Bureau Of Land Management Seeks Nominations For Public Lands Rule Advisory Committee
BLM News:
Advice and recommendations will support engagement, outreach, and partnership
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking nominations for a new Federal advisory committee that will help inform how the Bureau implements the Public Lands Rule.
The Committee will advise on outreach and engagement, best management practices, and the development and refinement of agency guidance to support implementation of the Rule across the country.
The Public Lands Rule provides the BLM with new tools and guidance to inform the balanced management of natural resources. Read More
Sen. Heinrich Tours UbiQD, Touts Success Of Tech Transfer
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, left, speaking with UbiQD Founder/CEO Hunter McDaniel during his tour of UbiQD’s advanced materials and technology manufacturing facility Wednesday at 134 Eastgate Drive. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, second from left, with UbiQD Founder/CEO Hunter McDaniel speaks with scientists during his tour Wednesday at UbiQD. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
From the Office of U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich:
- Los Alamos-based UbiQD is expanding its local advanced materials and technology manufacturing facility to produce quantum
Daily Postcard: Comet C/2023 A3 With Anti-tail Over VCNP
Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) is seen from N.M. 4 in the Valles Caldera National Preserve Oct. 14, 2024. This photo shows the comet with an anti-tail which appears when Earth is crossing the comet’s orbital plane (Oct. 13-15). Source: earthsky.org. Photo by Marc Bailey Read More
Moonrise And Sunset Over Sangre De Cristo Mountains
Moonrise and sunset color amid mixed weather over the Sangre de Cristo Mountains at 6:12 p.m. Tuesday with downtown Los Alamos visible in the bottom right corner. Photo by DW Decker Read More
Summit Garden Club Presents 2024 Pat Edmonds And Sue Graves Memorial Scholarship To Malachi Laskie
Summit Garden Club presented its $1,000, 2024 Pat Edmonds and Sue Graves Memorial Scholarship to Malachi Laskie. During his years at Los Alamos Middle School and Los Alamos High School, Laskie was strong not only in academics but also in sports. He is attending Fort Lewis College in Durango as a pre-med major. Laskie is the son of Eric Laskie and Keisha Cardon. Courtesy/SGC Read More
Potatoes Of Every Size & Kind At Farmers Market Thursday
2024 Training Via WebEx On Contents/Use Of Los Alamos National Laboratory Electronic Public Reading Rooms
LANL News:
The Department of Energy (DOE); Triad National Security, LLC (Triad); and Newport News Nuclear BWXT-Los Alamos, LLC (N3B) are holding a virtual training via WebEx on the contents and use of the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Electronic Public Reading Rooms (EPRRs) and the use of the Intellus New Mexico (IntellusNM) public environmental data portal.
The EPRR is an information repository for environmental and administrative information and correspondence required by Permit Section 1.10 of the LANL Hazardous Waste Facility Permit, issued November 2010. The LANL Electronic Read More
Daily Postcard: Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Near Truchas
Daily Postcard: Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3) viewed about 7:50 p.m. Monday Oct. 14, 2024 near Truchas. At the lower left are the lights of Los Alamos, with Venus above; the glow at middle-bottom is from the lights of Española hidden by foreground hills. Photo by Randal Pair Read More
Northern Lights Viewed Thursday From Pajarito Ski Hill
Northern Lights viewed Thursday from the Pajarito Ski Hill. Photo by Lauren Hughes Read More
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS With Los Alamos In Background
Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) viewed Monday night from Nambe badlands with Los Alamos in the background. This comet from the Oort cloud was discovered by the Purple Mountain Observatory in China on Jan. 9, 2023 and independently found by ATLAS South Africa on Feb. 22, 2023, and has been considered for the ‘Most Amazing Comet 2023-2024’. Source: wikipedia. Photo by Suzanne Nowicki
Another view of Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) Monday night from Nambe badlands with Los Alamos in the background. Photo by Suzanne Nowicki
Another view of Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) Monday Read More
Daily Postcard: Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) Dives Into Clouds At Valles Caldera National Preserve
Daily Postcard: Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) diving into the clouds as viewed at 7:38 p.m. Sunday from Valles Caldera National Preserve. The comet will continue rising higher in the sky each day this week but will start dimming as the days progress. Photo by John Stone Read More
DPU Update: Power Should Be Restored To All Customers
COUNTY News:
The Los Alamos County Department of Public Utilities has announced in an update at 8:10 p.m. regarding the outage along San Ildefonso Road, that “power should be restored to all customers”.
