Students Speak Up At 2024 STEAM Day At The Legislature
LANL Foundation News:
SANTA FE — Hundreds of students flocked to the Roundhouse Thursday to advocate for STEAM education across New Mexico at this year’s STEAM Day at the Legislature, hosted by LANL Foundation.
STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) education is a vital part of getting our state ready for the future. Every student in New Mexico should have access to STEAM education so they can developthe knowledge, skills, and practices demanded by the 21st Century.
Student speakers joined legislators Rep. Susan Herrera, Rep. Joseph Sanchez, and Sen. Leo Jaramillo Read More
Facing Gopher Challenges At County Parks & Sports Fields
COUNTY News:
The Los Alamos County Parks Division is committed to ensuring the safety and usability across all county parks and sports fields, including those at Overlook Park. So when citizens began to express concern over the presence of gophers and their potential hazards, Superintendent Wendy Parker ramped up her already aggressive approach to address and mitigate these challenges.
Since May 2023, the Parks staff and contractor have captured 223 gophers, twice as many as last year (2022). However, to stay ahead of the gopher population, Parker is also soliciting a professional gopher Read More
LANL: Picturing Science At Summer Camp & More
Picturing science at summer camp
This past summer, students hailing from diverse backgrounds — high schools and colleges across the Navajo reservation, New Mexico, southern Colorado and a historically black university in Louisiana — participated in the Wildfire Simulation & Data Visualization Camp at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Read the full story as it first appeared in the Santa Fe New Mexican. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) shares a compilation of news stories for the week of Jan. 29, 2024.
Science: Experimentation explores defects and fluctuations Read More
Scenes From FLOW Workshop At Los Alamos Teen Center
Leaders from the Climate Citizens Lobby New Mexico state chapter and Los Alamos High School Eco Club host a beginning climate advocacy FLOW workshop for teens recently at Los Alamos Teen Center. Presenters include LAHS Eco Club Co-Presidents Charlotte Butcher and Arianne Terrones and CCL leaders Bill Barron and Sara Mason. Courtesy/Charlotte Butcher
Scene from the beginning climate advocacy FLOW workshop for teens held recently at Los Alamos Teen Center. Courtesy/Charlotte Butcher
Scene from the beginning climate advocacy FLOW workshop for teens held recently at Los Alamos Teen Center. Read More
Daily Postcard: Elk Walking Through Snow At Bandelier
Daily Postcard: Elk captured on video walking through snow Jan. 24 at Bandelier National Monument as the eyes of other elk peer through the darkness in the background. Elk are one of three ungulate species that occupy Bandelier. The elk that occupied the Jemez Mountains were locally extirpated in the early 1900s due to hunting, livestock grazing and introduction of diseases from domestic livestock, but have since been reintroduced by the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish. Courtesy/NPS Read More
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Approves New Mexico’s Petition To List PFAS As A Hazardous Substance
NMED Cabinet Secretary James Kenney
NMED News:
Listing provides full authority to require cleanup of PFAS-contaminated sites
SANTA FE — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced two new proposed rules today to ensure that certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as “forever chemicals,” are classified as hazardous waste under federal law.
This action is in direct response to a petition from Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham to take bold action on the emerging threat that communities in New Mexico and across the nation face from decades of use of forever Read More
Daily Postcard: Sunrise Paints Sky Over Pajarito Acres
Daily Postcard: A spectacular sunrise paints the sky Monday over Pajarito Acres. Photo by Jim Gourdoux
Another view of the sunrise Monday over Pajarito Acres. Photo by Jim Gourdoux Read More
Los Alamos Community Seed Library To Host Garden Design Panel At Mesa Public Library Feb. 17
Legislation To Increase Oil And Gas Royalty Rate On New Mexico State Lands Passes Senate Conservation Committee
Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard
State Land Office News:
SANTA FE — Legislation to increase the top royalty rate charged for oil and gas development on state lands from 20 percent to the market rate of 25 percent passed the House Energy, Environment & Natural Resources Committee, New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands Stephanie Garcia Richard announced.
Senate Bill 24 (also filed as House Bill 48), which is sponsored by Sen. Bill Tallman and Rep. Matthew McQueen, would bring New Mexico’s royalty rate in line with what is charged in Texas and would generate millions more in revenue Read More
Climate Advocates Host Events In Los Alamos
Ben (Albuquerque), Martha (Silver City), and Sara (Los Alamos) gear up for a long day of lobbying with all five of New Mexico’s members of Congress in June 2023. Courtesy/CCL
CCL News:
Leadership of the Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL) New Mexico State Chapter are hosting a suite of public events in northern New Mexico.
