Environment

PEEC Launches Take It Outside! Beginning Today

PEEC launched a new online series today called Take It Outside! to help the community get outside, have fun and continue to learn about nature while the schools and Los Alamos Nature Center are closed. Courtesy/PEEC

PEEC News:

The Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) has launched a new online series to help the community get outside, have fun and continue to learn about nature while the schools and Los Alamos Nature Center are closed.

Take It Outside with PEEC!

Each week, PEEC’s staff and volunteers will focus on a different nature-related theme. They will provide daily activities Read More

Kiwanis Aluminum Collection At Sullivan Field Saturday!

Carlos and Emily McGay of the Kiwanis Aluminum Collection Committee survey a mountain of bagged aluminum and other metals taken in during a can collection day in 2016 in the Sullivan Field parking lot. Courtesy/Morrie Pongratz

KIWANIS News:

The Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos will hold its regular bi-monthly aluminum collection 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. this Saturday, March 21 at Sullivan Field.

You can remain in your car; we will get your aluminum out. We do pay for aluminum but also happily accept donations for our youth activities and scholarships.

If you make your aluminum a donation, you will have no human Read More

EPA Expands COVID-19 Disinfectant List

EPA News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released an expanded list of EPA-registered disinfectant products that have qualified for use against SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

The list contains nearly 200 additional products—including 40 new products that went through the agency’s expedited review process. The agency also made key enhancements to the web-based list to improve its usefulness.

“During this pandemic, it’s important that people can easily find the information they’re looking for when choosing and using a Read More

Santa Fe Botanical Garden: Continuing To Monitor COVID-19; Major Events Canceled But Garden Remains Open

Courtesy/Santa Fe Botanical Garden 

From the Santa Fe Botanical Garden:

The Santa Fe Botanical Garden is continuing to monitor the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and its impacts on our community.

We still remain hopeful of a minimal impact, however the health and safety of our staff, volunteers, and visitors is of the utmost importance. 

We are making every attempt to keep the Botanical Garden at Museum Hill open to the public for as long as possible. Please check the website for the most up to date information, which may include specific information on accepting cash payments, or switching to Read More