Environment

Los Alamos County Libraries Present Special Program On New Mexico’s Unique Acequia Heritage Thursday Feb. 16

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 6, 2023

County Libraries will host a special sneak-peak program Feb. 16. Courtesy/LAC

COUNTY News:

Los Alamos County Libraries will host a special sneak-peak program 7-8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, live on Zoom.

Enrique Lamadrid and Jose Rivera, editors of the soon-to-be-published book, ‘Water for the People: The Acequia Heritage of New Mexico in a Global Context’, discuss this compilation of 25 essays by world-renowned acequia scholars. 

Topics will include acequia culture, use, and history in New Mexico and worldwide, situating the state’s acequia heritage and its inherent sustainable design Read More

Leopold Writing Program Announces Call For Environmental Essays From New Mexico 6th-12th Graders

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 5, 2023

LWP News:

TAOS — The Leopold Writing Program (LWP), a New Mexico based non-profit, is celebrating its 15th year of offering an environmental essay writing contest open to all 6th-12th graders in the state of New Mexico.

This year’s contest features nearly $3,000 in scholarship awards for the best student essays in three age categories. In 2022, nine middle and high school students read their essays aloud to an assembled group of families, educators and friends in the Old Senate Chamber at the Bataan Memorial Building in Santa Fe.

This year’s winners are invited to read their essays on Earth Day, Read More

Post From The Road: Pioneer Store Museum In Chloride

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 5, 2023

Pioneer Store Museum: The exterior of the Pioneer Store looks much like it did during the bustling days during the mining era. The building was built in 1880 and still retains the look of the old west. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Merchandise: To walk through the doors of the Pioneer Store Museum is like traveling in a time machine. Virtually everything in the store is 100 years old. Shown is a display case with various items. The shelves behind are well organized by products with the first section being food products, the center contained kitchen utincils and supplies, and the last section Read More

Caldera Action Issues Comments On Changes To VCNP Backcountry Permit System, Expansion Of Vehicle Access

Submitted by Chris Clark on February 4, 2023

View of the Valles Caldera National Preserve. Courtesy/Caldera Action

CALDERA ACTION News:

Caldera Action is a nonprofit membership organization focused on public lands in the Jemez Mountains. We received the details from the Valles Caldera National Preserve regarding changes to the backcountry permit system and the expansion of the vehicle access for non-backcountry permit holders to the Cabin District.

Some of these decisions, such as transferring the reservation system to recreation.gov and the hours open and number of vehicles are within the discretion of the Superintendent. Read More

Shiv: Support Children’s Health Through Public Health Climate Resiliency Act

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 3, 2023

By DIVYA SHIV
Research and Policy Analyst
New Mexico Voices for Children

In the Land of Enchantment, families should be able to enjoy our state’s natural beauty without worrying about whether worsening environmental conditions will harm their children’s health.

Unfortunately, children are especially vulnerable to the consequences of climate change, which include extreme heat, poor air quality, drought, flooding, and wildfires. However, this legislative session, lawmakers have the opportunity to protect New Mexicans from these threats to public health by passing the Public Health Read More

LANL: Environmental Management Cleanup Forum Feb. 9

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 3, 2023

LANL News:

Are you interested in learning more about steps being taken to protect downstream water supplies?

Are you curious about the environmental cleanup at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)?

Do you want to have a voice in upcoming decisions?

Join LANL 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9 for a community meeting. They want to hear from you.

Where:

  • In-person – Cottonwood on the Greens (Los Alamos Golf Course), 4244 Diamond Drive; and
  • Virtual – via WebEx platform (Link)

Phone: 1.415.527.5035, access code 2760 075 8024

Hosts: Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management Read More

LANL Weekly News Roundup: Feb. 3, 2023

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 3, 2023

People: How these entrepreneurs will help grow innovation in New Mexico:

The New Mexico Lab-Embedded Entrepreneur Program (New Mexico LEEP) announces the fellows in its 2023 cohort, launching this month. The program provides a two-year fellowship for entrepreneurs focusing on deep tech for national security. Read the full article here. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) shares a compilation of news stories this week on “Understanding plants” and “How these entrepreneurs will help grow innovation in New Mexico”.

Science: Understanding plants can boost Read More

Weekly Fishing Report: Feb. 2, 2023

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 2, 2023

By GEORGE MORSE
Sports And Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post

So far, we are off to a good start in 2023. A series of storms swept through New Mexico in January, bringing much-needed snow to the mountains. Snowpacks in the Rio Chama and Jemez River watersheds are above normal. There’s some good moisture in the soil, although it could be better at lower elevations. Streamflows are near, at or above normal.

February usually sees some warmer temperatures and some thawing of the ground, especially at lower elevations. There is the feeling that winter is losing its grip. Don’t be fooled because there can Read More

Benson: Gus, The Glow-In-The-Dark Gopher

Submitted by c_clark on February 2, 2023

By JODY BENSON
Los Alamos 

Today demarcates the point in the calendar halfway between the winter solstice and spring equinox.

In simpler times, (prior to anthropogenic green-house gases causing climate change with the resulting predictability of drought, fires, floods, and species extinction, but the rarely predictable weather) on this day—Groundhog Day—it would be up to the groundhog to partner with his shadow to determine the weather for the next six weeks.

Here in New Mexico, as many of you already know, we do not have groundhogs. Rather we have gophers. Bwazillions of gophers. Los Alamos’s Read More

Punxsutawney Phil Sighted In Maui On Groundhog Day!

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 2, 2023

Former Los Alamos groundhog Punxsutawney Phil sent word this morning from his vacation spot in Maui that he did indeed see his shadow – thus predicting six more weeks of winter. Courtesy/Julie Habiger

Groundhog Day News:

This morning, Punxsutawney Phil (formerly of Los Alamos) mysteriously showed up in a photo submitted to his “handler” Julie Habiger, on Groundhog Day. Phil was spotted by a visiting tourist at a Maui resort on the beach, sporting a tan and carrying several island activity brochures.

Phil’s appearance in Maui came as no surprise to Habiger, who said after retiring to Kansas City Read More

Electric Utility Is Sparking! Department Of Public Utilities Briefed On County Electric Distribution And Generation

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 2, 2023

Participants Thursday night at the BBU Town Hall in Council Chambers. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

The BPU hears a presentation on the County’s electric distribution. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com

While Los Alamos County Department of Public Utilities (DPU) is exploring a variety of energy options for its electric generation including solar and battery storage, geothermal, wind, pump hydro and simple cycle gas turbines, there is one option that DPU feels is the strongest bet: the Carbon Free Power Read More

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