Bandelier Closed Today Due To Weather Conditions
View of the Bandelier Visitor Center Monday. The park is closed today due to overnight snowfall. Courtesy/BNM
BANDELIER News:
Bandelier National Monument will be closed all day Thursday, March 2 due to weather conditions.
Closure updates will be posted to the park website, visit www.nps.gov/band or call 505.672.3861 for latest park conditions.
About Bandelier:
The purpose of Bandelier National Monument is to protect, preserve and interpret an outstanding portion of the Pajarito Plateau, including one of the largest concentrations of Ancestral Pueblo archaeological sites in the American Read More
LAPS On 2 Hour Delay To Clear Ice And Snow
LAPS News:
Los Alamos Public Schools (LAPS) is on a 2 hour delay today to clear ice and snow from campuses and parking lots.
All schools will start 2 hours late. Buses will arrive at their stops 2 hours late.
Staff should arrive at their sites no later than 2 hours past their regular reporting time. Read More
Daily Postcard: Clouds Nearly Obscur Jemez Mountains
Daily Postcard: Low clouds Wednesday afternoon nearly obscur the Jemez Mountains. Photo by Nancy Ann Hibbs Read More
Valles Caldera National Preserve To Increase Fishing Permit Fee To Support Quality Angling Experience
VCNP will begin charging a fee for its fishing permits starting April 1. Courtesy/VCNP
VCNP News:
JEMEZ SPRINGS – Due to the rising popularity of fishing in Valles Caldera National Preserve (VCNP), the national park unit will begin charging a fee for its fishing permits starting April 1, 2023 to support the management of the fishing program.
“The waters of Valles Caldera National Preserve are an important contributor to the Rio Grande ecosystem and provide vital habitat to several threatened and endangered species,” VCNP Superintendent Jorge Silva-Bañuelos said. “This fee will help us better Read More
Northern Lights Captured On Video In Alaska
The sights and sounds of the Northern Lights are captured on video Tuesday near Anchorage, Alaska. Courtesy video
Oversized Modular Home Transport To Cheyenne March 3
COUNTY News:
JR Theroux Mobile Home Service, Inc., along with Abcon Mobile Home Movers, will be transporting two halves of a double-wide modular home from NM501 (Truck Route) to Cheyenne beginning 1:30 p.m. Friday, March 3.
The route will begin on NM501 (Truck Route) and head north on Diamond Drive at Omega Bridge (Los Alamos Canyon bridge) to Trinity Drive. The transport will make a left on Trinity and head west to 48th Street then Sandia Drive to the intersection of Sandia and Diamond.
The transport will then make a left on Diamond and head north to the roundabout, where it will turn right on San Read More
Pajarito Astronomers Will Discuss Los Alamos County Lighting Ordinance And Dark Sky Protection Saturday
Pajarito Astronomers Club News:
The Pajarito Astronomers Club will meet Saturday, March 4 and feature a talk on the new Los Alamos County Lighting Ordinance and Dark Sky Protection.
This meeting is free and open to the public.
Meeting Details:
- Where: Mesa Public Library Meeting Room 2/3 (upstairs);
- Discussion: 2:30 p.m. on club business; and
- Presentation: 3-4 p.m. by Didier Saumon and Galen Gisler on preserving our starry skies and the new lighting ordinance for Los Alamos County.
Daily Postcard: Caballo & Chicoma From Anderson Overlook
Weekly Fishing Report: Feb. 28, 2023
By GEORGE MORSE
Sports And Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post
The weather will soon be transitioning from winter to spring. We had some pretty cold weather in February, so most of the lakes that were already frozen remain locked up under a covering of ice. It is not unusual for some if not most of these lakes to still have some ice until the end of March.
