Environment

Santa Fe Botanical Garden ‘Bio Reverie’ Sept. 7

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Bird walk at Leonora Curtin Wetland Preserve. CourtesySFBG
 
SF BOTANICAL GARDEN News:
 
SANTA FE ― Cienegas, or marshlands, are unique and rare in the Southwest, and are disappearing due to land misuse and invasive species moving in.
 
Just south of Santa Fe, on land owned by El Rancho de las Golondrinas, lies the Leonora Curtin Wetland Preserve, a cienega managed by the Santa Fe Botanical Garden. Botanical Garden staff are launching a 24-hour Bio Reverie Sept. 7, during which they are identifying as many species of flora and fauna as possible.
 
“We are extremely lucky to
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Daily Postcard: Sunrays Behind Crane Sculpture

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Daily Postcard: Sunrays fall behind the 10-foot tall crane sculpture,‘Flying Folds’ late Saturday afternoon outside the White Rock Branch Library on Sherwood Boulevard at N.M. 4. Artist Kevin Box created the sculpture for which the County hosted a public dedication ceremony Feb. 24, 2015. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More

Scenes From Hazmat Challenge At LANL

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The entrance to the Los Alamos Hazardous Training Facility located on Laboratory property. The facility is one of the most complete in the United States and draws participant for all over the United States and abroad. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

A Hazmat Team working in a decimation exercise following an event. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

A team from Los Alamos work the Voodoo simulation of a biological lab found by a hotel manager in his hotel. The biolab was in the process of creating rabies powder from rabid bats to be spared in the public. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com Read More

Udall, Heinrich, Haaland Announce $295,375 For CNM Community College To Expand ABQid Seed Fund

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CONGRESSIONAL News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) has awarded $295,375 to Central New Mexico Community College (CNM) to enhance and develop the ABQid Seed Fund, which will support a diverse, inclusive population of entrepreneurs and business owners in Central New Mexico.
 
The project will expand the ABQid Seed Fund by merging two non-profit organizations — ABQid and CNM Ingenuity — under the umbrella of CNM to
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Radioactive And Hazardous Materials Committee Met At UNM-Los Alamos Friday

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Senators Richard Martinez and Carlos Cisneros and Dist. 43 Rep. Christine Chandler were among the members of the Legislative Committee on Radioactive And Hazardous Materials, which met Friday at UNM-Los Alamos to hear priorities and updates from the New Mexico Environmental Department and  Los Alamos National Laboratory. The meeting was open to the public. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
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SFNF Issues Closure Order For Forest Road 376

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SFNF News:

SANTA FE – The Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) has issued a closure order for a segment of Forest Road (FR) 376 to accommodate work on a blocked culvert that poses a threat to public health and safety.

The closure order will be in effect today to April 1, 2020, unless it is rescinded earlier

The culvert is slated for replacement, but recent monsoonal weather patterns and the subsequent runoff and debris could lead to road failure and have made it an immediate public safety issue.

The restricted area on FR 376 begins at the gate north of the Gilman Tunnels and extends 4.7 miles north to the barricades Read More

Udall, Heinrich, Torres Small Announce $750,000 To NMSU To Develop Clean Energy Workforce

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CONGRESSIONAL News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Rep. Xochitl Torres Small announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) has awarded $750,000 to New Mexico State University’s (NMSU) College of Engineering to create the Innovation and Commercialization for Regional Energy Workforce (I-CREW).
 
The I-CREW program will focus on accelerating clean energy technology and developing a statewide clean energy workforce.
 
“This funding will harness New Mexico’s unique strengths as
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