Daily Postcard: Dawn Breaks Over Sangre De Cristos
Daily Postcard: Dawn breaks over the Sangre de Cristo Mountains as viewed Thursday from White Rock. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Turning Trash Into Energy? County Explores Possibility
This graphic shows how waste-to-energy plants work. Courtesy/LAC
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com
There are many innovative ways to reduce waste but for Los Alamos the tried-and-true measures – reduce, reuse, and recycle – still prove to be the most effective ways to keep material out of the landfills.
Environmental Services Division Manager Armando Gabaldon made this point during the Oct. 17 Los Alamos County Council meeting.
In response to Councilor David Reagor’s request, which was made during the May 23 meeting, Gabaldon said he researched and discussed Read More
N3B Details FY-2023 Waste Cleanup Progress At LANL
Crews drill a well for hexavalent chromium plume characterization and monitoring to meet a New Mexico Environment Department Consent Order milestone. Courtesy/N3B
Sampling activity is conducted at TA-21 Middle DP Road before field work is completed. Courtesy/N3B
N3B News:
Newport News Nuclear BWXT Los Alamos (N3B) successfully completed several key legacy waste cleanup accomplishments at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30.
N3B manages the Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Contract for the U.S. Department of Energy, Environmental Management Los Alamos Read More
Heinrich Celebrates DOE Investment To Advance Southline Transmission Project In New Mexico
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, is welcoming the selection of the Southline Transmission Project as one of three transmission lines receiving up to $1.3 billion from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
Made possible by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, this investment will further solidify New Mexico’s position at the center of the clean energy transition, lower costs for families, and create hundreds of new construction jobs in the state.
“The Infrastructure Law’s transmission Read More
Daily Postcard: Deer Spotted Standing In Bed Of Pickup
Daily Postcard: A deer is spotted standing in the bed of a pickup presumably to reach the leaves in the tree above Wednesday in the Denver Steels neighborhood. Photo by Lance Eaton Read More
Conservation Groups Petition U.S. Forest Service For Stronger Wetland Protections
WEG News:
SANTA FE — WildEarth Guardians, Wilderness Workshop, and more than 25 other environmental organizations petitioned the U.S. Forest Service to strengthen legal protections for important wetland ecosystems known as fens.
This petition follows a new rule announced by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of the Army in August, which removes Clean Water Act protections from nonpermanent waterways and wetlands without a continuous surface connection to other covered waters.
Under this new rule, which follows the May 2023 Supreme Court decision in Sackett v. Read More
Daily Postcard: Coyote Stretches And Yawns At Bandelier
Daily Postcard: A coyote is spotted stretching and yawning early Tuesday at Bandelier National Monument. Courtesy/BNM Read More
LANL: Pinpointing HIV Immune Response
LANL Theoretical Biologist Ruy M. Ribeiro
LANL News:
Refined understanding of T cells’ action in the body’s battle against the AIDS-causing virus will help improve treatments
New research combining computer modeling and experiments with macaques shows the body’s immune system helps control human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections largely by suppressing viral production in already infected cells while also killing viral infected cells, but only within a narrow time window at the start of a cell’s infection.
“To eliminate HIV, we have to understand how the immune system attempts Read More
BLM Public Lands National Campaign Expands In New Mexico To Encourage Safe Respectful Visits Amid Booming Recreation
BLM News:
DURANGO, Colo. — In response to record numbers of visitors, a national and digital edu-tainment campaign is expanding today in New Mexico and throughout the West with the goal of inspiring safe and respectful use of public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management.
Through a series of cheeky yet earnest videos, social content and website resources, the “Respect. Connect. Protect” campaign showcases Spokespebble who deeply cares about protecting nature, keeping people safe and helping them plan visits to these more remote, rugged and sensitive landscapes. The campaign is Read More
Daily Postcard: Ranger Station View Of Valle Grande
Daily Postcard: View of Valle Grande early this morning from the ranger station in the Valles Caldera National Preserve. Courtesy/VCNP Read More
Fishing Report For Week Of Oct. 30, 2023
By GEORGE MORSE
Sports And Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post
Snow is In the weather forecast for this coming week. It will not be long until some of the smaller, high-elevation lakes become hard to reach if not inaccessible due to winter conditions
Ice-fishing season usually begins in January. Lakes that reliably offer ice fishing are Eagle Nest, Fenton, Maloya and Heron. Heron is usually the last to open. Be sure to call ahead to check on conditions before leaving on an ice-fishing trip.
