Weekly Fishing Report: Nov. 23, 2021
By GEORGE MORSE
Sports And Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. Enjoy the company of family and friends.
A storm is forecast to arrive shortly before Thanksgiving that will hopefully bring much-needed snow to higher elevations. It may not be long before the lakes and streams at higher elevations are frozen over and inaccessible due to snow. Ice fishing is probably a month or two away.
Although temperatures have been falling into the teens and single digits in areas like the Moreno Valley, highs are still climbing into the 40’s and 50’s during the day.
Hopefully, the Read More
Luján Applauds Interior Dept. Plan To Protect Chaco Canyon
View of Chaco Canyon Courtesy/BRL
View of Chaco Canyon Courtesy/BRL
From the Office of U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján:
NAMBE — U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) issued the following statement on Interior Secretary Deb Haaland’s announcement that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will initiate consideration of a 20-year withdrawal of federal lands within a 10-mile radius around Chaco Culture National Historical Park from new federal oil and gas leasing:
“This sacred landscape at Chaco Canyon was once the center of commerce and faith for the Pueblo peoples, and remains a sacred site to this day. This Read More
Daily Postcard: Sunrise Casts Crimson Hue On Landscape
Daily Postcard: Monday’s sunrise casts crimson hue across Barranca Mesa landscape. Photo by Amanda Macdonald Read More
NMSU Master Gardener Class Online beginning In January
Latest Progress On Canyon Walk/Bluffs Senior Apartments
View of the south side of the new Canyon Walk Apartments Wednesday on the north side of DP Road. The parking lot in front is now paved and the north side parking lot work has started, but is not yet completed. Photo by Ed Birnbaum
Construction on the Bluffs Senior Apartments Wednesday on the south side of DP Road. Trenches are visible in the foreground and lots of PVC pipes in the background. Photo by Ed Birnbaum Read More
NOAA Considers Marine Sanctuary Off Hawaiian Islands
A school of galapagos sharks/manō at Maro Reef in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Courtesy/NOAA
NOAA News:
NOAA has announced that it is initiating the process to consider designating the marine portions of Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument as a national marine sanctuary. This designation would build on existing management in the marine portions of the monument by adding the conservation benefits and enhanced long-term protection of a national marine sanctuary.
The United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Read More
Daily Postcard: View Of Last Lunar Eclipse Of 2021
Daily Postcard: View at 2:02 a.m. Friday from Barranca Mesa of the peak of the partial lunar eclipse, the last lunar eclipse of 2021. It was the longest partial lunar eclipse since the 15th century and visible from North and South America, Australia, and parts of Europe and Asia. Source: timeanddate.com. Photo by Jeremy BestHeinrich Bills To Protect Buffalo Tract, Reauthorize Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area Pass Out Of Committee
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee advanced two of U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich’s (D-N.M.) locally-driven bills out of committee Thursday during a business meeting to consider pending legislation. Heinrich’s Buffalo Tract Protection Act and legislation to reauthorize the Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area (NRGNHA).
VIDEO: Heinrich’s Locally-Driven Conservation, Protection Bills Advance Out Of Committee [HD DOWNLOAD LINK HERE]
The Buffalo Tract Protection Act would withdraw four parcels of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Read More
Kiwanis Collecting Aluminum 9 AM-1 PM Sullivan Field Today
Today being the third Saturday of an odd-numbered month, the Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos is collecting aluminum 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Sullivan Field. Courtesy/Kiwanis Read More
Daily Postcard: Moon Enhances Sunset Over Los Alamos
Daily Postcard: The moon enhances a pastel sunset Wednesday over Los Alamos. Photo by Amanda Mcdonald Read More
Zero Waste Team: Science City Citizens Share Food Secrets
Before heading to the store, ‘Shop’ your kitchen to see what’s on hand and save money by not buying more. Courtesy LAC
Zero Waste News:
- Zero Waste Tip: When planning holiday meals, avoid the urge to make too much. Plan meals, shop carefully and have recipes on hand to use leftovers.
You’ve heard about the widespread problem of wasted food, right? How we send 35 percent of the food we produce to the landfill, and about the $1,600 per year in food the average family throws away that they don’t eat?
