New Mexico Environment Department Launches Monthly Enforcement Watch With Listing Of Active, Resolved Cases
NMED Secretary James Kenney
NMED News:
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) announces its inaugural monthly Enforcement Watch. The Enforcement Watch website 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 to report tips and to learn more about EPA’s Enforcement and Compliance History Online website.
In the month of April, three Read More
Los Alamos Garden Club Awards 2023 Scholarship To LAHS Senior Solenne Thelliez
Los Alamos Garden Club 2023 scholarship recipient LAHS) senior Solenne Thelliez. Courtesy/LAGC
LAGC News:
Since 1976, the Los Alamos Garden Club (LAGC) has awarded a scholarship to a Los Alamos High School (LAHS) senior. The Club is proud to announce this year’s recipient is Solenne Thelliez.
Thelliez is president of the LAHS Environmental Club and active in community environmental activities and athletics, both school and club.
For Earth Day this year, the Environmental Club organized a clothing drive and hosted a Thrift Sale for LAHS students. Proceeds from the sale will be used toward Read More
Scenes From Rotary Clean Up Los Alamos Day 2023
Members of the Rotary Club of Los Alamos gathered Saturday for Clean Up Los Alamos Day to ready the Los Alamos High School Memorial Garden for spring. Efforts included raking, weeding, clearing and cleaning. The Memorial Garden was dedicated in December 2012 as a joint project between Rotary and Los Alamos Public Schools (LAHS). It commemorates those students who passed away during their enrollment in LAHS. From left, Tim Bullock, Jim O’Donnell, Lane Metcalf, Melissa Metcalf, Lance Metcalf, Skip King, Rob Metcalf and Chuck Tallman. Photo by Oliver Morris
As part of Clean Up Los Alamos Day, Read More
Farmers Markets Is Back At Ashley Pond Park … 53rd Annual Market Starts Thursday May 4!
Rep. Stansbury And 43 Members Of Congress Introduce America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act
From the Office of U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01), a member of the House Natural Resources Committee, led 43 Members of Congress today to reintroduce the America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act.
The legislation protects more than eight million acres of land in Utah that is rich in cultural resources, includes lands considered sacred by Indigenous people, and is home to numerous rare plant and animal species. The landscapes also serve as the access point for many national parks and offer unparalleled research, educational, and recreational Read More
Daily Postcard: Western Tanager At Overlook Park
DailyPostcard: A Western Tanager perches in some brush recently at Overlook Park in White Rock. Photo by M. Larkin Read More
LANL News: Limitless, Renewable, Nonpolluting Energy? You’re Standing On It
LANL News:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) shares a compilation of news stories including:
- Limitless, renewable, nonpolluting energy? You’re standing on it
- How a trip to the Arctic could help us find life on other planets
Science: Limitless, renewable, nonpolluting energy? You’re standing on it
In the quest for energy sources that reduce carbon emissions to stave off global warming, geothermal energy is coming into the spotlight—and it should. Virtually limitless, ‘always on’ and widely available across all 50 states, geothermal resources offer a tantalizing opportunity to provide Read More
BLM To Live Stream Public Hearing On Use Of Motorized Vehicles For Wild Horse And Burro Management May 24
BLM News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Bureau of Land Management will conduct a virtual public hearing regarding the use of motorized vehicles and aircraft in the management of wild horses and burros.
The hearing is scheduled 3-5 p.m. MT, May 24, 2023, and will be held on Zoom and live-streamed at BLM.gov/live.
The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 requires BLM to conduct an annual hearing to consider the use of motorized vehicles in the management of wild horses and burros. The BLM typically uses motorized vehicles to conduct gather operations, complete population surveys, and transport Read More
Save The Date For Valles Caldera National Preserve General Management Plan Open House Meetings
NPS is holding a a virtual presentation May 17 and in-person open house meetings May 22, May 23, May 24 to share preliminary general management plan concepts for Valles Caldera National Preserve. Courtesy/NPS Frank Ruggles
NPS News:
JEMEZ SPRINGS — The National Park Service (NPS) is holding three public open house meetings to share preliminary general management plan concepts for Valles Caldera National Preserve.
The open house meetings are 4-7 p.m. each day, May 22 in Española at the Misión y Convento, May 23 in Bernalillo at El Zócalo Plaza and May 24 in Jemez Pueblo at the Walatowa Visitor Read More
Daily Postcard: Swainson’s Hawk & Kingbird At Bandelier
Daily Postcard: A Swainson’s Hawk, left, and a Kingbird soar across the sky Saturday above Bandelier National Monument. Saturday marked National Junior Ranger Day. The Junior Ranger program is a way to explore national parks. Participants can learn about nature sounds, night skies or even the Transcontinental Railroad. Participants also can discover why national parks matter and how to join the team that helps keep parks healthy. To participate in Bandelier’s on-site program, the prospective Junior Ranger picks up a workbook at the Visitor Center and fills in the questions while visitingOp-Ed: Modern Climate Science Is Junk Science
By Stephen McLinMost of us are keenly aware of numerous climate prophecies appearing in the media. In some ways they are recycled versions of the old doom-and-gloom outlook borrowed from economics. These climatic predictions are based on computer simulations that have enormous shortcomings, including a glaring lack of agreement with long-term climatic observations.
