NWS: Today’s High Near 71; Tonight’s Low Around 49
Today’s high near 71 with mostly sunny skies and tonight’s low around 49. Courtesy/NWS Read More
Daily Postcard: Peach Colored Sunrise
Daily Postcard: Peach colored sunrise Thursday in White Rock. Photo by Nancy Ann Hibbs Read More
PEEC: Plant Trees At Bandelier Sept. 28-29
Join PEEC, Bandelier and other entities 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 28-29 for a reforestation volunteer project at Bandelier. Pre-registration is required to volunteer for this project. Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
The Pajarito Environmental Education Center and Bandelier National Monument are looking for volunteers to help with reforestation efforts in the Monument this weekend.
Staff from Bandelier, the U.S. Geological Survey, New Mexico State University and volunteers through PEEC will plant thousands of Ponderosa and Douglas Fir seedlings 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28 and Read More
Los Alamos Garden Club Annual Plant Sale Oct. 5
Gardener Judy Handy assists a customer at a previous LAGC plant sale. Courtesy/LAGC
LAGC News:
The Los Alamos Garden Club (LAGC) will host its Annual Plant Sale, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5 at the Los Alamos Nature Center, 2600 Canyon Road.
Perennials, house plants and succulents will be available for purchase. Club members will be there to discuss the plants and how to care for them.
A wide selection of beautiful garden aprons also will be available. Both full bib aprons and short half aprons have been lovingly and skillfully crafted by Garden Club members.
Proceeds from the sale go to LAGC’s Read More
Court-Ordered Injunction Halts Fuelwood Permit Sales
A pair of Mexican spotted owls. Courtesy/NPS
SFNF News:
Under a recent court-ordered injunction, the five national forests in New Mexico and the Tonto National Forest in Arizona have suspended all permit sales for collecting fuelwood.
The federal court’s ruling is related to the recent court-ordered injunction in the case WildEarth Guardians vs. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, et al, concerning the Mexican spotted owl.
In addition to fuelwood permits, the six national forests have also suspended all timber management activities, including stewardship contracts, timber sales, Read More
Bear Roams Around Condos On Canyon View Drive
A bear is spotted around 6 a.m. today looking for breakfast in the alleyway between the condominiums on Canyon View Drive. Photo by Carmen Ramos
A bear is spotted around 6 a.m. today roaming between the condominiums on Canyon View Drive. Photo by Carmen Ramos Read More
New Mexico Wildlife Center Introducing New Education Animals To The Public At Open House Oct. 5-6
New Animal Ambassador Mesquite the Coyote will meet the public 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 5 & 6 at the New Mexico Wildlife Center Open House.Courtesy photo 
New Animal Ambassador Pepper the raccoon will meet the public 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 5 & 6 at the New Mexico Wildlife Center Open House.Courtesy photoNWS: Today’s High Near 76; Tonight’s Low Around 52
The National Weather Service forecasts today’s high in Los Alamos near 76 with sunny skies and tonight’s low around 52. Courtesy/NWS Read More
Daily Postcard: Fall Colors Emerge Around Pond
Daily Postcard: Fall colors begin to emerge Tuesday around Ashley Pond and in the mountains. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com Read More
Governor Commits New Mexico To Bold Clean Car Standards At Climate Week Event In NYC
Gov. Michelle Lujan GrishamTwo Fawns Spotted Nursing In Middle Of Road
Two fawns are spotted nursing in the middle of the road Tuesday afternoon in Pajarito Acres in White Rock. Photo by Chris Ortega Read More
SFNF Waives Fees For National Public Lands Day
SFNF News:NWS: Today’s High Near 75; Tonight’s Low Around 53
The National Weather Service forecasts today’s high in Los Alamos near 75 with mostly sunny skies and tonight’s low around 53. Courtesy/NWS Read More
Daily Postcard: Pair Of Bucks On Rose Street
Daily Postcard: A pair of bucks is spotted early Tuesday evening near the ravine along Rose Street. Photo by Victoria Rygh Read More
Scenes From 2019 Ullerfest At Pajarito Mountain
Scene from the 2019 Ullrfest Saturday at Pajarito Mountain. The annual Ullrfest celebrates the coming of winter and features live music, lift-served mountain biking and hiking, food from Pajarito Mountain Cafe and a New Mexico Brewfest. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Scene from the annual Ullrfest Saturday at Pajarito Mountain. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Scene from the annual Ullrfest Saturday at Pajarito Mountain. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Scene from the annual Ullrfest Saturday at Pajarito Mountain. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Scene from Read More
NWS: Today’s High Near 74; Tonight’s Low Around 51
The National Weather Service forecasts today’s high in Los Alamos near 74 with sunny skies and tonight’s low around 51. Courtesy/NWS
The National Weather Service high temperature outlook through Monday, Sept. 30. Courtesy/NWS Read More
Daily Postcard: Yellow Flowers Brighten Los Pueblos
Daily Postcard: Yellow flowers brighten the landscape along Los Pueblos Street early Sunday evening in Los Alamos. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
LANL Team Sets Sail For Arctic Year-Long Expedition
Los Alamos staff members Paul Ortega and David Chu join team members from other institutions boarding the R/V Polarstern for months locked in the ice to study the Arctic. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
- As part of MOSAiC field campaign, environmental researchers will operate a suite of instruments 24/7 as ship drifts in ice for the winter
Heading off to spend months on a ship trapped in the Arctic ice, a team from Los Alamos National Laboratory got underway last week aboard the R/V Polarstern from Tromso, Norway.
The team is supporting MOSAiC, the Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory Read More
Amateur Naturalist: Finding History In A Forest, Part 2
By ROBERT DRYJAThe Valles Caldera was known initially as the Baca Ranch, named after the original owners of it.
The Baca family had wanted it for sheepherding. Sheepherding grew in size after the 1880’s before declining in the 1940s. Up to 100,000 sheep were brought annually to the Valles Caldera to graze on its meadows.
What were the shepherds like who watched over the sheep? Assumedly most came from the small rural Hispanic villages in northern New Mexico. Their carvings on the aspen trees of the Valles Caldera provide some additional clues. The ideal carving done a by sheepherder Read More
NMILC: Statement In Support Of Global Climate Strike
New Mexico Immigrant Law Center:
