Savannah River Site’s Mike Budney Wins Prestigious Presidential Rank Award
Mike Budney
DOE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — DOE-Savannah River Operations Office (DOE-SR) Manager Mike Budney was recently honored with the prestigious Meritorious Presidential Rank Award for his sustained record of extraordinary professional and technical achievements and the highest levels of integrity and dedication exhibited throughout his Senior Executive Service (SES) career.
The award is the second-highest annual honor for career SES leaders, professionals or scientists who achieve results and consistently demonstrate strength, integrity, industry and a relentless commitment Read More
Posts From The Road: Thanksgiving Turkey And Giving Thanks
Crossing the Road: While driving around and enjoying the scenery at Bosque del Apache Wildlife Refuge, we came upon this flock of wild turkeys as they marched their way across the road in front of us. We stopped to watch their actions and movements. They did not seem phased by our presence and continued their journey across the road. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
What’s Up: A nearby distraction got the immediate attention of three wild turkeys at our campsite in Palo Duro Canyon State Park. We visited the park on our first RV journey in December 2015. The turkeys did not seem bothered by our Read More
More Electric, Hydrogen And Hybrid Passenger And Commercial Vehicles Coming To New Mexico Starting In 2026
NMED News:
ALBUQUERQUE — Thursday, the Environmental Improvement Board (EIB) and the Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Air Quality Control Board (AQCB) adopted advanced clean vehicles rules after a joint public hearing.
Their independent approval of these rules ensure New Mexicans and New Mexico businesses will have access to a wide variety of electric, hybrid and hydrogen passenger and commercial vehicles in the coming years. These types of vehicles are known as zero emission vehicles. The coordinated package of rules will significantly increase consumer choice for New Mexicans by assuring Read More
Scenes Of Fall Mulching Project At Los Alamos Rose Garden
The Los Alamos Garden Club had a great turnout of helpers of all ages for their annual fall mulching project Saturday at the Los Alamos Rose Garden. Photo by Jim O’Donnell
Scene from Los Alamos Garden Club’s annual fall mulching project Saturday at the Los Alamos Rose Garden. Photo by Jim O’Donnell
Scene from Los Alamos Garden Club’s annual fall mulching project Saturday at the Los Alamos Rose Garden. Photo by Jim O’Donnell
Scene from Los Alamos Garden Club’s annual fall mulching project Saturday at the Los Alamos Rose Garden. Photo by Jim O’Donnell
Scene from Los Alamos Garden Club’s annual fall Read More
DOE/NNSA Announces Review And Comment Period For Proposed LANL Transmission Line Upgrade Project
LANL News:
The Department of Energy (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has announced the availability and comment period for the Los Alamos National Laboratory Electrical Power Capacity Upgrade Project Draft Environmental Assessment (DOE/EA-2199) (EA).
The EA was prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Taos Field Office.
The draft EA includes proposed amendments to the 2022 Forest Plan for the Santa Fe National Forest that would allow for the designation of a utility corridor Read More
Dylan Fuge Named Deputy Secretary Of New Mexico Energy, Minerals And Natural Resources Department
Deputy Secretary Dylan Fuge
EMNRD News:
SANTA FE — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has named Dylan Fuge Deputy Secretary of the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department (EMNRD).
Fuge, who had been serving as acting deputy secretary since Oct. 15, 2023, assumes his new position Nov. 25, 2023.
A Santa Fe native, Fuge has filled various roles within EMNRD, most recently serving as director of the department’s Oil Conservation Division (OCD). He will continue to lead that division in an acting capacity until a new director is appointed. Prior to becoming OCD Director, Fuge was EMNRD’s General Read More
Scenes From First Chair At Purgatory Saturday
Skiers and snowboarders lined up for first chair of the 2023-24 ski season Saturday at Purgatory Resort. Thanks to recent snowmaking improvements, Purgatory opened as planned with a consistent 18-inch base and ample coverage for skiing on two trails. Due to early season conditions, the current terrain is suitable for intermediate to advanced skiers and riders only. Purgatory reminds everyone to make safety a top priority when early season conditions exist. Photo by Christien Ridings/Purgatory
Scene from first chair of the 2023-24 ski season Saturday at Purgatory Resort. Photo by Isaac Read More
Daily Postcard: Saturday Rain Shower Scatters Leaves Over Myrtle Street Pickleball Courts
Daily Postcard: Leaves scattered in rain pools following a shower Saturday at the Myrtle Street Pickleball Courts. Photo by Dixon Wolf
Late fall beauty in the puddles at the Myrtle Street Pickleball Courts. Photo by Dixon Wolf Read More
BLM Selling Christmas Trees Around New Mexico
Courtesy/BLM
BLM News:
SANTA FE — Bureau of Land Management (BLM) offices will begin selling personal Christmas tree permits for harvest of piñon and juniper.
Permits will be available beginning Nov. 20 for the Farmington, Rio Puerco and Socorro Field Offices and Nov. 27 for the Taos Field Office. The permits must be purchased before Dec. 24. The cost per tree is $5. Permits and maps may be obtained over the counter at your local BLM Office or online for some locations at forestproducts.blm.gov.
