Summit Garden Club Features Magelssen At Feb. 6 Meeting
Nightime view of a blooming datura plant. Courtesy photo
Summit Garden Club News:
At its Monday, Feb. 6, meeting of Summit Garden Club, Judy Magelssen will present a program titled “Establishing A New Garden: Managing Your Expectations”. The meeting will begin at 1:30 p.m. at White Rock Baptist Church, 80 State Road 4.
KN95 masks will be available to those who wish them.
Magelssen will present slides from her moonlight garden at the Los Alamos Demo Garden, showing it after one year and after two years.
Archaeologists have found that as early as 600 years ago moonlight gardens existed in India – Read More
Daily Postcard: Wintry View Of Ashley Pond
Daily Postcard: Wintry view of Ashley Pond Tuesday afternoon in downtown Los Alamos. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Gull Spotted Strutting Around Central Park Square
Update: A reader in the know has identified this bird spotted today in Central Park Square as a ring-billed gull, adding that it is ‘a fairly common species in New Mexico. The mantle on a black-tailed is much darker, and the entire end of the bill is dark (with red at the tip). They are extremely rare in North America. Black-tailed has only been found in NM once before, a brief 2-day period at Brantley Lake in August 2008.’ Photo by Michelle Stallings
Op-Ed: Steps To Reduce Impact Of Climate Change On New Mexico’s Forests And Surrounding Communities
By LAURA MCCARTHY
New Mexico State Forester
For years, climate experts have been warning that our planet is undergoing changes that would make extreme weather events more common—and this past year, New Mexico saw those predictions come true. Extremely dry and windy weather in the spring and early summer created the perfect conditions for what proved to be the worst wildfire season in our state’s modern history. Then, a mere few weeks later, heavier than normal monsoon rains dropped nearly 20 inches of rain on parts of the state, flooding areas that had been scorched by the fires.
As our neighbors—many Read More
Amateur Naturalist: Winter Snow Fall
Deer prints in the snow. Photo by Robert Dryja
Squirrel prints in the snow. Photo by Clyde Hyde
By ROBERT DRYA
Los Alamos
Winter has clearly arrived with snowfalls. Meadow lands and open areas among trees now have a gentle and smooth layer of snow. The natural world becomes visible in new ways with the arrival of the snow. Different kinds of footprints may be seen crossing an otherwise undisturbed field of snow. One straight line of prints has been made by a deer. These footprints show the distinct cloven shape of its hooves. There is a distance of about three feet between sets of prints. Perhaps it was Read More
Monthly Notification Of Groundwater Data Added To LANL Legacy Cleanup 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:
- Monthly Notification of Groundwater Data Reviewed in January 2023
(Link) - Review, Phase II Threemile Canyon Aggregate Area Progress Report Los Alamos National
County Public Meetings For Hazard Mitigation Plan Feb. 8-9
COUNTY News:
Los Alamos County Emergency Management (EM) Division is working with Integrated Solutions Consulting (ISC) to hold two in-person public meetings regarding the importance of hazard mitigation planning and an overview of the County’s Plan.
Citizens are encouraged to attend either meeting 5-6:30 p.m., Feb. 8 at Fuller Lodge at 2132 Central Ave. in Los Alamos or noon to 1 p.m., Feb. 9 at the White Rock Fire Station #3 at 129 N.M. in White Rock.
The purpose of hazard mitigation planning is to identify policies and actions that can be implemented before a disaster occurs to reduce risk Read More
Daily Postcard: Snowy Valles Caldera Park Entrance Road
Daily Postcard: View of the park entrance road at the Valles Caldera National Preserve Wednesday Jan. 18 just 3 hours after being cleared. Courtesy/VCNP Read More
Scenes From Pajarito Mountain Ski Area This Afternoon
Scene this afternoon from Pajarito Mountain Ski Area. Courtesy/webcam
Scene this afternoon from Pajarito Mountain Ski Area. Courtesy/webcam
Scene this afternoon from Pajarito Mountain Ski Area. Courtesy/webcam
Scene this afternoon from Pajarito Mountain Ski Area. Courtesy/webcam Read More
As New Mexico Water Trust Fund Dries Up, Senate Majority Leader Peter Wirth Champions Bill To Infuse It With $250M
Senate Majority Leader Peter Wirth, D-Santa Fe, exits the Senate floor Thursday. Wirth is sponsoring a bill to appropriate $250 million from the general fund to the Water Trust Fund. Photo by Luis Sánchez Saturno/The New Mexican
By DANIEL J. CHACON
The Santa Fe New Mexican
A state fund that has helped finance dozens of water infrastructure projects around New Mexico since it was created nearly two decades ago is drying up.
