Daily Postcard: Springtime At Ashley Pond Park
Daily Postcard: Springtime scene at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by Ken Hanson Read More
Meet A Wolf At Nature Center 6:30 P.M. Wednesday
Meet a wolf at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Los Alamos Nature Center. This Summer Family Evening event features Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary. Del Norte Credit Union is sponsoring this event and all of PEEC’s Summer Family Evenings in 2019. Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
The community is invited to join the Pajarito Environmental Education Center for its first Summer Family Evening of the year at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 5.
Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary will be at the nature center with one of its wolf ambassadors for the evening.
The Sanctuary’s staff will talk about wolves and their diet, hunting strategies, Read More
NWS: Today’s High Near 78; Tonight’s Low Around 49
The National Weather Service forecasts today’s high in Los Alamos near 78 with a 20 percent chance of isolated thunderstorms after 3 p.m., some of which may be severe and a low tonight of around 49. Courtesy/NWS Read More
Daily Postcard: View From Main Hill Pull-Out
Daily Postcard: Panoramic view from the Main Hill Road pull-out. Photo by Maggie Meier Read More
ESC: Wolf Rule Peer-Reviewers Find Science Lacking
ESC News:Community Leaders Briefed On Safety, Workforce Development At LANL Community Conversation Event
LANL Director Thom Mason, left, and DOE/NNSA Los Alamos Field Office Manager Steve Goodrum field questions from community leaders at the Los Alamos National Laboratory Community Conversation event Thursday morning at Buffalo Thunder Resort. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Community leaders from throughout Northern New Mexico at the Los Alamos National Laboratory Community Conversation event Thursday morning at Buffalo Thunder Resort. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.comStaff Report
LANL Director Thom Mason and DOE/NNSA Los Alamos Field Office Manager
‘So Far From Heaven’ Exhibit Opens Friday
‘Cañoncito Church, cross and door’ by Jan Paul Pietrzak. Pietrzak is one of six New Mexico photographers showing their work in June in the Upstairs Art Gallery at Mesa Public Library. Photo by Jan Paul Pietrzak
‘A Quiet Moment’ by Tony O’Brien was photographed at Christ in the Desert Monastery, and included in O’Brien’s 2011 book ‘Light in the Desert’. Photo by Tony O’Brien
‘Walking Rain’ by Kirk Gittings will be exhibited in the ‘So Far From Heaven’ show at Mesa Public Library in June. 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 a 20 percent chance of isolated rain and thunderstorms between noon and 3 p.m. and tonight’s low around 52. Courtesy/NWS Read More
Daily Postcard: Double Rainbow Over White Rock
Daily Postcard: A double rainbow paints the sky Thursday viewed near Overlook in White Rock. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com Read More
Smoke In The Jemez
VALLES CALDERA News:
JEMEZ SPRINGS – Valles Caldera National Preserve initiated prescribed burn projects beginning last Thursday and may continue over the next couple of weeks, dependent upon suitable weather and fuel conditions.
The prescribed burns are taking place within a 630-acre project area in Banco Bonito and a 112-acre area on Cerro Seco. Both locations are within the western half of the preserve.
The burn operations will be completed within a 3- to 10-day period. Brief traffic delays may occur during this time but are not expected to cause road closures or disrupt visitor activities Read More
NWS: Today’s High Near 74; Tonight’s Low Around 49
The National Weather Service forecasts today’s high in Los Alamos near 74 with a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon and tonight’s low around 49. Courtesy/NWS Read More
Daily Postcard: Scenes From Deer Trap Mesa Trail
Daily Postcard: Cactus blooms along Deer Trap Mesa Trail. Photo by Maggie Meier
Indian paintbrush. Photo by Maggie Meier
Photo by Maggie Meier
Yucca. Photo by Maggie Meier
Photo by Maggie Meier Read More
Pajarito Astronomers Host Dark Night Saturday June 1
Pajarito Astronomers News:
The Pajarito Astronomers will be holding a County-Sponsored Dark Night starting at 8:15 p.m. (sunset) Saturday, June 1 at Spirio Soccer Field, Overlook Park in White Rock.
Weather permitting, the public is invited to come out, wander among the telescopes, and star gaze. The planets Mercury, Mars, Jupiter (with its moons) and Saturn will potentially be visible during the evening.
There will be a tour of the spring and summer constellations and there will be telescope views of double stars, star clusters, nebulae and galaxies.
The public is invited and encouraged Read More
Free Public Star Gazing Event Sunday June 2
NMMSH News:Daily Postcard: Hikers Spot Evening Primrose
Daily Postcard: An evening primrose blooming along the trail during the Ad Hoc Hikers Thursday hike through Rendija Canyon and Deer Trap Mesa trails. Photo by Patricia Rathbone Read More
Robinson: Bears Are Back In Town!
Bears sightings are increasing across Los Alamos. Courtesy/LEWFIt is one of the most wonderful times of the year! The bears are back in town! Pictures and videos from all over our community are showing our friends finally venturing out.
After a long winter rest, the bears are beginning to prepare regain the weight lost during their hibernation. That means you will start seeing them around your neighborhoods looking for easy sources of food.
Don’t forget … a fed bear is a dead bear. Courtesy/LEWF
Bears always come Read More
Secret City Summer Concerts Strive For Zero Waste
From left, Environmental Services Division Senior Office Specialist Joshua Levings, Zero Waste Team member and Environmental Sustainability Board member Dorothy Brown, Zero Waste Team Member Julia Ying and Los Alamos County Councilor James Robinson man one of the Zero Waste stations during the concert May 24. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com People don’t often think about garbage once they toss it into a trash can.
Although the thought of that wrapper, plastic water bottle or Styrofoam plate disappears Read More
Environmental Sustainability Board Meets May 31
AGU: Aftershocks Of 1959 Earthquake Rocked Yellowstone In 2017-18
State Highway 287 slumped into Hebgen Lake; damage from the August 1959 Hebgen Lake (Montana-Yellowstone) earthquake. Photo by I.J. Witkind/USGSStudents At Northern New Mexico Schools Earn Research Awards As Part Of ‘Share With Wildlife’
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