Daily Postcard: Fall Colors Abound Around Pojoaque
Daily Postcard: Colorful Fall foliage covers this cottonwood tree Monday in Pojoaque. Like all deciduous trees, cottonwoods are subject to seasonal color changes. When cooling temperatures stop the leaves’ production of chlorophyll, the leaves turn a bright yellow-gold before dropping. Source: homeguides.sfgate.com. Photo by Nancy Ann Hibbs Read More
Chick Keller To Speak On ‘The Weeds Of Los Alamos County’ At Summit Garden Club Meeting Nov. 7
Black Medic, also known as Medicago lupulina. Courtesy/SGC
Summit Garden Club News:
Chick Keller, a “Los Alamos Living Treasure”, will present a slide show on “The Weeds of Los Alamos County” at the 1:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 7 meeting of Summit Garden Club.
The meeting is in Graves Hall at the United Church of Los Alamos at 2525 Canyon Road.
People are asked to bring their weeds to have them identified.
Visitors welcome.
KN-95 masks will be available for those who want them. Read More
Radioactive Liquid Waste Treatment Facility Documents Added To LANL Electronic Public Reading Room
LANL News:
Per regulatory requirements, Los Alamos National Laboratory announces new documents have been added to the Electronic Reading Room.
The document(s) have been submitted to fulfill one or more requirements of the Los Alamos National Laboratory:
Members of the public may view these documents and many others at LANL’s Electronic Public Reading Room. Read More
Daily Postcard: Cassin’s Finch Sips Icy Water
Daily Postcard: ‘Good Morning!’ This Cassin’s Finch is working through the ice to get a drink Sunday morning near Mountain Elementary School. Photo by Greg Noeninckx Read More
NMED, USFS, EPA Host Community Meeting On Emulsified Asphalt Spill Thursday Nov. 3
NMED News:
SILVER CITY — The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED), the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) invite members of the public to a community meeting 6-8 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 3, at the Grant County Veterans Memorial Business and Conference Center, 3031 Highway 180 East in Silver City.
All interested members of the public are encouraged to attend and learn about the current state of the clean-up, information about the material that was released, anticipated restoration plans, and enforcement measures.
Community members will be encouraged Read More
SFNF To Begin Riparian Restoration Along Pecos River
SFNF News:
SANTA FE — The Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) will begin implementation of a project to improve stream stability and aquatic habitat along approximately 1,000 feet of the Pecos River near Cowles on the Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District as early as Nov. 1.
The Pecos River at Cowles project is one of several riparian restoration projects approved under the 2021 decision signed by the Santa Fe, Carson and Cibola National Forests to improve watershed health, water quality and riparian habitat in Northern New Mexico.
The Pecos River at Cowles restoration project will install various structures Read More
Los Alamos … The Gateway To Three National Parks
Courtesy/Discover Los Alamos
Discover Los Alamos News:
If you enjoy exploring the great outdoors and discovering historic attractions, you’re going to love Los Alamos.
“The city is a gateway to three national parks – Bandelier National Monument, the Valles Caldera National Preserve and the new Manhattan Project National Historical Park – and as a result, it’s drawing visitors who can’t wait to take in the area’s beautiful scenery while embarking on unforgettable adventures and learning about local and national history.”
Here’s what each park has to offer:
Bandelier National Monument Read More
Posts From The Road: Animas Forks, Colorado
Duncan House: The Duncan house in Animas Forks, Colo. was the nicest home in town when Animas Forks was a thriving mining community. The two story house was restored during a restoration process in 2013-2014. Visitors can tour the home when Animas Forks is open. The area is open in summer months usually from June through September. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
By GARY WARREN
Photographer
Formerly of Los Alamos
Since this is the ghostliest week of the year, I think it is appropriate to feature a tiny ghost town in Colorado. Last week’s Post From the Road featured the scenic beauty Read More
Tales Of Our Times: Myra McCormick Turned The Tables With Knowledge Of Whitewater Creek
Tales of our Times
By JOHN BARTLIT
New Mexico Citizens
for Clean Air & Water
This sketch of Myra McCormick of Grant County, N.M., was first published in 1991. She passed away in 1999. As her lasting gift to The Nature Conservancy, this sturdy friend of the environment left to them the guest ranch she owned and operated for 41 years with the stipulation that they continue to operate it for a minimum of ten years. As soon as the Nature Conservancy closed the Lodge in 2009, the present owners began hatching plans to purchase and reopen this exquisite jewel on the edge of the Gila Wilderness. A visit to Read More
Celebrating 50 Years Of Our National Marine Sanctuaries
A snorkeler on a Florida Keys reef in the late 1970s. Flip Schulke, part of EPA’s Documerica Project. Courtesy photo
NOAA News:
This past Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022, marked the 50th anniversary of NOAA’s National Marine Sanctuary System. It’s a milestone in NOAA’s mission to conserve and protect some of the nation’s most treasured wildlife, seascapes, maritime heritage, and cultural resources.