These events are all open to the public and will afford New Mexicans the opportunity to learn more about CCL, meet some of its local and regional leaders, and make connections to support their growth as climate advocates. Please contact Sara (mason.saraann@gmail.com) with any questions Read More
Governor On 50-Year Plan To Sustain State Water Supplies
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham holds a news conference Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024, at the Capitol to announce a 50-year water plan on how the state can prepare for and allay the impacts climate change will have on New Mexico’s waters above and below ground in the next half-century. Photo by Gabriela Campos/The New Mexican
By SCOTT WYLAND
The Santa Fe New Mexican
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced Tuesday the rollout of a 50-year water plan for how the state can allay the effects of climate change on New Mexico’s waters above and below ground in the next half-century.
The governor released the water plan Read More
NNSA: Floodplain Statement Of Findings Issued For Lane Installation At East Jemez Road Guard Post
NNSA News:
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has published the floodplain statement of findings for the proposed construction of an additional vehicle inspection lane at the guard post near the East Jemez Road and N.M. 4 intersection.
The project is intended to provide expedited inspection times for vehicles transporting time sensitive loads, such as concrete and asphalt to Los Alamos National Laboratory. Project activities within the 100-year floodplain would include construction of an expedited vehicle inspection lane, relocation of a 4-strand wire fence, possible Read More
PEEC: Questions About The Night Sky? Ask An Astronomer
PEEC News:
Do you have an astronomy question that has always intrigued you? How do we know the age of the universe? What IS the cosmic microwave background? Will we be swallowed by the black hole at the center of our galaxy? Now is your chance to ask the experts.
A panel of astronomers, including Galen Gisler, Rick Wallace, Steve Becker and Sergey Trudolyubov, will do their best to answer your night sky questions at 7 p.m., Friday Feb. 2, in the Los Alamos Nature Center Planetarium. Depending on the weather, we may also go outside to observe the Los Alamos night sky.
The program is suitable for children Read More
Daily Postcard: Tangerine Sunrise Over Pajarito Acres
Daily Postcard: Tangerine sunrise fills sky early Monday over Pajarito Acres. Photo by Nancy Bartlit Read More
Woodland Trail Reopens Following Sewer Overflow Issue
Woodland Trail behind Fire Station #4 has been reopened after a sewer overflow near the corner of Diamond Drive and Range Road. Courtesy/LAC
COUNTY News:
The Los Alamos County Department of Public Utilities (DPU) treated a sewer overflow that occurred over the weekend on the Woodland Trail behind Fire Station #4 near the corner of Diamond Drive and Range Road.
The trail has been reopened.
A sewer lift station in the vicinity suffered a power trip and triggered the overflow. Read More
Bill To Raise State’s Fossil Fuel Royalty Rates Moves Ahead
By SCOTT WYLAND
The Santa Fe New Mexican
New Mexico’s fossil fuel industry is enjoying a record boom in the Permian Basin, and state officials want the education system to benefit even more than it has from the oil-rich region by making companies pay more to drill on state lands there.
The House Commerce and Economic Development Committee voted 6-5 Monday, mostly along party lines, in favor of House Bill 48, which would raise the maximum royalty rates on state lands to 25 percent from the current 20 percent — the first such increase since the 1970s.
The bill’s next stop is the House floor for a vote. Read More
Spectacular Sunrise Viewed From Pajarito Cliffs Site
A spectacular sunrise viewed early Monday from Pajarito Cliffs Site in Los Alamos. Photo by Wendy Parker Read More
Love Is In The Air: A Sunset Glow Cocktail Party Feb. 10
Balloon Museum Foundation News:
ALBUQUERQUE — The Anderson Abruzzo International Balloon Museum Foundation is thrilled to announce its enchanting event, Love Is In the Air: A Sunset Glow Cocktail Party set to captivate hearts Saturday, Feb. 10. This unique event celebrates love set to an evening sunset dotted with hot air balloons, whimsy and wonder. Patrons may show their love of one another, balloons, Albuquerque and the Balloon Museum at this fundraising event.
Guests are invited to indulge in the magic of museum love as they stroll through the historic museum. The event features live Read More
Daily Postcard: Awesome Sunrise From North Community
Daily Postcard: Awesome sunrise fills the sky viewed Monday from North Community. Photo by Marc BaileyConstruction Is Moving Along On New Pinon School
Construction is moving along on the new Pinon Elementary School in White Rock. Courtesy photo Read More
