Environment

Daily Postcard: Buck Lingers On Andanada Street

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on September 1, 2019

Daily Postcard: We had a pretty buck come by to eat our fallen apples this morning in our year on Andanada Street on Barranca Mesa. His antlers were still in velvet, but they are already quite impressive. Before leaving he paused for a glamor shoot amongst the pinyon trees. Photo by Ken Hanson

Photo by Ken Hanson

Photo by Ken Hanson

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Toxic Blue-Green Algae In Cochiti Lake: Santa Cruz Day-Use Area Closed To Swimming Effective Immediately

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on August 31, 2019
Army Corps of Engineers News:
 
COCHITI LAKE – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque District, announced today that effective immediately the Santa Cruz day-use area is closed to swimming due to the presence of toxic blue-green algae in Cochiti Lake.
 
The Cochiti Swim Beach remains closed.
 
“The safety of our visitors is our top priority, so we are monitoring conditions at the lake closely with visual spot checks and water sampling,” said Trevor Wallin, USACE-Albuquerque District Cochiti Lake project office manager. “While blue-green algae is found naturally
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Santa Fe Watershed Burn Planned For Mid-September To Restore Forest Health, Reduce Risk Of Wildfire

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on August 30, 2019
SFNF News:
 
SANTA FE ― Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) plan to take advantage of favorable conditions, including fuel moisture levels, air quality, wind direction and weather forecasts, to initiate a prescribed burn in the Santa Fe Municipal Watershed on the Española Ranger District as early as Monday, Sept. 16.
 
The exact date will depend on fuel conditions on site.
 
Up to 350 acres north of Nichols Reservoir near Granite Point in the lower Watershed will be treated with hand and aerial ignitions. The burn will be completed in one day.
 
The Santa Fe
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Kiwanis Continues Support Of PEEC Family Nights

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on August 30, 2019
PEEC’s Executive Director Katie Bruell accepts a check from members of the Kiwanis Boys and Girls Committee. Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos will continue to support PEEC’s monthly Family Nights. From left, Linda Daly, Rita Bronson, Melissa Mackey, Bruell and Philo Shelton. Courtesy/Kiwanis
 
PEEC News:
 
Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos is impacting the lives of children and families throughout the world and here at home in Los Alamos.
 
The Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) wishes to thank the Kiwanians for continuing to make Family Nights at the Los Alamos Nature Center
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Tales Of Our Times: Any Big, New Works Nearby Looms Large

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on August 30, 2019

Tales of Our Times
By JOHN BARTLIT
New Mexico Citizens
for Clean Air & Water

Any Big, New Works Nearby Looms Large

List every environmental fear that people have. Now imagine a miracle occurs, so the order of concerns listed is exactly accurate. No doubt the worry that tops the list is having a big plant built within a straight shot of our own house. Being a boon for the environment makes no difference.

The plant will change the surroundings, even if the air and water stay exactly as they were, which is not likely. The bald truth of a big new plant is easy to see, and everyone sees it.

From there the story

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NMG&F Transports Los Alamos Bear To Chama

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on August 30, 2019

This bear has been spotted all over Quemazon lately and took its final refreshing bath today in a water feature at a residence on Corona before New Mexico Game & Fish captured it and transported it to a new home in Chama. Photo by Rich Cramer  Read More

Fort Union Hosts Star Party Friday Aug. 30

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on August 29, 2019
Fort Union star party Friday, Aug. 30. Courtesy/NM True
 
NPS News:
 
WATROUS ― Fort Union will take advantage of its natural dark sky to host a star party 7:30-9:30 p.m., Friday, Aug. 30.
 
Immerse yourself in the culture and science of a natural night sky as rangers guide you through the remains of the old fort, and help you to identify distant stars and galaxies with the naked eye and telescope.
 
The program, weather permitting, will be held near the visitor center. Bring water, a light jacket and comfortable shoes.
 
The solitude, remoteness, and arid landscapes of
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Heinrich, Balderas Announce Major Progress On Xcel Energy’s Sagamore Wind Project In Roosevelt County

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on August 29, 2019
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, center, tours the future site of the Sagamore Wind Project in April 2018, which will be the largest wind farm in New Mexico’s history. Courtesy/Heinrich Office
 
STATE News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas issued the following statements after Xcel Energy announced that construction on the 522-megawatt Sagamore Wind Project in Roosevelt County will move forward this year.
 
The $900 million project will be New Mexico’s largest wind farm, and once completed will provide
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BPU Votes Down Purchasing Additional Solar Array

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on August 29, 2019
The Board of Public Utilities failed to pass a motion to purchase an additional photovoltaic solar array adjacent to the exisiting array on the former County landfill. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
 
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com  

Despite expressing interest in adding more renewable energy to the County’s electrical generation portfolio, the Board of Public Utilities (DPU) did not pass during its regular meeting Aug. 22 a motion that recommended entering a 25-year power purchase agreement with Los Alamos Solar II, LLC. Read More

Hillstrummers Irene Powell Performs Hula Dance

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on August 29, 2019

Hillstrummer and Hula dancer Irene Powell performs in honor of her late mother in July at the BESC. Photo by Bernadette Lauritzen

 
COMMUNITY News:
 
On the last Friday of the month the Hillstrummers at the Betty Ehart Senior Center strum their ukuleles to the merriment of the crowd, in celebration of monthly birthdays.
 
During July, Hillstrummer and Hula dancer Irene Powell did a celebratory hula dance in honor of her late mother Alice Armour.
 
“My mother Alice Armour was a hula dancer, born and raised in Hawaii, she took lessons from a large Hawaiian woman,”
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More Than Footprints: Archaeological Hike On Moon

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on August 28, 2019
One of the first steps taken on the Moon, this is an image of Buzz Aldrin’s boot print from the Apollo 11 mission. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the Moon on July 20, 1969. The Apollo 11 mission launched on July 16 on a Saturn V launch vehicle developed by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. Courtesy/NASA
 
NMHM News:
 
SANTA FE ― As part of this year’s 50th anniversary of the Apollo Moon landing events, the New Mexico History Museum offers the lecture More than Footprints: An Archaeological Hike on the Moon.
 
This presentation by Beth Laura
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EM’s Ike White Tours SRS Liquid Waste Facilities

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on August 28, 2019
Ike White, right, Senior Advisor for EM, engages DOE-Savannah River employees at a meeting after touring Savannah River Site (SRS) liquid waste facilities. Also pictured is SRS Manager Mike Budney. Courtesy/DOE
 
Ike White, left, Senior Advisor for EM, tours the Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF) with Cliff Conner, cognizant system engineer and process manager for Parsons, EM’s SWPF contractor at the Savannah River Site. Courtesy/DOE
 
DOE News:
 
AIKEN, S.C. ― EM Senior Advisor Ike White recently visited the Savannah River Site (SRS), where he toured liquid waste facilities
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