Rotary: Girl Scout Video Project Benefits Bandelier
At a recent Rotary Club meeting, Rotarian and Girl Scout leader Laura Loy, left, introduced members of Troop 10635 as they presented two videos the troop created about preserving the archaeological ruins at Bandelier National Monument. The Scouts, including Megan Harden, Kaya Loy, Emily McLaughlin and, not pictured, Marissa Mieirdierks, attend Los Alamos Middle School. A 30-second video will run soon at Reel Deal Theater; the other, a two-minute video, will be featured at the Bandelier Visitors Center. The video production, a 50-hour project, which was funded by the Rotary Read More
NWS: Today’s High Near 83; Tonight’s Low Around 55
The National Weather Service forecasts today’s high in Los Alamos near 83 with a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon and tonight’s low around 55. Courtesy/NWS Read More
Daily Postcard: Eastern View From Main Hill Road
Daily Postcard: View looking east Sunday from the Main Hill Road. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
National Park Service Awards More Than $2.8 Million In Grants To Preserve And Interpret World War II Japanese American Confinement Sites
Among the new grant projects, the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation will continue to restore the only remaining root cellar at the site. In 1942, incarcerees constructed the root cellar to store produce grown as part of the center’s agricultural program. Courtesy/Heart Mountain Wyoming FoundationFlowers Splash Color In Garden On Barranca Mesa
Flowers splash a symphony of elegant color throughout the garden of a residence on Barranca Mesa. Photo by Beverly Leasure
Flowers frame the winding walkway through the garden of a residence on Barranca Mesa. Photo by Beverly Leasure
Flowers fill the garden of a residence on Barranca Mesa. Photo by Beverly Leasure Read More
DOI Treats Over 1.2 Million Acres This Wildfire Season
DOI News:Scenes From Tsankawi Prehistoric Sites Hike
Tsankawi Prehistoric Sites: The Tsankawi section of Bandelier National Monument is on N.M. 4, some 12 miles from the main section of Bandelier National Monument and where hikers can walk the same trails used by the Ancestral Pueblo people. The hike includes a 1.5 mile walk along a mesa, viewing of cavates, petroglyphs and the Ancestral Pueblo village of Tsankawi. Ladders are a required part of this trail. Photo by Nancy Ann Hibbs
Flower along the trail. Photo by Nancy Ann Hibbs
View along the Tsankawi Prehistoric Sites trail. Photo by Nancy Ann Hibbs
View along the Tsankawi Prehistoric Sites trail. Read More
Game & Fish: Deadline To Apply For Sandhill Crane And Pheasant Hunts Is Fast Approaching
Sandhill craneNWS: Today’s High Near 83; Tonight’s Low Around 58
The National Weather Service forecasts today’s high in Los Alamos near 83 with a 30 percent chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3 p.m. Tonight’s low around 58. Courtesy/NWS Read More
Daily Postcard: Sun Emerges Between Goal Posts
Daily Postcard: The sun emerges early Monday morning between the goal posts at Sullivan Field. Photo by Judy Goldie Read More
SFCC Student Sara Lanctot Invited To NASA Center
SFCC student Sara Lanctot in the engineering lab at SFCC. Courtesy/SFCC
SFCC News:
SANTA FE – Santa Fe Community College announces student Sara Lanctot of Santa Fe has been selected to attend the NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars (NCAS) Onsite Experience at Marshall Space Flight Center in Sept. 23-27 Huntsville, Ala.
Lanctot is studying engineering and computer science at SFCC.
Lanctot is one of the selected participants out of 499 community college students from across the U.S. to be part of NCAS. Lanctot successfully completed a five-week online course, which led to a visit to a Read More
Bear Spotted Crossing Diamond Drive Sunday
A bear is spotted early Sunday evening crossing Diamond Drive. Photo by Loui Janecky
The bear sits briefly on a guardrail early Sunday evening on Diamond Drive before sauntering off to parts unknown. Photo by Loui JaneckyBucks Spotted Eating Fruit On Walnut Street
A buck reaches for fruit over the weekend at a residence on Walnut Street. Photo by Anthony S. Clark
One buck reaches for fruit and the other nibbles grass over the weekend at a residence at a residence on Walnut Street. Photo by Anthony S. Clark
A couple of bucks search for fruit over the weekend on Walnut Street. Photo by Anthony S. Clark
A buck loiters at a residence over the weekend on Walnut Street. Photo by Anthony S. Clark
A couple of bucks grazing over the weekend on Walnut Street. Photo by Anthony S. Clark Read More
Virginia Tech Researchers Receive $2.9 Million Grant With China To Study Infectious Diseases
College of Science researchers Kate Langwig, right, and Joseph Hoyt, left, received a grant to understand the long-term host and pathogen dynamics of white-nose syndrome in bats. Courtesy/Virginia TechAir Quality Bureau Announces Electronic File Transfer Option For Some Permit Applications
NMED News:Daily Postcard: Sun Over Sangre De Cristo Mountains
The sun risng over the Sangre de Cristo Mountains early this morning as viewed from White Rock. Photo by Nancy Ann Hibbs Read More
Night With A Nerd: Dr. Phil Goldstone On Thinking About Nuclear Deterrence In Today’s World
BSMA News:
The community is invited to join Dr. Phil Goldstone Sept. 12 as he explores how the invention of nuclear weapons 75 years ago changed international affairs – and also the existential framework of a large portion of the world’s people.
It’s now long beyond the confrontations of the cold war, and the world’s largest weapons stockpiles have been greatly reduced. Yet nuclear weapons issues are now present and rising, with Russia (again), Iran and North Korea looming large in the news—and with the playing field changing weekly, it seems.
Modern war has held some “conventional” Read More
ZeroWaste Team: Bumper Crop Of Fruit? Eat it! Share it! Preserve it! Donate it! Compost it!
Courtesy/LAC
Courtesy/LAC
ZeroWaste Team News:
Fruit abounds in Los Alamos County this summer! Both White Rock and Los Alamos have trees loaded with cherries, apricots, and plums—and soon the peaches, pears, and apples will be coming in. For apricots, not only has it been a super-abundant year, but the first year in many that we’ve had apricots at all!
Many residents with fruit trees cannot use it all. Some don’t even pick any—they’re just too busy, don’t care for fruit, it’s too much trouble, they physically can’t harvest, the house is unoccupied, or owners are away. But there are people who don’t Read More
NOAA Awards $2.7 Million In Grants For Marine Debris Removal And Research
A marine debris team member gathers a handful of disposable cigarette lighters picked up at a beach cleanup site. Courtesy/NOAABLM Field Office Offers Forest Product Permits Online
BLM News:
TAOS ― As part of its ongoing efforts to better serve the public, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Taos Field Office has begun a pilot program offering permits for fuelwood and Christmas trees online.
“The BLM works to maintain healthy forests and woodlands that include abundant opportunities for harvest and use of forest products,” Taos Field Manager Mark Jackson said. “We are pleased to offer this pilot program enabling members of the public to purchase fuelwood and Christmas tree permits online.”
The BLM has long offered permits to members
