Environment

BLM: Upcoming Fee-Free Days On Public Lands

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on June 10, 2019
BLM News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― The summer travel season gets under way in June with Great Outdoors Month.
 
To encourage visitation to America’s public lands, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will waive recreation-related fees for visitors to agency-managed public lands on additional dates through the remainder of 2019 including Sept. 28 (National Public Lands Day) and Nov. 11 (Veterans Day).
 
“The BLM manages hundreds of recreation areas, national monuments and other facilities across more than 245 million acres of public lands nationwide,” said Principal Deputy
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Mining Company Proposes Exploration On Santa Fe National Forest, Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on June 10, 2019
SFNF News:
 
SANTA FE ― The Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) announced that it has received a Plan of Operations from Comexico LLC, the American subsidiary of New World Cobalt, to conduct mineral exploration on previously identified deposits on the Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District.
 
Comexico also submitted an exploration permit application to the New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department (EMNRD).
 
Comexico’s application proposes core drilling in the vicinity of Jones Hill near Terrero, NM, to identify base and precious metal deposits for mining.
 
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New Mexico State Agencies Begin Stakeholder Process On Methane Regulatory Strategy July 29, July 30, Aug. 7

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on June 10, 2019
NMED News:
 
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Departments of the Environment (NMED) and Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources (EMNRD) are beginning stakeholder outreach efforts as work continues to develop the state’s first methane reduction regulations per Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s executive order on climate change.
 
A key component of the executive order is the development of an enforceable regulatory framework to ensure methane reductions from the oil and natural gas sector and to prevent waste from new and existing sources.
 
“In undertaking this regulatory effort,
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NOAA Forecasts Large ‘Dead Zone’ In Gulf Of Mexico

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on June 10, 2019

NOAA scientists forecast the Gulf of Mexico dead zone this summer to be roughly the size of Massachusetts. Courtesy/NOAA

NOAA News:

NOAA scientists are forecasting this summer’s Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone or ‘dead zone’ – an area of low to no oxygen that can kill fish and other marine life – to be approximately 7,829 square miles, or roughly the size of Massachusetts.

The annual prediction is based on U.S. Geological Survey river flow and nutrient data.

The 2019 forecast is close to the record size of 8,776 square miles set in 2017 and larger than the 5-year average measured size of 5,770 square miles. Read More

Tuff Riders Mountain Bike Club Adopts Popular Trail

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on June 10, 2019

Tuff Riders Dylan Boyle and Scott Rolfe with Chris Collord (not pictured) installed a new trail sign in June to recognize the club’s adoption of a section of Perimeter Trail. Courtesy/Tuff Riders

TUFF RIDERS News:

A new trail sign was planted June 1 at the intersection of Mitchell and Perimeter trails. The Los Alamos Tuff Riders Mountain Bike Club coordinated the Perimeter Trail adoption with the Santa Fe National Forest.
 
As trail adopters, the Tuff Riders will maintain the trail by trimming bushes and clearing downed trees, building water bars, and otherwise committing to trail
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Udall, Heinrich Bill Directs Trump Administration To Meet Standards Set By Paris Climate Agreement

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on June 8, 2019
U.S. SENATE News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich joined 43 of their colleagues in introducing legislation in the Senate to direct the Trump administration to meet the standards established by the historic Paris Climate Agreement and to mitigate the long-term damage caused by the Trump administration’s anti-environment actions.
 
The International Climate Accountability Act would prevent the president from using funds to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord. Instead, the bill directs the Trump administration to develop a strategic plan
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Fort Union Days Special Event June 15-16

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on June 8, 2019
NPS News:
 
WATROUS ― Fort Union National Monument announces its annual Fort Union Days free public event 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 15 and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday June 16.
 
This year, programs and activities will include the Dineh Tah Navajo Dancers, New Mexican folkloric dancing by Los Zapateados Dancers, cannon firing demonstrations, musket firing programs and a 19th-century military encampment.
 
There also will be interactive children’s activities, including a mock soldiers’ drill with wooden muskets. Snacks and light food will be available for sale,
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HSFF Presents Lecture By Susan Williams On Santa Fe’s Colonial Revival: The Garden At El Zaguán July 11

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on June 8, 2019
The Garden at El Zaguán in Santa Fe. Courtesy photo
 
Susan Williams
 
HSFF News:
 
Historic Santa Fe Foundation presents the July Salon El Zaguán monthly lecture series with Susan Williams on Santa Fe’s Colonial Revival: The Garden at El Zaguán.
 
The talk is scheduled for 3 p.m., Thursday, July 11, 2019, in the sala of HSFF’s El Zaguán located at 545 Canyon Road, Suite 2, Santa Fe.
 
THIS IS AN ENCORE PRESENTATION of the lecture that was given at the Santa Fe Botanical Gardens in 2018.
 
The reserved spots will fill up fast. No refunds for non-member tickets/reservations,
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LAHS Practice Field Landscaping Begins Monday

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on June 7, 2019

It may look like a safe place to practice, but the Los Alamos High School practice field is filled with holes and bare patches. Starting Monday, these unsafe conditions will be remedied. Los Alamos Public Schools has contracted with Los Alamos Landscaping & More, LLC for work on this field adjacent to Griffith Gymnasium. The project is scheduled to take 75 days or longer. The scope of work will include top dressing, reseeding and installing sod in areas of the field that are safety concerns, according to Tommy Castillo, director of facilities. ‘Over the past several years, erosion and gophers Read More

AGU: Loss Of Arctic Sea Ice Stokes Summer Heat Waves In Southern U.S.

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on June 7, 2019
Composites of summer extreme (left panels) and oppressive heat wave (right panels) frequency during summers of low (top), neutral (middle) and high (bottom) Hudson Bay sea ice extent. Courtesy/AGU
 
AGU News:
 
Over the last 40 years, Arctic sea ice thickness, extent and volume have declined dramatically. Now, a new study finds a link between declining sea ice coverage in parts of the Canadian Arctic and an increasing incidence of summer heat waves across the southern United States.
 
The new study in AGU’s Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres explores how seasonal
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LANL Experts To discuss ‘The Science Of Vintage Space’ On Santa Fe Institute Panel 4:15-5:15 P.M. June 15

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on June 7, 2019

Norris Bradbury, left, in front of the Kiwi B4-A reactor used to power a nuclear rocket in the 1960s as part of Project Rover. Courtesy/LANL

 

LANL News:

 

Los Alamos National Laboratory will host a panel at the Santa Fe Institute’s InterPlanetary Festival about the Science of Vintage Space June 15 in Santa Fe.

 

The event is free and open to the public.

 

Both current and retired experts from the Laboratory will talk about the critical role LANL played in the early days of the space race, such as developing sensors for satellites to detect nuclear explosions in Read More

On The Job In Los Alamos: AllerPops Founder Cliff Han

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on June 7, 2019
On the job in Los Alamos is AllerPops founder Cliff Shunsheng Han explaining the science behind AllerPops to Kimberly Underwood of Santa Fe Monday in his office at 1650 Trinity Dr. Suite 103. Han is a biologist who engineered the natural, prebiotic lollipops to help allergry sufferers combat the annual allergy season, he said. Learn more at https:////www.allerpops.com or call 505.695.4236. #worklosalamos #wherediscoveriesaremade. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com
 
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