Not to mention all the resources, land, water and greenhouse gases that go with it! Now is the perfect time of Read More
View From Los Alamos Of Longest Lunar Eclipse Of Century
View overnight from Los Alamos of the longest lunar eclipse of the century, which passed through Earth’s shadow in a partial lunar eclipse in what was the longest eclipse of its kind in 580 years. Source: https://www.space.com. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com Read More
SFNF: Española District Office Will Hold Saturday Hours To Sell Christmas Tree Permits Nov. 27, Dec. 4, Dec. 11, Dec. 18
Christmas trees. Courtesy/SFNF
SFNF News:
SANTA FE — The Santa Fe National Forest’s (SFNF) Española District Office will hold Saturday hours, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., on four consecutive Saturdays starting Nov. 27 to give customers additional opportunities to purchase cut-your-own Christmas tree permits over the phone for mailing or curbside pickup.
The Española District Office is the only Santa Fe National Forest office that will be open for business Saturdays. The four Saturdays for sales are Nov. 27, Dec. 4, Dec. 11 and Dec. 18. The Española Office is at 18537 US 84/285, Suite B. For more information, Read More
Sandhill Cranes Calling In Golden Light Of Dawn
Sandhill Cranes calling against the golden light of dawn just before the flocks’ morning takeoff last weekend at the Bosque. This weekend is the Festival of the Cranes at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge. Learn more about nature at the PEEC Los Alamos Nature Center, and follow Jonathan Dowell’s photography on Instagram @SnowyEgretPhotography. Photo by Jonathan Dowell/@SnowyEgretPhotography Read More
Daily Postcard: View Of Longest Lunar Eclipse Of Century
Daily Postcard: View of the longest lunar eclipse of the century at about 2:10 a.m. today over White Rock. The ‘nearly total’ lunar eclipse overnight, NASA said, was when the Moon was so close to opposite the Sun that it passed through the southern part of the shadow of the Earth for a nearly total lunar eclipse. The eclipse lasted 3 hours, 28 minutes and 23 seconds, making it the longest in centuries. Source: space.com. Photo by Nancy Ann Hibbs Read More
Buck Gets Stuck In Window Well Of Home On 34th Street
Los Alamos Animal Control and New Mexico Game and Fish responded to the scene of a buck stuck in a window well this morning at a residence on 34th Street. The buck died before it could be rescued. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailpost.com Read More
LANL: Exotic Element Californium Explored In Detail
Solid-state structure of molecule containing californium-carbon bonding. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
New work led by Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), in the journal Nature this week, reports the first structural characterization of californium-carbon bonding in a molecule. Such analysis allows scientists to assess periodic reactivity and bonding trends in an otherwise mysterious element.
“Californium captures the imagination and offers broad science appeal because of its exotic place in the periodic table,” said Andrew Gaunt, a Los Alamos chemist and one of the paper’s lead Read More
Daily Postcard: Creatures Great And Small Admire Sunrise
Daily Postcard: A handsome dog out for a morning walk early Tuesday morning pauses to admire the spectacular sunrise filling the sky above the Los Alamos County Golf Course. Photo by Skip Robertson Read More
PEEC: Celebrate Upcoming Launch Of James Webb Space Telescope At White Rock Branch Library Saturday Nov. 20
The fully assembled James Webb Space Telescope with its sunshield and unitized pallet structures that fold up around the telescope for launch, are seen partially deployed to an open configuration to enable telescope installation. Courtesy/NASA/Chris Gunn
PEEC News:
The community is invited to join the Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) and Los Alamos County Library to celebrate the upcoming launch of the James Webb Space Telescope.
This family-friendly celebration is 3:30-5 p.m. Saturday Nov. 20 at the White Rock Public Library on Sherwood Boulevard.
People of all ages Read More
On The Job In Los Alamos: Salaiz Landscaping Crew
On the job in Los Alamos Monday pruning trees and shrubs at a residence in Quemazon is, from left, owner Ricardo Bojorquez and employees Antonio Caballero, Alvaro Dominguez and Enrique Ontiveros of Salaiz Landscaping. Bojorquez started his business a year and a half ago. Service include flag stone and patio work, irrigation systems, trimming, yard cleanup and snow removal. For more information, call 505.551.0320, 505.557.8544 or email salaiz.landscaping2020@gmail.com. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com Read More