The outage was caused by a failed switch near Broadway.
The County thanks those involved for their patience. Read More
Power Outage Underway Along San Ildefonso Road
Map where power outage has occurred in the area of San Ildefonso Road. Courtesy/LAC
COUNTY News:
A power outage has occurred in the area of San Ildefonso Road.
Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities (DPU) line crews are actively working to locate the source of the outage.
Approximately 278 customers are affected.
At this time, there is no estimated time for restoration. Read More
More Views Of Comet C/2023 A3 From Valles Caldera
More views of Comet C/2023 A3 Sunday from Valles Caldera National Preserve. Photo by Marilyn Warren
Another view of the comet C/2023 A3 Sunday evening from Valles Caldera. Photo by Marilyn Warren
Another view of the comet C/2023 A3 Sunday evening from Valles Caldera. Photo by Marilyn Warren Read More
Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn
As summer fades into autumn, Los Alamos Landscaping and More crew members are busy this morning removing the hanging flower baskets throughout downtown Los Alamos. Photo by Donavan Price
Another view of Los Alamos Landscaping and More crew members busy this morning removing the hanging flower baskets throughout downtown Los Alamos. Photo by Donavan Price Read More
PEEC-A-BOO At Los Alamos Nature Center Oct. 25
PEEC News:
Brace yourselves for a spooky adventure at PEEC-A-BOO, 4-6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25 at the Los Alamos Nature Center, 2600 Canyon Road. As part of the 2024 Trick-or-Treat on MainStreet festivities, the Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) invites families and friends to enjoy an afternoon filled with fun, learning, and, of course, candy.
Highlights include spooky creature encounters at 4:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m., with some of the PEEC’s resident animals and learn about the fascinating creatures that inhabit the local environment. Engage in a variety of Halloween-themed Read More
View Of Comet Saturday From Overlook Park In White Rock
View of Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) Saturday night from Overlook Park in White Rock. Courtesy/Francisco Uribe and Cheryl WamplerDaily Postcard: Tiny Bushtit In Upper Los Alamos Canyon
Daily Postcard: Saturday, Oct. 12 was Cornell University’s Global Big Day, challenging birders worldwide to report all the birds they could find. That citizen-science project makes a global snapshot of biodiversity, adding to the millions of observations in Cornell’s eBird ornithology database. Twenty-three birders in Los Alamos found at least 61 species Saturday, with reports still rolling in. Worldwide, 39,383 birders found 7,610 species in one day. Read all about it at https://ebird.org/octoberbigday. Jonathan Dowell reported 40 of the Los Alamos species and took this photo Read More
Rarely Seen Kentucky Warbler Spotted On Reservoir Road
This very rare bird for the local area, a Kentucky Warbler, was spotted Saturday and again this morning on Reservoir Road. Interestingly, while there are only four records of this species in Los Alamos, the last one in May 2018 was in the same exact spot on the Reservoir Road. Photo by Michael Smith
Another view of this bird rarely seen locally, a Kentucky Warbler, spotted Saturday and again this morning on Reservoir Road. Photo by Michael Smith Read More
Catch Of The Week: American Water Cyber Attack
By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
For The Los Alamos Daily Post
Utilities such as gas, water and electric are necessities it is easy to take for granted. Loss of service due to natural disasters, such as hurricanes, happen; but what would happen if a utility company suffered a cyber-attack?
Unfortunately, that is just what happened earlier this month to American Water, the largest publicly traded utilities company in America. American Water is a major supplier of water in the US, serving more than 14 million customers across 14 states and 18 military installations. The company employs about Read More