Today, the sanctuary system encompasses more than 1,605,793 square kilometers (620,000 square miles) of ocean and Great Lakes waters from Washington state to the Florida Keys, and from Lake Huron Read More
Daily Postcard: Beginners Hill On Pajarito Mountain
Sierra Club: Environmental Improvement Board Rule Risks Allowing Violation Of ETA Carbon Limit For Coal Plants
Sierra Club News:
New Mexico’s Environmental Improvement Board Friday passed a rule implementing the Energy Transition Act’s carbon limit on coal-fired power plants.
When the New Mexico Legislature passed the landmark Energy Transition Act in 2019, it included a provision to reduce harmful climate pollution from coal-fired power plants. The ETA instructed the board to issue a rule requiring new and certain existing coal plants to limit carbon-dioxide emissions to no more than 1,100 pounds per megawatt-hour on and after Jan. 1, 2023.
Hundreds of New Mexicans submitted written comments Read More
Daily Postcard: Sunset Over Barranca Mesa
Daily Postcard: Sunset viewed recently over Barranca Mesa. Photo by VaLynn Purvis Read More
Sandhill Cranes Moving South Over White Rock
Sandhill Cranes flying in ‘V‘ formation south Tuesday over White Rock. Photo by Nancy Ann Hibbs
Sandhill Cranes flying south Tuesday over White Rock. Photo by Nancy Ann Hibbs Read More
Daily Postcard: Sunrise Breaking Over The Rio Grande
Daily Postcard: Sunrise breaking over the Rio Grande viewed Saturday from Overlook Park. Photo by Russel Purvis Read More
Purgatory Snowcat Adventures Announces Winter 2022/23 Season Line-Up
Courtesy photo
Courtesy photo
SKI News:
DURANGO, CO — Purgatory Snowcat Adventures is Colorado’s largest snowcat skiing operation, with 35,000 acres of guided skiing for advanced to expert skiers and riders, as well as scenic tours and snowcat dining excursions for a more laid-back experience.
2022/23 Snowcat Dining Excursions
The Snowcat Dining Excursion includes a five-course dinner with wine and beer pairings inspired by Executive Chef Joe Albright’s favorite seasonal dishes and using local ingredients whenever possible. Chef starts with wine and beer selections Read More
Daily Postcard: Snowcapped Sangre De Cristos
Daily Postcard: Snowcapped Sangre de Cristos viewed from Grand Canyon Drive in White Rock. Photo by Ron Roybal Read More
DOE: At Long Last, Panel 7 At EM’s WIPP Is Full
Waste handlers pause for a photo in front of the last transuranic waste containers to be emplaced in Panel 7 of WIPP underground. From left, Chaz McIntire, Diana Bullen, Carlos Ceballos and Kimberly Briones. Courtesy/DOE
DOE News:
CARLSBAD — At long last, Panel 7 at EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) is full.
Crews carefully stacked the last column of transuranic (TRU) waste containers in the panel’s final disposal room Thursday, completing emplacement activities prior to the panel being permanently sealed.
“This important milestone has been a long time coming,” Carlsbad Field Office Read More
Delegation From Brazil To Tour Carlsbad Brine Well Remediation Site
EMNRD News:
SANTA FE — Representatives from global petrochemical company Braskem, based in Brazil, are coming to New Mexico to learn about the successful remediation of the Carlsbad Brine Well.
The visit takes place today, Oct. 26.
The Carlsbad Brine Well Remediation Project, substantially completed in June of 2022, was a years-long effort to prevent the collapse of an unstable brine cavern that had been created underground near a major transportation intersection within Carlsbad’s city limits in Eddy County. The cavity was the result of activity from a brine well—a well that produced salt-laden Read More
Cornell Lab Of Ornithology: FeederWatcher Volunteers Are More Important Than Ever
Many birds, like this House Finch, are attracted to berry bushes. Photo by Maria Stagliano, FeederWatch
Cornell Lab of Ornithology News:
ITHACA, N.Y. — Project FeederWatch is back with more ways to participate, more time to participate, and more ways to keep track of who is seeing what, where.
The expanded 36th season of FeederWatch begins Nov. 1 and ends April 30, 2023.
“As the newly released 2022 State of the Birds report found, bird populations in nearly every kind of habitat are still declining,” FeederWatch leader Emma Greig said. “It makes the wealth of data collected by FeederWatchers Read More
