos, I was paying particular attention to the course of the Cerro Grande Fire and anxiously awaiting news that I would be sent to LA as part of the Guard’s Read More

Black-Headed Grosbeak Lifting Spirits Around Los Alamos

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A Black-headed Grosbeak made a rare appearance for a quick bath in a garden in White Rock. Plans are in the works to fly all over Los Alamos and lift spirits. Photo by Pat Kestell

A Black-headed Grosbeak spotted flying around a garden in White Rock. Photo by Pat Kestell

A Black-headed Grosbeak dancing in a garden in White Rock. Photo by Pat Kestell Read More

Los Alamos County Fire Marshal Wendy Servey Enacts Baseline Fire Restrictions Effective Immediately

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Fire Marshal Wendy Servey

COUNTY News:

Los Alamos Fire Department’s Fire Marshal Wendy Servey announced today that she is enacting Baseline Fire Restrictions for Los Alamos County, effective immediately.

Servey said the decision was made in partnership with LAFD’s Wildland Division today after reviewing the potential threat of wildfire, especially in light of the on-going COVID-19 pandemic emergency.

“Nationwide, the response to COVID-19 is straining all emergency response resources,” Servey said. “It requires a new way of operating. Large wildfires require an inter-agency response Read More

NIST Helps Expand Genome Sequencing Of Marine Mammals

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The bearded seal genome has been sequenced by the scientific consortium known as the DNA Zoo, thanks to a tissue sample supplied by NIST’s Biorepository in Charleston, SC. Courtesy/Allan Hopkins, Creative Commons

NIST News:

Researchers will soon have access to the full genomic sequences for 23 marine mammal species preserved by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), thanks to an ongoing collaboration between NIST and a scientific consortium called the DNA Zoo.

The specimens come from a longstanding project known as the National Marine Mammal Tissue Bank (NMMTB) Read More

Living In A Complex System: The Basics

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By DON NEEPER
Formerly of Los Alamos

In our society, each new law or regulation is intended to fix a previous problem. Sure enough, it seems each new written legal rule generates at least one new problem. Why is that?

The new problem often occurs because most legal solutions address symptoms rather than the underlying social rules that generate the problem. President  Johnson’s war on poverty did not end poverty, but urban renewal moved some poor people out of their own neighborhoods into more crowded areas. Federal flood insurance encouraged the construction of more flood-prone houses after Read More

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