Kevin Trenberth, former head of modeling at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., has implied on numerous occasions that these modeling simulations contain significant uncertainties Read More
Local Democrats Participate In Clean Up Los Alamos 2023
Standing from left, County Assessor George Chandler, Janet Harris, Terry and David Izraelevitz, County Council Vice Chair Teresa Cull and Councilor Randall Ryti and local Democratic Party Ward Chair Michael Dolejsi. Courtesy/DPLA
DPLAC News:
Several local Democrats answered the call to civic service during Clean Up Los Alamos 2023 and spent this morning picking up trash around the Los Alamos Coop Market, N.M. 502, and local trails.
Interesting items picked up included a discarded Manhattan Project National Historical Park large car magnet. Read More
Friends Of Bandelier 2023 Dorothy Hoard Stewardship Award Recipient: Dr. Richard Williams, A.K.A. Mouser
Dr. Richard Williams, a.k.a. Mouser has been selected for the 2023 Dorothy Hoard Stewardship Award. Courtesy/Friends of Bandelier
BANDELIER News:
The Friends of Bandelier have selected Dr. Richard Williams, a.k.a. Mouser, as the recipient of the 2023 Dorothy Hoard Stewardship Award.
Dr. Williams was chosen for his contributions to bird science, conservation, and education.
This award was established by the Friends in March 2014 as a memorial to the group’s founder and long-time president, Dorothy Hoard, and recognizes contributions to the stewardship of natural and cultural resources Read More
Daily Postcard: Rainbow Spans White Rock Canyon
Daily Postcard: A rainbow spans White Rock Canyon during Monday’s rain shower. Photo by Bob Heimbigner Read More
EM-LA To Hold Two Public Meetings May 8-9
EM-LA News:
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Environmental Management Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) is initiating the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process to evaluate the potential environmental impacts of continued operations of the Interim Measures (IM) to control migration of the hexavalent chromium plume beneath Sandia and Mortandad canyons at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).
EM-LA will also evaluate the environmental impacts of alternatives for the final remedy for the hexavalent chromium plume.
The 2016 Compliance Order on Consent (Consent Order) between Read More
Leadership Los Alamos Session #7: Environment
LLA students taking a walk to History Grove recently at the Valles Caldera National Preserve. Photo by Kateri Morris
PEEC Executive Director Jillian Rubio gives the class an overview of the program and current offerings for people of all ages. Photo by Kateri Morris
LLA News:
Friday, April 21, Leadership Los Alamos (LLA) met for an environmental session at the Valles Caldera National Preserve to learn about natural resource management and the improvement efforts being made by local organizations.
Leadership Los Alamos would like to thank the hosts and speakers for this event:
- Jorge Silva-Banuelos,
National Parks Week: Carlsbad Caverns Ranks In Top 20
US national parks News:
DENVER — In celebration of National Parks Week, Travel Lemming released a data-backed ranking of all 63 US national parks. Carlsbad Caverns in southern New Mexico is ranked among the top 20 parks nationwide.
Travel Lemming is an online travel guide with more than 10 million annual readers. It is known for highlighting emerging and lesser-known destinations, and for the authentic guides produced by its team of dozens of local and expert travel creators.
Travel Lemming’s national parks ranking is based on an analysis of data scoring each park across six factors:
- affordability;
Daily Postcard: Rainbow Fills Cloudy Sky Over White Rock
Daily Postcard: A rainbow fills the sky following a brief rainfall recently in White Rock. Photo by Dave Lannen Read More
NNSA To Award $100 Million For Stewardship Science Academic Alliances Centers Of Excellence
NNSA News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration selected eight universities to receive cooperative agreements totaling $100 million to establish nine Stewardship Science Academic Alliances (SSAA) Centers of Excellence to support research activities in areas of physical sciences and engineering.
The SSAA program funds research grants and cooperative agreements to provide opportunities for scientific collaboration between the academic community and scientists at the DOE and NNSA national laboratories. A main objective Read More
Broken Arrow Glass Recycling Saving Environment While Making Beautiful Art
Broken Arrow Glass Recycling Owner Shelby Kaye shows off one of her totes, which is a bin that is used to collect glass recycling. Kaye now offers curbside glass recycling pickup in Los Alamos. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com
POJOAQUE – Broken Arrow Glass Recycling, located at the Art Station at 17715 U.S. 84/285 near Buffalo Thunder Casino Resort, is doing something that isn’t done anywhere else in Northern New Mexico. It is reusing, recycling glass, and selling the products created from this endeavor.
“Essentially, Read More
