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DEA Releases 2015 Drug Threat Assessment

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DEA News:
 
WASHINGTON ― DEA Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg announced results from the 2015 National Drug Threat Assessment (NDTA), which finds that drug overdose deaths are the leading cause of injury death in the United States, ahead of motor vehicle deaths and firearms. 
 
In 2013, over 46,000 people in the United States died from drug overdose and more than half of those were caused by prescription painkillers and heroin.
 
“Sadly this report confirms what we’ve known for some time: drug abuse is ending too many lives while destroying families
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Travis Black’s Artwork At Los Alamos Nature Center

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Artist Travis Black speaks with Los Alamos Art in Public Places Chair Steve Foltyn earlier this year during preparations for his work to be displayed on the wall behind him at the Nature Center. Courtesy/PEEC

 

Three paintings by Travis Black featuring flora and fauna of the Pajarito Plateau now on display at the Los Alamos Nature Center. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

 
 
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post

 

 
Local residents can view the work of Travis Black at the Los Alamos Nature Center. The Pajarito Environmental Education Center recently
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Preservation Of 5,900 Acre Double E Ranch Celebrated At WNMU In Silver City

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NMONR News:
 
SANTA FE ― The New Mexico Office of Natural Resources Trustee and the United States Department of the Interior completed a cooperative natural resource damage assessment associated with natural resources in New Mexico, which had been injured, destroyed, or lost as a result of the release of hazardous substances into the environment.
 
They solicited a broad range of ideas for potential restoration projects from local, state, and federal agencies; nonprofit organizations; stakeholder groups; and private citizens.
 
The Double E Ranch
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Trick-Or-Treat On Mainstreet Mockumentaries Due Nov. 13

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PFC News:
 
Those who braved the crowds and the weather to film Trick-or-Treat on MainStreet Los Alamos last Friday are encouraged to edit videos down to 10 minutes or less and submit them via Vimeo or YouTube by midnight, Friday, Nov. 13 to qualify to win cash prizes from local contest sponsors.
 
The members of Pajarito Film Club are on standby to answer questions and teens ages 13-19 may access the post-production instruction and equipment at the new Los Alamos Teen Center through Nov. 13.
 
Nov. 13 – Dec. 3,
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Chromium Project Notice Of Proposed Floodplain Action Public Comment Period Closes Nov. 20

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DEEM News:
 
The Department of Energy Environmental Management Los Alamos Field Office has prepared a Draft Environmental Assessment for the Chromium Plume Control Interim Measure and Plume-Center Characterization at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).
 
The proposed action may include well pad and access road installation and maintenance, piezometer placement, and pipeline placement in the 100-year floodplain in Mortandad and Sandia canyons on LANL.
 
The objectives of the proposed actions are to control migration of the chromium plume and to further characterize
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Los Alamos High School Graduate Lee Powell Wins Third Edward R. Murrow

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Lee Powell. Courtesy Photo
 
COMMUNITY News:
 
Lee Powell, a 1994 graduate of Los Alamos High School was awarded his third Edward R. Murrow award for three stories he wrote and videotaped and put online for the Washington Post in 2014.  
 
Powell has been a video journalist for the Post for two years. He previously was with the AP in Washington for seven years and won two Murrows while working with them.
 
The awards gala was held in New York City Oct. 12 and his parents David and Irene Powell of Los Alamos were able to attend.
 
The Murrow Awards has been honoring outstanding
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SFNF Waives Fees In Honor Of Veterans Day

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SFNF News:
 
SANTA FE ― The Santa Fe National Forest will honor Veterans Day, Wednesday, Nov. 11, by waiving fees at many recreation sites and amenities.
Fees at all national forests and grasslands will be waived at many day-use sites, such as picnic grounds and developed trailheads, in cooperation with other federal agencies under the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act.
 
Veterans Day is the last fee-free day for 2015.
Fees will be waived at Santa Fe National Forest sites that normally charge a day-use fee and campgrounds that are not on the National Recreation
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Varied Voices From Adoption Community Unite In Free Online Event For National Adoption Month

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By LEANNE PARSONS
Los Alamos
 
Question: What do you get when you bring together adult adoptees with parents by birth and adoption to talk about their relinquishment and adoption experiences, family building practices and views on needed legislative reform? 
 
Answer: Usually an assortment of passionate opinions, raw emotions, misunderstandings and “unfriending” on Facebook. 
 
But something different is coming this year during November’s National Adoption Month.
 
Adoptee and former foster child and parent LeAnne Parsons has
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November Night Sky Planetarium Show At PEEC

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View of the night sky and Milky Way galaxy. Courtesy photo
 
PEEC News:
 
Do you want to learn more about the stars and constellations of autumn?
 
Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) is holding a star show at 7 p.m., Friday Nov. 6, in the Los Alamos Nature Center Planetarium. 
 
The show will cover celestial objects easily viewed through binoculars throughout the month of November including a neighboring galaxy, planets, star clusters, nebulae, and double stars.
 
After the planetarium show, venture outside
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