Environment

DPU: Cloudy Water In White Rock Is No Cause For Alarm

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COUNTY News:

The Department of Public Utilities (DPU) is receiving calls from White Rock customers  concerned about cloudy water coming from their pipes. The cloudiness is simply air in the line and shouldn’t cause alarm.

Crews from the DPU’s Water Production crews repaired a large transmission main near White Rock that was leaking earlier this week. The repair required draining the main, which caused air to enter the line.

Residents who see cloudiness, such as in a glass of water, can set the water aside for a few minutes and the cloudiness will dissipate. Read More

Watershed Work To Limit Reservoir Access Starting April 22

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Los Alamos Canyon Reservoir and the road leading to it will be closed starting Monday, April 22, through mid-June for watershed mitigation work on the damaged stream channel. Courtesy/LAC 

COUNTY News:

The Los Alamos Canyon Reservoir and the road leading to it will be closed starting Monday, April 22, through mid-June for watershed mitigation work on the damaged stream channel.

The reservoir and road will be closed to hiking on weekdays until the work is complete, however they will open for foot traffic on weekends. Hikers should park at the Los Alamos County Ice Rink as parking is not allowed Read More

Learn The ‘Old Ways’ To Make Herbal Remedies April 27

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NMHS News:

The Northern Río Grande National Heritage Area (NRGNHA) is offering a hands-on plant and local herb identification and remedy workshop 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 27 at Los Luceros Historic Site, 253 County Road 41 in Alcalde. Find directions online.

Participants will learn to identify the important parts of the plants, understand the medicinal properties the herbs have, and make remedios, or remedies, with locally foraged healing herbs.

Students will prepare salves, poultices, and tinctures. Information, materials, and local herbs will be provided.

The class is $50 per Read More

Los Alamos Mountaineers’ April 23 Meeting Features Talk By Rick Rubio On Climbing Ecuador’s Highest Peaks

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Rick Rubio and his party on the glaciated summit of Chimborazo, the highest peak in Ecuador. Courtesy/Mountaineers

By BILL PRIEDHORSKY
Los Alamos Mountaineers

Rick Rubio will speak about climbing Ecuador’s volcanoes at the April 23 Los Alamos Mountaineers meeting. Rubio, along with five friends, climbed five of Ecuador’s volcanoes in December 2023, culminating with a climb of 6,263-meter (20,548 foot) Chimborazo.

Chimborazo, 39th highest summit in the Andes, is farthest point on Earth’s surface from the Earth’s center, due to its location along the planet’s equatorial bulge. It was Read More

County Details New Standards To Limit PFAS In Drinking Water

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COUNTY News:

For the first time ever, national standards regarding forever chemicals in tap water are being rolled out by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Collectively called PFAS, which stands for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, these chemicals have been used since the 1940s and are now found everywhere—in air, water, soil and blood. They are often called forever chemicals because it takes thousands of years for them to break down.

What is the source of these chemicals? PFAS are found in a wide variety of products, such as cookware, food packaging, contact lenses, clothing, Read More

Daily Postcard: Northern Saw-whet Owl Near LA Reservoir

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Daily Postcard: A Northern Saw-whet Owl spotted recently along the road to the Los Alamos Reservoir. A tiny owl with a catlike face, oversized head and bright yellow eyes, the Northern Saw-whet Owl is practically bursting with attitude. Where mice and other small mammals are concerned this fierce, silent owl is anything but cute. One of the most common owls in forests across northern North America (and across the U.S. in winter), saw-whets are highly nocturnal and seldom seen. Their high-pitched too-too-too call is a common evening sound in evergreen mountain forests from January through Read More

2024 Earth Day Festival Los Alamos Nature Center April 20

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Fun and entertainment for all ages will be available 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 20 at PEEC’s Earth Day Festival at the Los Alamos Nature Center, 2600 Canyon Road. Courtesy/PEEC

PEEC News:

The Pajarito Environmental Education Center’s (PEEC) reminds the community to come join them this Saturday, April 20, for their signature event, the annual Earth Day Festival. The festivities run 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Los Alamos Nature Center, 2600 Canyon Road.

Family-friendly and free, the event promises a full day of educational fun, delicious food, live entertainment, hands-on learning experiences, Read More

BLM Seeks Public Input On New Mountain Bike Trail

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BLM News:

FARMINGTON — The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Farmington Field Office is considering the designation of a new mountain bike trail on public lands north of Kirtland.

San Juan County, in partnership with the BLM, is proposing a single-track recreational trail improvement project that will be designated for mountain bikes and Class I E-bikes. The BLM is considering the inclusion of Class I E-bikes to provide additional outdoor recreation opportunities for an emerging demographic that includes older or disabled riders.

The proposed project will utilize an existing social trail, Read More

Celebrate Art In Valles Caldera Sunday April 28

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Fog obscures the lower portion of Valle Grande. Photo by D. Krueger/NPS

VCNP News:

JEMEZ SPRINGS – The National Park Service is celebrating National Park Week April 20 through April 28. The theme for Sunday, April 28 is Arts in Parks and Valles Caldera National Preserve (VCNP) is hosting some special activities to help foster one’s inner artist.

The community is invited to join a ranger at 10 a.m. for a landscape photography workshop, 11 a.m. for a haiku workshop and 1 p.m. for a spring crafting activity.

Everyone is also invited to come out and create some art in the park. You may just happen across Read More

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