Daily Postcard: First Year Deer Stands In Grama Grass
Daily Postcard: A first-year deer, which just recently lost her spots, stands among the grama grass Friday in Quemazon. Photo by DW Decker Read More
Los Alamos Junior Girl Scouts Discuss Pollution Solution
By GENEVIEVE MARSHALL and MILLY BONSER
Junior Girl Scouts
Troop 10074
Pollution is getting into our oceans. Pollution can include sewage, chemicals, and fertilizers, but one of the main problems is plastic. Plastic doesn’t decompose. So, if it gets into our ocean, it could stay there forever. Plastic is everywhere, and it can come in different forms. When it gets into the ocean, it does not always float. Sometimes it sinks and while sinking gets jostled around, breaking it into tiny pieces called microplastics. Sea creatures can eat plastics and microplastics, thinking they are food, and Read More
Los Alamos Homecoming Parade Is Friday Sept. 16
This year’s Homecoming Parade is 2:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16 on Central Avenue. Courtesy/LAPS
LAPS News:
It’s time to start planning for this year’s Homecoming Parade, which is Friday, Sept. 16.
This year’s theme is “End the Elks”. The Los Alamos High School Varsity Football Team will host the Pojoaque Elks that evening at Sullivan Field.
Game time is 7 p.m. The parade begins at 2:30 p.m., starting at the Mari Mac Village parking lot, proceeding down Central Avenue to Rose Street. Judges will be seated outside the post office.
Staging begins at 1:30 p.m. at the Mari Mac Village parking lot. Enter Read More
Daily Postcard: Deer Poses In Foliage On Walnut Street
Daily Postcard: A deer poses in foliage in the backyard of a residence recently on Walnut Street. Photo by John Gonzales Read More
Winter Wings & Wonder Fill New Mexico Skies With Return Of Beloved Festival Of The Cranes Dec. 1-3
Festival of the Cranes returns Dec. 1-3, 2022. Photo by Richard Eltrich
NWR News:
Celebrate the return of sandhill cranes – finally, in-person this year at the Dec. 1-3, Festival of the Cranes returns, offering creative workshops and expert seminars at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) and now for the first time in high-tech classrooms at New Mexico Tech.
Workshops focus on photography, birding, and environmental education, as well as offering hikes and a bit about the history of the area! Several of the most popular presenters from years past will return to offer education and Read More
Daily Postcard: Large Steller’s Jay At Bandelier
Frontiers In Science: Developments In Detecting Disease
Harshini Mukundan reveals how the human immune system inspired a better approach for identifying and diagnosing new diseases during her upcoming Frontiers in Science talks in Los Alamos and Santa Fe. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
Frontiers in Science presents Harshini Mukundan and a look at how the human immune system inspired a new, universal approach to diagnosing emerging infectious diseases. Join the Los Alamos National Laboratory Fellows and the Bradbury Science Museum for this free public talk Thursday, Sept. 15, in Los Alamos or Friday, Sept. 16, in Santa Fe.
Emerging infectious diseases Read More
Canceled: Environmental Sustainability Board Meeting
COUNTY News:
The Los Alamos County Environmental Sustainability Board meeting scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Thursday Sept. 15 is canceled. Read More
Report On Regional Aquifer Monitoring Well R-72 Added To LANL Electronic Public Reading Room
Los Alamos National Laboratory. Courtesy/LANL
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, visit the LANL electronic public reading room:
- Submittal of Completion Report for Regional Aquifer Monitoring Well R-72 (Link)
Members of the pubic with any questions, Read More
AGU Study: Glaciers Flowed On Ancient Mars, But Slowly
Motion is part of the definition of a glacier. Courtesy photo
AGU News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The weight and grinding movement of glaciers has carved distinctive valleys and fjords into Earth’s surface. Because Mars lacks similar landscapes, researchers believed ancient ice masses on the Red Planet must have been frozen firmly to the ground. New research suggests they were not stuck in place, but just moved very slowly.