With a good snowpack in the mountains of New Mexico and Southern Colorado, there should be one of the highest and longest spring runoff we’ve had in years. After having to deal with low streamflows the last few years, this should be a banner year for river-rafting Read More
Daily Postcard: Night Filming On Pajarito Mountain
Daily Postcard: View Monday night taken from North Community of the bright lights on Pajarito Mountain as crews film night scenes on the east end of the mountain for the Netflix movie ‘American Primeval’ . The New Mexico Film Office announced Feb. 15 that ‘American Primeval’, an action-adventure limited series from Netflix, will be filming this month in and around Santa Fe, including on Pajarito Mountain. The production will employ more than 4,000 New Mexicans – 3,420 background talent, 750 crew members and 20 principal actors. ‘American Primeval’, starring Taylor Kitsch, is an adventurous Read More
Post From Alaska: Northern Lights Viewed Early Today
Post from Tok, Alaska near the Canadian border of the northern lights (aurora borealis) taken early this morning while working on a construction project. The best time to see the northern lights in Alaska is late August to mid-April and 11 p.m. to 2 a.m., when the sky is at its darkest and the auroras are the most active. Source: alaska.org. For all its beauty, this spectacular light show is a rather violent event. Energized particles from the sun slam into Earth’s upper atmosphere at speeds of up to 45 million mph, but our planet’s magnetic field protects us from the onslaught – the dramatic process Read More
Daily Postcard: Snowy Mountains Viewed From N.M. 4
Daily Postcard: Snow covered mountains viewed recently from N.M. 4. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
View Of The Sky This Afternoon Over White Rock
View of the sky this afternoon over White Rock. Photo by Dave Lannen Read More
Orphan Well Clean Up Accelerating In New Mexico Thanks To Bipartisan Infrastructure Funding
Plugging crew gathers at an orphan well. Courtesy/EMNRD
OCD SE NM Inspections Supervisor Gilbert Cordero witnessing methane monitoring at an orphan well. Courtesy/EMNRD
EMNRD News:
SANTA FE — Over the past several months, the New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department (EMNRD) has made a major positive impact on the environment by beginning to plug orphan oil and gas wells across the state using funds provided by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
Since September 2022, EMNRD’s Oil Conservation Division has prevented more than 46,000 kilograms per year of methane from Read More
Daily Postcard: Clouds Cling To Sangre De Cristos
Daily Postcard: Clouds cling to the Sangre De Cristo Mountains viewed early this morning from Pajarito Ski Area. CourtesyPajarito webcam Read More
Santa Fe National Forest Prescribed Burn Planned Feb. 27
SFNF News:
SANTA FE — After two weeks of snow and wind delays, the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) plans to implement the previously announced prescribed burning of debris piles in the Deer Lake area on the Cuba Ranger District beginning Monday, Feb. 27.
Burning will be spaced out during the first two weeks of March while snow conditions are still favorable.
Upon completion of burning operations, the burned piles will be monitored closely. Every precaution will be taken to ensure the burned piles are out before the arrival of traditional spring wind and warming trends.
The Deer Lake project is Read More
Micki Taylor Wins Los Alamos Daily Post Photo Contest
‘Mammatus Clouds Float Over Los Alamos’ taken by local resident Micki Taylor has won the Los Alamos Daily Post 3rd quarter 2022 ‘Daily Postcard’ photography contest and received a $100 prize. Photo by Micki Taylor
COMMUNITY News:
Micki Taylor
Los Alamos resident Micki Taylor is the winner of a $100 prize in the Los Alamos Daily Post photography contest for the 3rd quarter of 2022. Taylor is a longtime Los Alamos resident and met her husband at the Los Alamos Photo Club. Taylor took her winning photo “Mammatus Clouds” with her cell phone in July in Los Alamos.
“How can you not be into clouds,” Taylor Read More
Governor Issues Statement On Shooting Of Feral Cattle In New Mexico By U.S. Forest Service
From the Office of the Governor:
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham issued the following statement Friday in response to the U.S. Forest Service shooting of feral cattle in the Gila Wilderness, which began Friday:
“While I understand the challenge the U.S. Forest Service is rightly trying to solve, I am disappointed in their lack of meaningful, long-term engagement with New Mexico stakeholders on controversial matters like this one.
“Whether debating prescribed burns or wildlife management, it is imperative that New Mexicans who live and work in and near impacted areas are allowed the time to be Read More
Requesting NMDOT Remove Bicycle Signage On NM 4
Example of Ride Single File Only Sign. Courtesy photo
By Travis Moulton, Los Alamos
Brett Kettering, Los Alamos
Brandon Hill, White Rock
Warren Oldham, White Rock
Scot Johnson, Los Alamos
Khal Spencer, Santa Fe
Paul Geimer, Los Alamos
Carl Gable, Santa Fe
Dear Mr. Paul Brasher, District Five Engineer NMDOT:
This letter requests that NMDOT District Five change highway signage on State Route 4 through White Rock between its junctions with Jemez Road (west of mile marker 50) and State Route 502. This change of signage would be a road safety enhancement to this popular bicycling route. This section Read More
Daily Postcard: Snowshoers Trekking At Valles Caldera
Daily Postcard: Snowshoers trekking under sunny skies Tuesday at the Valles Caldera National Preserve. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s NRCS National Weather and Climate Center, the VCNP watershed is at about 134% of its average snow water equivalent for the past 30 years. Courtesy/NPS
