Environment

NWS: Today’s High Near 63; Tonight’s Low Around 40

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 2, 2020

The National Weather Service forecasts today’s high in Los Alamos near 63 with breezy conditions and wind gusts as high as 35 mph. and a 20 percent chance of showers before 7 p.m. with tonight’s low around 40. Courtesy/NWS Read More

Amateur Naturalist: Giant Earthworms And Leeches

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 1, 2020

By ROBERT DRYJA
Los Alamos

We had reported previously that archival laboratory reports show that several Los Alamos physicists and biologists had visited the Hy-yi-yi archipelago shortly before its destruction.

It was not too distant from the Bikini Atoll where 23 nuclear bomb tests were conducted in the 1940s. The Hy-yi-yi archipelago unfortunately was destroyed as an unanticipated side effect of the nuclear testing. 

All of the Rhinogradentia species (popularly called Snouters) at the archipelago became extinct. Snouters had evolved noses that could be used for gliding or flipping Read More

LAFD Wildfire Fuels Reduction Mitigation Gets Underway

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 1, 2020

Los Alamos Fire Department map of the wildfire fuels reduction project area. Courtesy LAFD

LAFD News:

Los Alamos Fire Department (LAFD) will begin work this week on an important wildfire fuels reduction project that will provide much-needed mitigation in several areas of Los Alamos.

LAFD has received grant funding for the project, which will include the following areas:

  • Ponderosa Estates Range Road;
  • North Horse Stable Bench;
  • Walnut Bench, Villa Bench;
  • Lower Loma Linda;
  • Camino Redondo; and
  • Camino Uva.

Starting Thursday, April 2, LAFD crews along with crews from Santa Fe County will begin Read More

Lisa Roig, Will Schmidt Receive 2020 Dorothy Hoard Stewardship Award For Tireless Work At Bandelier

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on March 31, 2020

Will Schmidt and his mother Lisa Roig are recipients of the 2020 Dorothy Hoard Stewardship Award. Courtesy/FOB

By TERRY FOXX
Friends of Bandelier

The Friends of Bandelier has selected Lisa Roig and her son Will Schmidt to receive its 2020 Dorothy Hoard Stewardship Award.

The founder of Friends of Bandelier, Dorothy Hoard, had a passion for teaching, history and conservation. When she died in March 2014, The Friends of Bandelier established the Dorothy Hoard Stewardship Award to be given as her legacy and for her important contributions to Bandelier and the community.

This stewardship award Read More

LANL: High Altitude Water Cherenkov Observatory Tests Speed Of Light

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on March 31, 2020

This compound graphic shows a view of the sky in ultra-high energy gamma rays. The arrows indicate the four sources of gamma rays with energies over 100 TeV from within our galaxy (courtesy of the HAWC collaboration) imposed over a photo of the HAWC Observatory’s 300 large water tanks. The tanks contain sensitive light detectors that measure showers of particles produced by the gamma rays striking the atmosphere more than 10 miles overhead. Courtesy/Jordan Goodman

LANL News:

New measurements confirm, to the highest energies yet explored, that the laws of physics hold no matter where you are Read More

Scenes From Activities At Overlook In White Rock

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on March 31, 2020

Winnie leads the way out of the canyon with her companion Kevin O’Brien after rock climbing Sunday afternoon with friends at Overlook in White Rock. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Hackers thread their way along the bottom of the canyon near the small falls Sunday afternoon in White Rock Canyon. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

View of the small falls in the canyon near the Overlook platform in White Rock. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com Read More

Petree Garden Taking Orders For Curbside Pickup Today!

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on March 29, 2020

Petree Garden Center & Florist is taking orders for curbside pickup 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today, March 29. Call in your order and they will have it ready for pickup. Call with any questions to 505.257.6030. Courtesy/Petree Garden & Florist Read More

Posts From The Road: Splendor Of Desert Blooms

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on March 29, 2020
Poppies & Lupines: Poppies and Lupines were making their presence know at Picacho Peak State Park a few miles northwest of Tucson. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Green & Yellow: A blanket of yellow blooms covers the ground as green hillsides rise up and show off their spring green. This colorful scene was at the Pioneer Living History Museum in north Phoenix. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

By GARY WARREN
Photographer
Formerly of Los Alamos

We love to visit and explore Arizona in the spring. While much of the mountain west is still covered in snow, the desert is alive and showing

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Signs Of Spring Spotted In Los Alamos

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on March 28, 2020

While crocuses may be the harbingers of spring, these lovely delicate English primroses are not far behind – spotted today in a garden on Barranca Mesa. Photo by Ken Hanson

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