Motion is part of the definition of a glacier. On Earth, meltwater gathers below glaciers and ice sheets, lubricating the downhill slide of these rivers of ice. The new study Read More
Fawns Help Themselves To Breakfast On Arizona Avenue
Doe and fawns have been seen routinely lately on Arizona Avenue. Here the fawns help themselves to some morning milk. Photo by Stan Bodenstein
Doe and fawns on Arizona Avenue. Photo by Stan Bodenstein
Doe and fawns on Arizona Avenue. Photo by Stan Bodenstein
Fawns on Arizona Avenue. Photo by Stan Bodenstein Read More
Daily Postcard: Warbler Tests Water In Backyard Fountain
USDA Rural Development Increases Grant Fund Limits For Those Homes Damaged By Forest Fires In New Mexico
Director Patricia Dominguez
USDA News:
ALBUQUERQUE — U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) State Director Patricia Dominguez announced today the department will be increasing grant funding to those areas in New Mexico receiving a presidential disaster declaration because of this summer’s forest fires.
“This funding will help offset the cost to repair homes that were damaged by wildfires that we saw ravage our state this summer,” Dominguez said. “The once in a lifetime grant will increase from $10,000 to $36,520 for those elderly low-income residents living in rural Colfax, Lincoln, Read More
Communities Across New Mexico Including Los Alamos Set To Tackle Litter, Enhance Public Space
NMTD News:
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Tourism Department (NMTD) has awarded $790,801 to 45 communities through the New Mexico Clean and Beautiful Grant Program for fiscal year 2023.
The Clean and Beautiful Grant Program funds projects and initiatives that contribute to the following goals and objectives:
- End littering;
- Reduce waste;
- Beautify communities;
- Empower youth; and
- Increase program capacity.
“It’s incredibly important for us at the Tourism Department to support local communities with the resources they need to protect and enhance our shared spaces and public lands,” Tourism Secretary
Environment Department To Offer 100 Free Bacteria Sample Kits In Flooding Response Due To Hermits Peak And Calf Canyon Fire
NMED News:
LAS VEGAS, NM — Heavy monsoons over the burn scar of the recent Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon fires have resulted in flooding that can result in bacteria developing in private wells that supply drinking water for many residents in Northern New Mexico.
In response, the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) is providing free bacteria tests kits to private well water owners at the Las Vegas field office Sept. 13.
The free kits will be available for pick-up and drop-off at the following dates and times:
- Pick up sample kits at the Las Vegas field office 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13;
Fresh Produce At Los Alamos Farmers Market Thursday
N3B Los Alamos Collaborates On Gaging Station To Monitor Streamflow To Rio Grande
Russell Lyon and John Mumm, with one of N3B’s critical subcontractors, Tech2 Solutions, inspect a new streamflow gaging station recently installed at the confluence of Los Alamos Canyon and the Rio Grande. The gaging station transmits flow and no-flow information to the Buckman Direct Diversion’s Operations Center and Pueblo de San Ildefonso. Courtesy/N3B
N3B News:
A real-time streamflow gaging station was recently installed to inform decisions made by Buckman Direct Diversion (BDD) staff on whether to cease diverting water from the Rio Grande based on water flow from Los Alamos and Pueblo Read More
Bandelier To Celebrate National Public Lands Day With Wilderness Cleanup Sept. 26
Frijoles Canyon. Courtesy/NPS
NPS News:
Bandelier National Monument is hosting a Wilderness Cleanup day Monday, Sept. 26 to celebrate National Public Lands Day (NPLD) and to recognize September as National Wilderness Month.
A group of park staff and volunteers will meet at 7 a.m. at Ponderosa Campground, just off N.M. 4, mile marker 50 (near the intersection of N.M. 4 and 501). The cleanup will consist of a 4-mile round trip hike to remove old research equipment and debris from backcountry wilderness areas. The cleanup will consist of a 4-mile round trip hike to remove old research equipment Read More
Los Alamos Garden Club Marks 75th Anniversary Sept. 9
LAGC News:
The Los Alamos Garden Club is celebrating its 75th Anniversary 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 9, at the Memorial Rose Garden behind at Fuller Lodge. Read More
Daily Postcard: Setting Sun Falls On Flag And Sunflowers
Daily Postcard: As the sun begins to set on Fire Station 6 on East Road Tuesday, it shines on the beautiful American flag and the sunflowers below. Photo by Ron Roybal Read More