If purchasing online, you must have access to a printer for printing the permit and map. When transporting Read More
Daily Postcard: Bandelier Rich In History And Fall Color
Daily Postcard: Bandelier National Monument with its petroglyphs and cliff dwellings dating back more than 11,000 years is rich in history and abundant in fall color as shown here on Nov. 3. Photo by Sally King/NPS Read More
Monitoring Reveals Hundreds Of Livestock Trespassing In Valles Caldera National Preserve
A bull spotted trespassing in the Valles Caldera National Preserve. Courtesy/WildEarth Guardians
Monitoring indicates there is persistent trespass grazing on sensitive wildlife habitat in Valles Caldera National Preserve. Courtesy/WildEarth Guardians
WildEarth Guardians News:
SANTA FE — Data obtained from regular monitoring in Valles Caldera National Preserve reveals federal land managers have failed to stop persistent trespass grazing on sensitive wildlife habitat in northern New Mexico. These findings come more than a year after conservation groups notified the National Read More
Los Alamos Kiwanis Club: Aluminum Collection Nov. 18
Kiwanians and Key Club students working a previous aluminum collection event. Courtesy/Kiwanis
Kiwanis Club News:
On Saturday, Nov. 18, the Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos will be collecting and buying aluminum cans to be sent for recycling.
The collection location is the parking lot of the First United Methodist Church on Diamond Drive (near Sullivan Field).
Collection hours are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The community is encouraged to bring the aluminum cans they’ve had accumulating and help support the environment and the Kiwanis Club and its community endeavors. Read More
Daily Postcard: History Grove Shrouded In Fog At VCNP
Daily Postcard: History Grove along the backcountry vehicle route, shrouded in fog Friday at the Valles Caldera National Preserve. From May 15 through Nov. 15, visitors with a backcountry vehicle pass may drive Valles Caldera’s backcountry route. This route takes visitors from the Valle Grande front-country through the central part of the park and up into Valle Toledo and Valle San Antonio in the north. Starting Thursday, Nov. 16, this route is closed to vehicular traffic for the winter season. The route may still be used by pedestrians, equestrians and bicyclists (including e-bikes) during Read More
Plug Pulled On Carbon Free Power Project
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com
After years of effort to bring the Carbon Free Power Project (CFPP) into fruition, the Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) and NuScale Power Corporation announced last week that the project’s plug was pulled.
Los Alamos County joined the CFPP back in 2018.
“Despite significant efforts by both parties to advance the CFPP, it appears unlikely that the project will have enough subscriptions to continue toward deployment,” Los Alamos County stated in a press release.
In January, it was reported that 28 of the 46 UAMPS Read More
Two Labs At Los Alamos National Laboratory Earn Green Certification For Sustainability-Conscious Cultures
Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies members with a banner proclaiming their ‘My Green LANL’ certification, which was a key step on the facility’s path to becoming platinum-level certified. Courtesy/LANL
Members of the Chain Lab at Los Alamos National Laboratory recently earned My Green Lab’s ‘green’ certification — the highest level possible — for its sustainable practices. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
Two labs within Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) have earned recognition for their sustainability-conscious culture: the Chain Lab in Genomics and Bioanalytics and the Center Read More
On Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Anniversary, Luján Calls On NHTSA And Auto Manufacturers To Implement Critical Road Safety Provisions
From the Office of U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On the second anniversary of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) called on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and auto manufacturers to implement life-saving technologies to prevent drunk and impaired driving in new vehicle models required under Luján’s HALT/RIDE Act. Since passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Senator Luján has continued to push NHTSA to take strong action to make roads safer, including fighting for essential progress on HALT/RIDE Act implementation. Read More
Daily Postcard: Spectacular Sunrise Over North Community
Daily Postcard: A spectacular sunrise fills the sky Wednesday as seen from North Community. Photo by Marc Bailey Read More
County Environmental Services Closed In Observance Of Thanksgiving Day And Day After
COUNTY News:
Los Alamos County Environmental Services will be closed in observance of Thanksgiving Day and the Day After Thanksgiving Thursday, Nov. 23, and Friday, Nov. 24.
This includes operations at the Eco Station and the Overlook Convenience Center, as well as residential and commercial trash, recycling and yard trimming services.
Residents whose trash collection day falls on the observed holiday or the day after Thanksgiving place your materials out Wednesday, Nov. 22.
Visit the Environmental Services website for the full 2023 holiday schedule. For additional information, Read More
Quantum Dot Leader UbiQD Unveils UbiGro® Cover To Enhance Greenhouse Productivity
UbiGro Cover installed on a farm in New York. Courtesy/UbiQD
UbiQD News:
- UbiQD is transforming greenhouse agriculture with Nobel Prize-winning quantum dot technology
UbiQD, Inc., the New Mexico-based leader in quantum dot (QD) technology and manufacturing, is today announcing a major step forward for sustainable agriculture. UbiGro Cover is the next evolution in optimizing greenhouse productivity. Expanding on the widely adopted UbiGro Inner—which has revolutionized hundreds of greenhouse spaces worldwide—UbiGro Cover is the latest addition to the greenhouse brand.
UbiGro Read More
Fellers: Feeding Wild Birds And Animals
By SALLY FELLERS
Los Alamos
I want to share my feelings regarding the county’s possible upcoming restrictions limiting our freedom to feed wild birds and animals on our own property.
I recently read on the Mountain Lion Foundation website:
“On average, a lion will kill a deer about once a week. They also dine on coyotes, raccoons, rodents, elk, feral hogs, and even porcupines.”
Los Alamos has most of the seven animals mentioned! It’s preposterous to think that regulations limiting how we can feed wild birds, who scatter their food on the ground regardless of the feeding station used, will help Read More
