Mason: Rev Your Engines For Electric School Buses!
By SARA ANN MASON
Los Alamos
What would you say to saving our schools money, reducing students and school staff exposure to a known cause of chronic health conditions, increasing community air quality, and lowering carbon emissions?
You might think such wide-ranging benefits require many different policies, but they are all achievable by simply converting our school buses to electric vehicles. And we have the opportunity to make that easier for our schools this legislative session!
House Bill 32, “Electric or Alternative Fuel School Buses”, makes electric school buses available and affordable Read More
Daily Postcard: Lovely Sunset In White Rock
Daily Postcard: Lovely sunset Monday evening, Feb. 17, in White Rock, and a vapor trail in the horizon. Photo by Nancy Ann Hibbs Read More
Walk With PEEC & Discover Stories Of The Wild In Action: ‘Tracking Wildlife On The Pajarito Plateau’ Saturday March 15
Raccoon prints. Photo by Kristen O’Hara/PEEC
PEEC News:
Dive into the fascinating world of wildlife tracking and connect with nature like never before. The Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) is hosting “Tracking Wildlife on the Pajarito Plateau” 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 15 at the Los Alamos Nature Center at 2600 Canyon Road.
Led by certified tracker and nature educator Ann Hunkins, this interactive workshop will guide participants in uncovering the hidden stories of the landscape. From identifying animal tracks and scat to understanding gait patterns and track morphology, Read More
Daily Postcard: Rough-Legged Hawk Soars Above RGdNNM
Daily Postcard: A Rough-Legged Hawk spotted last weekend just south of the border in Taos County near San Antonio Mountain in the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument (RGdNNM). This hawk, featuring feathers down to its feet like the leg warmers of an 80s disco dancer, is suited for cold weather. Photo by Jonathan Dowell, Ph.D.
Staff Report:
Spending summers as far north as the Arctic Circle, Rough-Legged Hawks migrate south all the way to northern New Mexico in winter. Their favorite hunting grounds are plains and fields where their sharp eyes find rodents and other small animals. So it is Read More
Daily Postcard: Vapor Trails Cross In Sky Over White Rock
Daily Postcard: Vapor trails cross in the sky Sunday morning above White Rock. At the heights that airplanes fly, the air is very cold, so steam which is emitted by airplane engines freezes very quickly into tiny droplets. Vapor trails are made of these tiny droplets – they are big plumes of steam that freeze in the sky. Source: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Courtesy photo Read More
Posts From The Road: Stepping Back In Time In Lowell, Ariz.
Strayhound: An old Greyhound Bus sits near the Bus Stop on Erie Street in Lowell, Ariz. However the bus has been renamed the Strayhound by those who have volunteered their time to save this business district in Lowell. A view up the street gives a glimpse of what the area was like decades ago. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Shell: A Shell gas station sits at the top end of Erie Street in Lowell. This was the first building restored and repainted to look as it did in the 1950s. The old Chevy sits out in front of the garage to add an additional nostalgia to the scene. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com Read More
Weekly Fishing Report: Feb. 16, 2025
By GEORGE MORSE
Sports and Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post
The snowpack in Northern New Mexico is 39-percent of normal. Last week saw some snow in the mountains and the snowpack increased. Locally the snowpack at the Hopewell measuring station is 55-percent of normal with a snow depth of 24 inches.
The snowpack in Southern Colorado, including the headwaters of the Rio Grande, is also below normal. Northern and Central Colorado received heavy snow last week, but the storm bypassed Southern Colorado. That has been the weather pattern for most of the winter.
Temperatures can still plunge Read More
Cloudy Skies Viewed From Main Hill Road
Cloudy skies viewed from Main Hill Road. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
County Environmental Sustainability Board To Meet Feb. 20
COUNTY News:
The Los Alamos County Environmental Sustainability Board is scheduled to meet at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20.
This meeting is open to the public.
Click here to see the full meeting agenda packet. Read More
Daily Postcard: Sunrise Casts Glow Above Sangre de Cristos
Daily Postcard: Today’s sunrise casts a fiery glow above the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Photo by DW Decker Read More
Los Alamos Geological Society To Feature Dr. Ledoux
Dr. Stephen Ledoux
LAGS News:
The Los Alamos Geology Society will meet 7-8 p.m. Feb. 18 at the Los Alamos Christian Church, 92 East Road.
The featured speaker is Dr. Stephen Ledoux who will give a talk titled, “A Science Accounting of Noah’s Flood”.