The State Investment Council has been sounding the alarm for years, warning the so-called Water Trust Fund, which it manages, could be depleted within 15 years without an additional Read More
LANL: MSGP Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan Added To Electronic Public Reading Room
LANL News:
Per regulatory requirements, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) announces new documents have been added to the LANL Electronic Reading Room.
The document(s) have been submitted to fulfill one or more requirements of the Los Alamos National Laboratory:
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- MSGP Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan for: TA-03-0038 Metal Fabrication Shopsn (Link)
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You may view these documents and many others at LANL’s Electronic Public Reading Room. Read More
Posts From The Road: Chloride, New Mexico
Monte Cristo: The Monte Cristo building in Chloride, New Mexico stands tall but not as a saloon or a dance hall but as a gallery and gift shop for visitors to shop in when visiting Chloride today. The building has been completely restored and upgraded to meet current standards. The structure also served as a school for a short time and possibly other had uses over its 143 year life span. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Doodle Dum: The Doodle Dum Cobblestone house in Chloride is a newer addition to Wall Street, the main street in Chloride, as it was not constructed until about 1920. The house was Read More
Daily Postcard: Red-tailed Hawk Sits Atop Tree At Bandelier
Daily Postcard: Driving to or from Bandelier National Monument, it is not unusual to see a large bird sitting upon a telephone pole or at the top of a tree such as this Red-tailed Hawk spotted Saturday. If the bird’s head is a rich chocolatey brown, the wings a dark mottled brown, and the belly pale with a darker band, the bird you see is almost certainly a Red-tailed. Should that bird take flight while you pass by the identification could be confirmed by the bird spreading its distinctive red tail. Red-tails are among the biggest Buteo hawks in North America, second only to the Ferruginous Hawk. They’re Read More
Valles Caldera Moves To Online Permits For Backcountry
The Valles Caldera National Preserve has ample snow for skiing and snowshoeing … drive to the Cabin District and go from there, or ski from N.M. 4. Courtesy/VCNP
CALDERA ACTION News:
The managers at the Valles Caldera National Preserve have come up with a new system for issuing permits to visit the “backcountry” at the Valles Caldera. You will now have to reserve your drive into the Caldera beyond the cabins on recreation.gov, a national public land reservation system.
Starting now, the “backcountry” is the area accessible by road beyond the Cabin District which is the group of cabins on Read More
Beautiful Conditions Today At Pajarito!
The view of the beautiful conditions today on Pajarito Mountain! Photo by Ron Roybal Read More
Daily Postcard: Snowshoeing At Valles Caldera
Daily Postcard: The Valles Caldera National Preserve has plenty of snow for skiing and snowshoeing as shown here Thursday. Visitors may drive to the Cabin District and go from there or ski from N.M. 4. The managers at the Valles Caldera have come up with a new system for issuing permits to visit the ‘backcountry’ to reserve a drive into the Caldera beyond the cabins, visit recreation.gov, a national public land reservation system. Courtesy/VCNP Read More
Shaun Sanchez Named New SFNF Forest Supervisor
SFNF Supervisor Shaun Sanchez
SFNF News:
SANTA FE — The USDA Forest Service Southwestern Region welcomes Shaun Sanchez, who has been selected as Forest Supervisor of the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF).
Sanchez comes from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, where he was the Deputy Chief of the National Wildlife Refuge System.
In his new role, he will oversee the management, conservation and enhancement of 1.6 million forested acres across six counties in the Sangre de Cristo and Jemez Mountain ranges.
“Shaun’s experience and expertise will be an asset to the forest,” Southwestern Regional Read More
Daily Postcard: Black Mesa In Shadow Beneath Cloudy Sky
Daily Postcard: Black Mesa appears especially black Wednesday beneath cloud cover. Photo by Nancy Ann Hibbs Read More
State Legacy Fund Would Help Draw Federal Dollars To Conservation Programs In New Mexico
Senate Majority Leader Peter Wirth
By SCOTT WYLAND
The Santa Fe New Mexican
At least a billion dollars in federal conservation money is available to aid New Mexico in everything from restoring watersheds and protecting imperiled species to helping ecosystems better withstand climate change.
The state is missing out on most of it because it lacks matching funds.
Some state leaders, environmental groups and businesses hope the Legislature will approve a $75 million fund to draw federal money to a medley of state conservation programs among a half-dozen agencies.
A bipartisan bill to establish Read More
Angelica Gurule Strives To Achieve Environmental Stewardship As Los Alamos County Sustainability Manager
County Sustainability Manager Angelica Gurule. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com
Los Alamos County has made a lot of commitments to environmental sustainability – whether it is reaching carbon neutrality by 2040, implementing a municipal food compost program or installing electric vehicle charging stations. As the County’s new Sustainability Manager, Angelica Gurule is helping to make good on these commitments.
Gurule was promoted to the position last year. Previously, she served as Environmental Services Read More