Tingley Beach in Albuquerque is now being stocked again with rainbow trout. It was stocked Oct. 18 with 1500 rainbow Read More
Request For Five Certificates Of Completion Added To LANL Electronic Public Reading Room
LANL News:
Per regulatory requirements, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) announces new documents have been added to the Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Contract Electronic Public Reading Room.
All legacy cleanup documents required to be posted after April 30, 2018, are available on the site linked above.
For legacy cleanup documents that were posted prior to April 30, 2018, please visit the LANL electronic public reading room:
- Request for Certificates of Completion for Five Solid Waste Management Units 73‑001(a–d) and 73-004(d) Associated with the Los Alamos County Airport Landfill
New Mexico Economic Development Department Hires Kayla Lucero-Matteucci To Spearhead Low Carbon Initiatives
Just Transition Advisor Kayla Lucero-Matteucci
EDD News:
SANTA FE — New Mexico Economic Development Department (EDD) Deputy Secretary Jon Clark has announced that Kayla Lucero-Matteucci joined the department as the new “Just Transition Advisor” to spearhead the state’s initiatives in support of a thriving low-carbon economy.
In her capacity, Lucero-Matteucci will actively engage with a wide range of stakeholders, including local communities, state government bodies, and grassroots organizations, and assist both the Sustainable Economy Task Force and Advisory Council. She will Read More
LAMTA: Using Magic To Reimagine Piano Recital
Pianist and magician Igor Lipinski, with Teller of the Las Vegas magician duo Penn & Teller. Courtesy/LAMTA
Pianist and magician Igor Lipinski. Courtesy/LAMTA
LAMTA News:
Members of the Los Alamos Music Teachers Association (LAMTA) will be attending their state conference with students who are entering state competition Nov. 10-12 in Albuquerque.
A highlight of the conference that is also open to the general public will be the appearance of pianist and magician Igor Lipinski.
Lipinski reimagines the piano recital in a mystifying and hilarious evening of music and magic, Piano Illusions, Read More
Daily Postcard: The Splendor Of Ashley Pond On Full Display
Daily Postcard: The splendor of Ashley Pond on full display Saturday, Oct. 21. Photo by Judy Goggin Read More
EMNRD’s Mining And Minerals Division Receives National Award For Mine Reclamation Work In New Mexico
Construction of a cross vane in the stream channel around a former coal mine near the town of Raton in October 2020. Courtesy/EMNRD
The same stretch of stream in 2023. Courtesy/EMNRD
EMNRD News:
SANTA FE — The Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department’s (EMNRD’s) Mining and Minerals Division (MMD) has earned national recognition for its work in restoring and preserving the ecosystem around a former coal mine near the town of Raton in Northern New Mexico.
MMD’s Abandoned Mine Land Program (AML) team spearheaded the project. It is one of five projects across the country to receive a 2023 Read More
Daily Postcard: Tsankawi At Bandelier National Monument
Daily Postcard: Bandelier National Monument will extend the closure of its Tsankawi Unit past the previously expected mid-October 2023 timeframe. This is due to construction delays at Tsankawi and the N.M. 4 intersection at the entrance to the park unit. The Tsankawi Unit is expected to reopen after construction is completed prior to the 2024 summer season. The rest of Bandelier remains open including The Pueblo Loop Trail, Alcove House, Falls Trail and Bandelier Visitor Center in Frijoles Canyon; the Juniper and Ponderosa Campgrounds; backcountry and frontcountry hiking trails at such Read More
Cornell Lab Of Ornithology: Project FeederWatch Oct. 30
Counter-clockwise from left, Blue Jay and Golden-crowned Sparrow. Courtesy/Ronan Nicholson/Macaulay Library; and flying squirrel. Photo by Joan Wiitanen/Project FeederWatch
Cornell Lab of Ornithology News:
Join Project FeederWatch leaders Emma Greig (U.S.) and Kerrie Wilcox (Canada) 2-3 p.m. (EST) Monday, Oct. 30 for a virtual live webinar on updates from Project FeederWatch—Not Just Watching Feeders or Birds.
They’ll reveal new features in this long-running community science project (you can report mammals!), explain how you can participate, and answer questions about feeders, Read More
New Mexico Securities Division, CFTC, 29 Other State Regulators Reach Settlement With Dealer Safeguard Metals
NMRLD News:
SANTA FE — The Securities Division of the New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department (NMRLD), in partnership with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and 29 other state regulators, announced this week that they have reached a settlement with the precious metals dealer Safeguard Metals LLC and Jeffrey Ikahn following a February 2022 federal lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
The lawsuit alleged that Safeguard and Ikahn engaged in a $68 million fraudulent scheme that targeted the elderly.
A key finding Read More