For much of American culture, the ancient story of a Great Flood comes down as the version told by Noah. Did such a flood really happen? The history of geology is riddled by scholarly exchanges, even bitter arguments, over interpretations of the geological record as showing the effects of a Great Flood, and not just any Great Flood but precisely the Great Read More
Daily Postcard: Sunset Falls Over Sangre de Cristos
Daily Postcard: The Sangre de Cristo Mountains viewed at sunset Friday from White Rock. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Learn To Mix New Mexican Mocktails At Los Luceros
Courtesy/LLHS
Los Luceros Historic Site News:
Los Luceros Historic Site is offering a fun workshop making mocktails, or mock cocktails, using Northern New Mexico ingredients, 1-3 p.m. Saturday, March 1.
The Moxie Mocktails workshop will teach participants how to use the flavors of plants found in Northern New Mexico to make delicious beverages. From a Spicy Agua Fresca to a Hibiscus Hot Punch, Gabriela Silva of Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area and Michelle Zupan of Los Luceros will help participants mix new drinks to taste and serve cookies to snack on.
Participants will receive Read More
Explore New Mexico’s Water History With Dr. Maria Lane, Author Of ‘Fluid Geographies’
Fluid Geographies. Courtesy/Kristen O’Hara
PEEC News:
The Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) invites the community to a fascinating lecture, “Fluid Geographies”, by University of New Mexico professor Dr. Maria Lane, 6-7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19 at the Los Alamos Nature Center. Admission is free.
Dr. Lane will discuss New Mexico’s long history of water management, connecting modern policies and technologies to their historical roots. Drawing from her 2024 book, Fluid Geographies, she will explore the emergence of scientific water management during New Mexico’s late territorial Read More
Daily Postcard: Moon Shines Above White Rock
Daily Postcard: Moon shines early Wednesday morning above White Rock. Photo by John Purvis Read More
Discover The Wonders Of Space With The Los Alamos High School Astronomy Club Feb. 21 & 28
Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
The Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) and Los Alamos High School (LAHS) Astronomy Club invites the community to two free planetarium presentations at the Los Alamos Nature Center. Join these talented, space-curious students as they explore the universe and share their knowledge with engaging, family-friendly programs.
Exploring Europa
7-8 p.m., Friday, Feb. 21, at Los Alamos Nature Center Planetarium
Dive into the mysteries of Europa, one of Jupiter’s Galilean moons. The presentation will cover everything from the Voyager mission’s first flybys Read More
Enforcement Watch Alert: 84 Enforcement Actions Initiated; 104 Enforcement Actions Resolved In January 2025
NMED News:
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) today released Enforcement Watch updates for the month of January 2025. The Enforcement Watch is a listing of all active and resolved enforcement cases.
Active cases involve an alleged violation of a regulation, rule, permit, license, etc. Resolved cases are those that were adjudicated in court of law or administratively resolved. The Enforcement Watch also provides tools for the public to report alleged environmental or workplace safety violations. In FY24 NMED initiated 934 enforcement actions and resolved 1,706, paving Read More
Daily Postcard: Coyote Treks Across Valle Caldera
Daily Postcard: A coyote walks across a partially frozen stream in Valle Caldera. Photo by Corey Lycopolus/NPS Read More
Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard Wins 2025 Luminaria Award From Conservation Voters New Mexico
Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard, center, surrounded by her staff, receives the the 2025 Luminaria Award for ‘…being a guiding light in bringing New Mexico’s trust lands into the 21st century.’ Courtesy/NMSLO
New Mexico State Land Office News:
SANTA FE — New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands Stephanie Garcia Richard is the recipient of the 2025 Luminaria Award presented by the nonprofit organization Conservation Voters New Mexico (CVNM).
The annual award recognizes pro-conservation champions in New Mexico who lead the way to a better New Mexico for air, land, water, wildlife Read More
Bee City Los Alamos Celebrates First Anniversary Of Local Pollinator Protection
Two-tailed Swallowtail Butterfly on native Cleome serrulata, White Rock, NM. Photo by Dana Ecelberger
PEEC News:
Bee City Los Alamos marks its first anniversary as a Bee City USA affiliate, celebrating a year of dedicated efforts to protect and promote native pollinators in Los Alamos County. With strong support from Los Alamos County, the Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC), and an incredible network of community volunteers, the initiative has made significant progress in fostering a more pollinator-friendly environment.
One of the most significant projects of the past Read More
